An Australian court on Friday ordered a restaurant owner to pay A$186,000 ($144,387) in unpaid wages to a man who was trafficked from India and held in forced labour for 16 months, a leading Australian law firm involved in the case said in a statement. The Federal Circuit Court of Australia heard that Divye Kumar […]
Message from Julie Owen , MP, Labor Member for Parramatta Is your Australian flag looking a little tired and worn around the edges? You might like to dob in that dodgy flag and get a new one in time for ANZAC day ceremonies. My office is able to provide community organisations in the Parramatta area […]
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) is due to release a major discussion paper aimed at overseas qualified migrants and the obstacles that they face being recognised by Australian employers. Daniel Mulino, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, will launch the ECCV discussion paper Qualified but not Recognised, which explores barriers faced by […]
by Neena Badhwar Swachh Bharat Music Concert organised by Indian Seniors Group, Hornsby and supported by Nautanki Theatre where singers of Sydney namely Vinod Rajput, Pushpa Jagadish, Reena Mehta and Suhas Mahajan will together entertain Sydneysiders with songs of Bollywood films for the last 25 years. The concert raised an unending response and […]
Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya accompanied by Bobby Singh on Tabla A beautiful concert of Hindustani classical music by Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya, a vocalist visiting from Kolkata is happening on April 12, 2015 at sydney’s Milson’s Point . Possessing the rare feat of having won simultaneous top positions in Khayal and Thumri at All India Radio […]
Fawad Ahmed an exceptional leg-spinner chosen to play for Australia in the coming Ashes test with England By Kersi Meher-Homji What an inspirational journey; an asylum seeker one day, an Australian leg-spinner a few years later! There is hope for all of us; if you are talented, put in hard work and […]
World-renowned numerologist Sanjay B Jumaani is in Australia to watch cricket world cup match. He has been featured in various leading T.V. channels including Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, India TV, Aaj Tak and Star News, as well as in leading International Newspapers like the New York Times, Gulf News, Khaleej Times, Hello! […]
A high-speed broadband connection is still a distant dream for most Indians if one compares the average internet speeds globally. With average internet connection speed of 2.0Mbps, the country ranks at a lowly 116 in network tracker Akamai’s latest quarterly report ‘The State of the Internet’. Curious which are the countries that offer highest internet […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi As we settle here and make Australia our home, some of us are also becoming confident enough to play our role in Australian politics. There are various reasons: an inclination towards politics, issues that sit on our minds and our close connection with the our community which is now fast becoming […]
By Amrit Bhatta writes from South Africa his insights into the current cricket world cup finals 1. NZ being tested under pressure in the SF really helps them, Aussies haven’t really had to deal with significant pressure this tournament. But having played all their games on tiny grounds in Kiwi conditions is a […]