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Dhanyavaad to Dhanawade

              Pranav Dhanavade, India’s gifted young cricketer hit 129 fours and 59 sixers  to reach  his record breaking 1009 run score By Kersi Meher-Homji If a fictional book had described a match in which a batsman played an unbeaten innings of 1009 runs, readers would have condemned it as […]

New Aged Care Complaints Commissioner appointed

  Australia’s ‘independent’ Aged Care Complaints Commissioner starts work this week, to handle and investigate any  complaint relating to a Commonwealth subsidised residential  or home-based aged care service. Supported by a team of 150 people in multiple sites across the country, Ms Rae Lamb has assumed powers for dealing  with aged care complaints, after responsibility […]

Crackdown on child care operators’ non-compliance saves $7.7 million a week

  New measures introduced by the Turnbull Government to crackdown on child care operators’ non-compliance will save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, in moves that will ensure child care is more affordable, more accessible and fairer for Australian families. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today released new statistics showing in […]

New underquoting laws come into effect

                Regulating the overheated, overpriced real estate market, Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello Consumers now have greater certainty about property prices with stronger underquoting laws coming into effect today. Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said the new laws protect consumers and fulfill […]

Simran Pun: “In 21st century you will have to work with India”

                  Simran Pun was travelling in India when Board of Education rang her with the news of her topping the state in Hindi By Neena Badhwar Simran Pun topped in Hindi Continuers in the state this year. It was a pleasure meeting her proud parents at the […]

Sydney goes Sufiana with Mudasir Ali

              Mudasir claps along as Billu and Maxine sing By Manju Mittal Kashmiri singer Mudasir Ali known for his intense, powerful and energetic voice  was in Sydney during Christmas break. As Sydney prepared for the birth of Jesus Christ and for the big family day get together on the […]

Why you should read aloud to your children and pick their favourite book ?

                A Gist from a book by Dr S. Ryan – By Rekha Bhattacharjee   As parents know all too well, children love to re-read their favorite books over and over again Children benefit greatly from re-reading as they learn the rhyming or predictable pattern of the text […]

Sadhana – a beautiful actress of her times

                              Sadhana in the movie ‘Parakh’ and with the famous fringe she courted in ‘Love in Simla’     By Neena Badhwar Sadhana – the famous actress known to have set a trend of ‘sadhana cut’ amongst millions of young Indian […]

Australian business looking at India as ‘new China’

            By Rekha Bhattacharjee Those Australians who are worried over the slowing Chinese economy may have some reasons to smile as Canberra is already working desperately to stitch up a Free Trade Agreement with the world’s second-most populous country – India. If everything goes according to the Australians’ plan there […]

NSW Art Gallery exhibits works by great painters

                By Bibi Mukherjee Currently the NSW Art Gallery is exhibiting the most impressive art works from Scotland National Gallery. The collection encompasses 70 paintings from the Renaissance to Impressionism particularly the outstanding works by great Masters. The fresco of Edinburgh skyline with the Edinburgh Castle on the […]