The Albanese government has a record number of female frontbenchers. Prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced his team appointing Clare O’Neil as minister for home affairs and Tanya Plibersek minister for environment and water. A number of newcomers – including Anika Wells, Kristy McBain, Ged Kearney and Anne Aly –Read More →
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s headline agenda, which dominates media reporting, includes China, climate change, and a federal integrity commission. According to the Citizens party, besides those issues, he is now responsible for the unfinished business of the previous Parliament, on which his Labor Party took a position. Now that itRead More →
It is a great election 2022 success story. And it is not about Rachelle Miller, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame. It is the story of Zaneta Mascarenhas, Cassandra Fernando and Michelle Ananda-Rajah – who have been elected to be law makers in Australia for the next three years. Zaneta Mascarenhas has beenRead More →
Last week, the Supreme Court of India, exercising its powers under article 142 of the Indian Constitution, ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, a convict who had helped making the bomb which killed Rajiv Gandh. A three judges bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna exercised its powers under Article 142Read More →
Anthony Albanese sworn in as 31 Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese has been sworn as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. He is due to fly to Japan to participate in QUAD talks – where he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and the host JapaneseRead More →
At the start of the campaign, the first thing I said is that I love Australia. It’s a love shared by Australia’s multicultural communities – so many of whom I have joined with and celebrated new year and seasonal festivals, as well as holy days of dedication and renewal. We canRead More →
The battle in Goldstein has taken an interesting turn this election. Zoe Daniel, an acclaimed former ABC journalist has been brought in by an independent group called the Voices of Goldstein to take on the incumbent Liberal candidate Tim Wilson since 2016 who is also a former Australian Human RightsRead More →
Indians make history no matter where they go. Kaushaliya Vaghela has made history twice. Kaushaliya first made history in 2018 becoming the first Indian born Victorian to be elected to the state parliament as the Upper House Labor MP for the Western Metropolitan region. It was no small achievement forRead More →
India is in real trouble facing the COVID tsunami in many parts of the country and anti-Modi sentiment is in no doubt, it is all because of Modi. If the sentiment on ground is any indication, though fuelled by anti-Modi media of course, every complaining India will tell you –Read More →
by Catherine King, member for Brand In the 1890s, following the sudden death of his wife, my great-great-grandfather Eli Pizer packed up four of children and his life in Melbourne to join the luck of the gold rush in Kalgoorlie. Eli Pizer wasn’t a miner but he started a hansomRead More →