Category archives for: Australian News

Who will be the best Indian comedian?

First it was Short + Sweet Theatre Festival that entered India and spread its wings starting from Delhi, to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai  and now it is Festival Australia’s Largest Open Mic Comedy Competition, RAW Comedy, that hits Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi Melbourne International Comedy Festival is taking Australia’s biggest open-mic comedy competition, RAW Comedy, […]

Chidambaram and Reserve Bank Governor Mr Rajan to visit Australia G20 finance Ministers’ Meet

  Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan Finance ministers from the G20 countries will gather in  Australia this weekend of February  22-23 2014, a crucial step on the way to November’s Leaders meeting, which will be the most important gathering of world leaders  Australia  has ever hosted. The G20 leaders’ meeting in Brisbane in […]

It’s Jhappi time!

Anupam Sharma, Minister for Arts George Souris , Sandra Chipchase, CEO Destination NSW and Premier Barry O’Farrell doing  Bollywood and ‘Namastey’ at the launch of ‘Jhappi time’ campaign By Neena Badhwar Jhappi or Japphi, as they say in true blue Punjabi, is a ‘loving’ hug – chosen as a theme to mark the time for […]

Victor Dominello to visit India

    Victor Dominello with UIA executives   NSW is forging its ties with India as Premier Barry O’Farrell promised regular annual visits to further trade ties, understand and build better bilateral relations. He has already taken two trips to India since he has been elected. Now India will host another important visitor in Victor […]

AIBC playing an important role in Indo-Australian trade relations

Sheba Nandkeolyar, President Australia India Business Council , shares her thoughts on the activities of AIBC and what it has achieved last year and is set to achieve this year. She says, “We had a range of activities for our members and also worked closely with the NSW Government through the Premier’s Office, NSW Government […]

Andrew Robb MP to address Australia India Roundtable

    Hon. Andrew Robb, MP The Minister for Trade and Investment, the Federal Member for Goldstein, The Hon. Andrew Robb, MP will address the Australia-India Roundtable at the Australia India Institute on Thursday the 6th of February 2014. The Australia-India Roundtable, the leading informal dialogue between the two countries, will be held this week […]

Minister visits Manrajwinder Singh who was bashed in Melbourne on December 29

Manrajwinder with brother Yadwinder and mum visited by Minister Matthew Guy at Alfred Hospital State Minister of Planning  Hon. Matthew Guy  along with FIAV President  Vasan Srinivasan, EC member  Goldy Brar  visited  Manrajwinder Singh  an accounting student from Cambridge College and his parents who arrived from India at Alfred hospital last week where he has […]

Australia to host ICC World Cricket Cup and The Asian Cup

  Australia, in 2015, will host the two biggest sporting events with our favourite game of Cricket and the Games of Football – the ICC Cricket World Cup in February and The Asian Cup in January.  12 Teams from cricketing countries as well as football have already qualified and will head down under early next […]

150 homes gutted in Blue Mountains bush fires cleared

  Blue Mountains residents whose homes were burnt down in bushfires have been struggling to get their homes cleared to see that their Christmas time feels better and that they can look forward to rebuilding lives and their homes next year. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Michael Gallacher has welcomed the efforts of clean-up […]

Indian museum to display Wollemi Pine

  L-R: Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Mr Dilip Walse Patil (in blue), NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Mr Shivraj Deshmukh, and Maharashtra Minister Suresh Shetty A Wollemi Pine will go on display in the grounds of a major museum in Mumbai after a sapling was gifted to the […]