Melbourne, December 2: In a shocking disclosure of a long known but unrecognised actuality, the Australian Population Research Institute (APRI) revealed that foreign IT workers represent the largest component of the 457 program. The erstwhile unpublished data showed that Indian nationals acquire more than three-quarters of the total IT openingsRead More →
Melbourne, November 21: The International Education Awards celebrated Victoria’s best students – Kashif Bouns from Pakistan and Balaji Trichy Narayanaswamy from India being adjudged International Alumnus of the Year and International Student of the Year – Regional, respectively. Sixteen winners were presented with the coveted awards during the event atRead More →
FECCA calls for balanced debate on temporary migrant workers Melbourne, November 21: The 457 visa scheme in Australia has been blasted by a legal expert, terming the regulations as “farcical” and “too lax”. Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Adelaide and Rhodes Scholar, Dr Joanna Howe, who hasRead More →
MIGRANT BUS DRIVERS face greater risk including racial abuse and violence from passengers Melbourne, November 16: Unprovoked assaults are becoming a regular feature on public transport in Victoria. According to police reports lodged in the recent past, increasing number of passengers and drivers are being assaulted by other passengers, eitherRead More →
Canberra, November 14: The US will take in refugees, currently held in immigrant centres managed by the Australian government in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced, Sunday. It remains unknown how many refugees of the 1600 detainees on Manus Island and Nauru, the US will accept.Read More →
Melbourne, October 31: A Chaiwalli and an Autocare business were among the winners at the 3rd India Australia Business & Community Awards, held in Darling Harbour at Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Friday. The winners in 14 award categories were announced at the gala awards ceremony amidst nearly 500 guests TheRead More →
Melbourne, November 2: Amongst the surprise losses in the final results for the state’s councils votes, tallied, Monday included Indian origin councillors, the then, Wyndham Cr Gautam Gupta and Glen Eira Cr Oscar Lobo. Gupta was recontesting for Wyndham council from Chaffey ward and was noted to have worked heavilyRead More →
Get control of your borders or face instability: Malcolm Turnbull to UN, while Rudd attacks Turnbull Melbourne, November 2: Former PM, Kevin Rudd in a blistering attack over Malcolm Turnbull’s proposed boat-arrived asylum seeker policies, said that “Turnbull’s latest legislative folly should be opposed”. In his opinion piece published in Fairfax,Read More →
Canberra, Oct 30: Asylum seekers who use people smugglers to illegally come to Australia by boat will be given a lifetime ban from entering the country, under a government plan set to be put to Parliament next week. Even if they are found to be legitimate refugees, those who employRead More →
Brisbane, October 29: Popular Brisbane based singer and entertainer Manmeet Sharma, 29, popularly known as Manmeet Alisher, was killed when he was hit with an “incendiary device” and was burned alive, while working as a bus driver. The brutal attack took place on a Brisbane street around 9am Friday whenRead More →