By Sudha Kumar The #MeToo movement in 2017. Finally, there was a worldwide platform to address the widespread sexual assault and harassment experienced by women. What it revealed cut across every difference of every kind. The universality of the issue was spectacularly staggering. On 10 March 2019 the ‘All about women’ festival at the Sydney […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji In the IPL match at Jaipur on Monday [25 March], King’s XI Punjab’s off-spinner Ravi Ashwin ran out Rajasthan Royal’s Jos Buttler just before delivering the ball. This has created a lot of controversy. I wonder why. The batsman at the bowler’s end takes an unfair advantage by leaving the crease before […]
Gift cards are increasingly the payment method of choice for scammers. Scamwatch reports show more than $5 million was lost in 2018, a 38 per cent increase compared with 2017. iTunes cards accounted for $3.1 million in losses – a 156 per cent increase from the $1.23 million reported in 2017. However Scamwatch has also […]
A Coffs Harbour Punjabi farmer, Gurmesh Singh, has struck victory in the NSW state elections, a National party candidate, he said, the reason that he stood in election is because he wants to make the region strong and that people have equal opportunity for jobs like any other place in Australia. “I want my kids […]
Akshay Kumar as I have said before is turning into the next Mr.Bharat! The guy chooses yet again to display his nationalist urge, albeit the fact that he is a Canadian citizen! Anurag Singh’s Kesari is inspired by the true story of the battle of Saragarhi, 1897, where a band of 21 soldiers of the British Indian Army’s […]
Every vote matters For the Lower House (Legislative Assembly) You will be given two ballot papers: a small one for the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and a large one for the Legislative Council (upper house). To vote for the lower house, you must put a number 1 in the square next to the candidate you […]
NSW Electoral Commissioner John Schmidt today released statewide early voting numbers and reminded electors that early voting centres remain open until 6pm tomorrow night, Friday 22 March. “To date, a total of 845,779 people have taken up early voting,” he said. “This includes 670,998 people who have voted in person at 194 early […]
By Neena Badhwar Next Saturday is NSW State elections on March 23. There has been a slew of issues as population boom spreads to the west of Sydney. Most of the suburbs from Parramatta and beyond are now inhabited by residents who make a major part of the multicultural mix that one can see. The […]
You may be aware that a Hindu girl studying in a Catholic school in Perth was asked to remove her nose stud as it violated school uniform policy. Parents of the girl and then Hindu Council of Australia told the school that a nose stud is an item of religious significance and is obligatory. The […]
Indian Crescent Society of Australia Inc. (ICSOA) organised a condolence meeting to grieve together with bleeding hearts on the merciless and cruel way the killings of innocent Muslims was conducted by Brenton Tarrant who with his right wing extremist ideology killed worshippers gathered at a mass in the mosques in Christchurch. Said Abbas Raza Alvi, […]