The Mental Health Foundation organized a Multicultural Gala Dinner at Lincoln of Toorak, 445 Toorak Road, Toorak on Saturday 20th July 2019. This event was one of the highlights of Victorian and National Mental Health Month 2019. The event, which was organized to raise funds, was a huge success, with the venue filled to its full…
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Poshik Sharma goes missing, body found
R. VenuGopal, Bharat Times Poshik Sharma, an Indian student in Melbourne, has been found dead in tragic but strange and unusual circumstances. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Rescue search for Poshik, who went missing after arguing with his friends at Duck Inn, a pub in Marysville, rural Victoria last week ended in…
Puneet Puneet wants maximum 2 year jail for himself
Kohli’s 9,1,1 calls for his removal as captain
88% rise in people taking up Australian Citizenship
Canberra, 28 June: The Morrison Government continues to focus on Australian citizenship processing and creating a common bond between communities through Australian citizenship. Between 1 July 2018 and 31 May 2019, more than 132,000 citizenship by conferral applications have been approved, up from 70,000 in the same period last year. This represents an increase of…
Is pardon petition to G-G a new way to buy time / PR?
Minister loses the Appeal, Federal Court split 3:2 Brisbane 19 June: In a unique case of court litigation for Australian residency visa, there has been a 2:3 split in Federal court Queensland involving the applicant – Dr Megumi Ogawa who, according to the minister had failed the character test and thus was refused visa to…
Amitabh Bachchan in Australian campaign against blindness in India
Melbourne, June 20: Australian charity The Fred Hollows Foundation is supporting a new campaign featuring Bollywood bigwig Amitabh Bachchan, aimed at promoting eye health in Uttar Pradesh. Under The Foundation’s SEE NOW campaign, which launched in Uttar Pradesh this week, Bachchan has an urgent but simple message for tens of millions of Indians – go…
Now you can bring your parents for 3, 5 up to 10 years
Canberra, 17 June: It is fantastic news for those who want to bring their parents to Australia to be with them and to have parents living with their young children for longer periods up to five years at a time. Immigration minister David Coleman and Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this in March and have…
Adani project delivers Sco-Momentum in Australian 2019 elections
Melbourne, May 20: Scott Morrison defied all polls and pundits and led the Coalition to a stunning victory in 2019 elections. Claiming victory Prime Minister Morrison paid tribute to the “quiet Australians” who had delivered the Liberal Party victory. “I have always believed in miracles,” he said. “And tonight we’ve been delivered another one. How…
With no Abbott or Palmer speed humps, Sco-Motion is unstoppable
Labor in ruins, teary Shorten’s career in tatters Sydney May 18: Scott Morrison, Australia’s 30th prime minister, scored a surprise victory in federal elections on Saturday. The win stunned Australian election analysts and opinion pollsters. Not less than 567 opinion polls had pointed to a loss for Mr. Morrison’s coalition for months. Such was the…