Melbourne, August 18: Hoppers Crossing resident Diksha Khanna, who founded Amazeology Australia – that creates personalised marshmallows, macaroons and fortune cookies with customised designs; has been named 2016 St George Banking Group AusMumpreneur Retail Award winner. The award night held at Crown Melbourne, the mother of two, Diksha was presentedRead More →

Indian influx raises branch-stacking question for Shorten’s Labor: The Australian @rickwallaceoz Melbourne, August 16: As Bill Shorten prepared his statement to wish Indians on Independence Day, The Australian dropped a bombshell – Labor’s branch-stacking scandal in Victoria. Leader of Opposition and Member for Maribyrnong, Bill Shorten said that the “contributionRead More →

Melbourne, August 12: The best and brightest international students and education providers in Victoria will be recognised at this year’s International Education Awards. Minister for International Education Steve Herbert today officially opened nominations for the awards, which recognise the strength of our providers, research excellence and the accomplishments of internationalRead More →

Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition winners JJ’s Group, Dancing Birds, Natya Bollywood Dance Group and Bollywood Dimensions rocks Melbourne. Melbourne, August 15: The Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition (TBDC), a much-anticipated event of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s (IFFM) bumper schedule of celebrations, rocked Melbourne’s Federation Square on Saturday, 13th ofRead More →

Melbourne, August 10: Cadbury’s Picnic chocolate bar advertisement featuring a flight controller speaking with a thick ‘Indian’ accent, was taken off air last month, after being found that it ‘negatively stereotyped’ Indians. The ad being broadcast on free-to-air TV was part of the Picnic brand’s “Obey your mouth” campaign featuringRead More →

Melbourne, August 10: Victorian consumers are the most optimistic in Australia, according to the latest Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment surveying consumer confidence levels. The index showed consumer sentiment in Victoria increased by 4.9 per cent in August to 104.0, ahead of the national figure of 101.0. VictoriaRead More →

Melbourne, August 10: The National 4×4 Outdoors Show, Fishing & Boating Expo is returning to the Melbourne Showgrounds again this year from 19-21 August. The action-packed outdoors haven for fishermen, boat enthusiasts, 4WDers and outback tourers will showcase tens-of-thousands of fishing, boating, camping, outdoors and 4×4 products from over 200Read More →

Melbourne, August 9: 2015 emerged as Indian economy being the beneficiary even “elbowing out China” in foreign investment. John Pereira, Executive Chairman India Fund Limited said that “India’s fundamental are a solid platform for future growth, with low oil prices, the opening up of more sectors to foreign investment, the reductionRead More →