The NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation is warning the public to hang up on scam callers offering money and seeking personal details. Acting Secretary Anthony Lean said scammers commonly targeted seniors and people living in regional communities. “The department is aware of scam calls […]
By Neena Badhwar Our house backs on to Elouera National bush. The dining room overlooks on to the top of the trees. So we live with the Parakeets, Rosellas, Kookaburras, and at times an occasional Kangaroo or a […]
The Coalition Government will invest an extra $14.5 million in 2015-16 to help refugees learn English so they have a better chance of supporting themselves through work. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the extra funding will help up to 2700 people being provided with Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) take […]
20.07.2015. Minister for Multiculturalism John Ajaka has today called for community submissions to the NSW Government’s Countering Violent Extremism Early Intervention Program. The NSW Government is consulting widely on how the community can best protect our young people from violent extremist influences. Mr Ajaka said that […]
A car accident involving Hema Malini, a popular Bollywood actor and Indian politician, has killed a girl and injured several others including the politician. The 66-year-old MP in the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was rushed to a local hospital late on Thursday […]
Expressions of interest are being invited from organisations to operate as skills service organisations as part of an overhaul of Australian qualifications. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said that skills service organisations will play a crucial role in ensuring training delivers the competencies that jobs will require in the […]
Sydney house price are on fire as there is frenzied activity in the housing market making many local Indians, multi-millionaires in their own right who have invested in properties. For how long this housing bubble stays one cannot predict, it is interesting to note our own Ambani and Mittal homes, according to Forbes list of […]
According to the UN Population Fund, more than two-thirds of married women in India, aged 15 to 49, have been beaten, or forced to provide sex. In 2011, the International Men and Gender Equality Survey revealed that one in five have forced their wives or partner to have sex. Marital rape could be an offence […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water Niall Blair has praised volunteers, who will this weekend inspect more than 600 properties in the Port Botany area to ensure the successful eradication of red imported fire ants. “Last year red fire ants were detected at a port […]
Arjun Tendulkar By Kersi Meher-Homji You can’t keep the name Tendulkar out of headlines. During Wimbledon tennis last week, TV cameras were at times focussed on Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli watching the semi-finals. Now the name Arjun Tendulkar is in news. He is […]