Gandhinagar, September 9: Hon. Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani received a delegation from Australia led by Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to India, in Gandhinagar on Friday. Mr Rupani and Ms Sidhu with their delegations discussed cooperation and collaboration in the areas of education and skillRead More →
Australia’s political history has lessons on the consequences of Plebiscites, writes Dr Economou. Thanks to the awful reality that very few people study either Australian history or Australian politics any more, the lessons that the past might teach today’s politicians about the consequences of their actions are just not beingRead More →
Melbourne, September 7: Sri Lankan couple, Kumuthini Kannan, 48, and Kandasamy Kannan, 52, faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday over allegations they kept a slave in their home in suburban Melbourne. Each has been charged under the Commonwealth law, with one count of possessing a slave, from July 2007Read More →
Melbourne, September 5: The new advertisement copy for Australian lamb celebrates diversity – swinging from Luke Jacobz to Indian Australian actor Arka Das, of ‘UnIndian’ fame, in the supporting lead role of TK. “Too many perky white males are contributing to a lack of diversity on our screens”, says Jacobz before disappearing andRead More →
Hoppers Crossing, August 30: The Grange P-12 College in Melbourne’s west is the second mainstream school in Victoria to introduce Hindi as a language subject in its curriculum. Hindi was introduced this year at the primary campus of the College beginning from P-2 grade levels, which is expected to beRead More →
Melbourne, August 31: Secondary school teacher, Manu Chopra, who taught Mathematics at McKinnon Secondary College, in Melbourne’s East; has accused his former colleagues of racial discrimination alleging they referred to him as a “brown-skinned man”. He was allegedly told he made the staff room look like “Angelina Jolie’s family”. HeRead More →
Melbourne, August 31: The Andrews Labor Government will today introduce legislation to create tough new offences for carjacking and home invasion to give police the laws they need to keep the community safe. The legislation, developed in close consultation with Victoria Police, will include tough new penalties and statutory minimumRead More →
Paris, Aug 26: France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling. The Conseil d’Etat gave the ruling following a request from the League of Human Rights to overturn the burkini banRead More →
Canberra, Aug 26: Australia’s Defence Department has warned French shipbuilding company DCNS to ensure total security of the plans for 12 next-generation naval submarine set to be built in Australia. Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne reportedly sent a strongly-worded statement to DCNS after it was revealed that, earlier this week,Read More →
New report calls for a tri-state co-operation between Australia, India and the United States to meet challenges in the Indo-Pacific by forging new partnership. Sydney, August 25: Australia should lead in creating a strong partnership with India that complements our core alliance with the United States, according to a new reportRead More →