Wednesday May 10, 2017. What is believed to be the largest series of penetrating palm frond injuries has been presented at the Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) this week in Adelaide. The aim of the presentation, according to Gold Coast University Hospital Department of Orthopaedics Doctor Anthony Silva, […]
Rahul Mehrotra with Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW, Helen Lochhead By Vijay Badhwar Renowned Indian architect, urban designer and professor, Rahul Mehrotra, is in town and delivered an interesting talk last night, May 2, 2017, as part of Utzon Lectures at the University of NSW. The talk was not about permanent […]
The Turnbull Government on 2nd May 2017 confirmed that it will build Western Sydney Airport. Details of the Turnbull Government’s plan to build Western Sydney Airport will be announced by the Treasurer in the Budget next week. This follows announcement by Sydney Airport Group, the owner of Kingsford Smith Airport, that it will not […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Sydney, April 30 (IANS): The Third Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue meeting between senior representatives from India, Japan and Australia has concluded in Canberra Saturday even as the foreign affairs commentators continue to express doubts over the revival of a wider quadrilateral grouping also involving the US. The Third Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue Senior Officials […]
Forging forward – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop met Vice President Pence in Washington earlier. Pence is now meeting Prime Minister Turnbull to reinforce ties with Australia By Rekha Bhattacharjee “The North Korea regime is a reckless and dangerous threat to peace and stability in our region and, indeed, in the world,” Turnbull told reporters in […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee April 18, 2017. This afternoon Prime Minister announced to the media “We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs. We’re abolishing 457 visas, the visas which bring temporary foreign workers into our country.” It will be replaced by a new Visa program “ […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee It was a 2008 review of the Indo-Australian bilateral relations by two University of Adelaide academics (Peter Mayer and Purnendra Jain) which gave us this apt descriptive phrase – silence punctuated by hiccups. If the media reports, and Australian government press releases, are to be believed, the hiccups would be soon […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee The FTA has been stalled since 2014 – both prime ministers have conceded – it has been slow. PM Turnbull says there is no guarantee for a formal FTA in the near future – thus business houses have been recommended to look for new ways to work with India. Both Prime Ministers […]
Rekha Bhattacharjee The chairman of Adani Group and executives discussed with Prime Minister Turnbull On India’s growing need for energy. Adani group is seeking a $900 million dollar Federal government loan for a railway link to the Port. Malcolm Turnbull clearly told the group – even as prime minister it is outside his control –”That’s […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was accorded a ceremonial welcome on Monday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Mr. Turnbull. He was then accorded the ceremonial guard of honour. Prime Minister Turnbull told reporters in New Delhi on Monday 10th April 2017 – “Prime Minister Modi has got a massive […]