Rishabh Pant has had verbal scuffling with Bonnie Paine’s husband, Tim Paine – MCG January 2: In the world of cricket, field trash talk stays on the field, but the pleasant rivalry between opposing wicketkeepers during the Australia-India series has strayed off-field – straight into the Kirribilli House. Heard over theRead More →
‘Strike 4 Climate Action’ brings thousands of students together across Australia Melbourne, December 1: Thousands of schoolchildren across Australia walked out of class on Friday, to demand action by the federal government on climate change. The “Strike 4 Climate Action”, inspired by 15 year old Swedish student Greta Thunberg, brought together childrenRead More →
President Kovind deliberates on India’s target of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022; 5 point co-operation agreements formally signed Sydney, November 23: Visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind exhorted Australian businesses to “hop, skip and jump” to India to benefit from the country’s remarkable growth story. Delivering the annualRead More →
Sydney, October 22: Australia most likely to have a minority government as Kerryn Phelps is set to take Wentworth Australia now has a minority government as the blue chip Liberal seat of Wentworth is set to elect an Independent Dr Kerryn Phelps who trounced the Liberal vote in one of theRead More →
The internal affairs at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC) that have led to the dismissal of its general manager, Michelle Guthrie, and the board chairman, Justin Milne, had the effect of pushing parliamentary politics to the side. This may have been a good thing for newly installed prime ministerRead More →
The federal Liberal party has a new leader and Australia a new prime minister – the seventh prime minister, indeed, since 2007. The new prime minister is Scott Morrison whose elevation owes everything to an attempt by a not insubstantial proportion of the parliamentary Liberal party to expunge theRead More →
Scott Morrison fails to get in a female It is a moment of great pride for the Australian Indian community. It’s first real prospect of being in Australian parliament, for Australian Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has been pre-selected to contest the very safe Liberal seat of Wentworth, held byRead More →
Melbourne, October 10: If you haven’t bought a home by 45, you have probably “missed the boat”, warns Australian economist. For Australians today, a foothold in the property market by 45 years of age is a must; if you nurture any dreams to own your own home. Dr Andrea Sharam inRead More →
The Brexit hell prophecy that quickly fell through Melbourne, July 21: Before Brexit, majority reports published by research institutes and claims made by columnists predicted that it would cause a catastrophe in world financial markets and hellish consequences in Europe. Today, Treasurer Scott Morrison released report from the Council ofRead More →
Where are all the Indians in the business of nation-making in election 2016? By Dinesh Malhotra Melbourne, June 22: The Indian settlers in Australia are seen by the mainstream society as very easy and good ‘fit’, committed to working hard and making their contribution to their adopted country. Most ofRead More →