By Vijay Badhwar Win or lose doesn’t matter; participation in a game is the name of the game and none’s bigger than politics. Based on the philosophy, there are many participants from the Indian subcontinent in the forthcoming elections, albeit none predicted to create even a dent in the results. Indian subcontinent’s only pride, sitting […]
By Cyprian Fernandes According to the ABC’s Vote Compass online assessment of their reader’s individual position in relation to their preferences and alignment with the major parties, I am 63 percent aligned with the Liberal/National Party Coalition, 53 percent with Labor and 32 percent with the Greens. Actually, I feel as if I am a […]
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) issued a reminder today that anyone interested in standing as a House of Representatives or Senate candidate in the 2016 federal election has until 12 noon Thursday 9 June to nominate. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said both the completed nomination form and deposit must be received by the relevant AEC […]
Indian Down Under E paper June-July 16
The NSW Labor Opposition introduced legislation on June 2, 2016 to stop hate speech in NSW. Currently, NSW lacks a law which would effectively prohibit someone from advocating violence against people on the basis of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There has never been, for example, a prosecution […]
The NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) has released new maps showing evacuation areas in the event of a land-threat tsunami. While the likelihood of a land-threat tsunami on the east coast of Australia is low, the maps show the areas where residents and workers would have to move […]
Dr Rajeev Varshney (left) Co-ordinator of the sequencing project with ICRISAT researchers Scientists from The University of Western Australia have joined a global research team that have identified genes in peanuts that when altered will be able to prevent an allergic response in humans. […]
Gaurav Joshi reports from India on IPL-2016 So what has been so unique about this season of the IPL? Sixes continued to flow, as did the fall of wickets and the crowd still poured through the gates. However, cricket on the field took a slightly different […]
Neena Badhwar The one place that puts a smile on your face, the one that makes you forget your sickness, aches and pains, the one that makes you sing, dance and flaunt your talent, is […]
Sri Omcare’s Shweta Sharma dances with senior Sarla Bahen in celebration of her 80th birthday Minister for Ageing and Minister for Disability Services John Ajaka today announced that nominations for the 2016 NSW Carers Awards are open. Carers Awards are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the […]