Jubilant Indian team December 6, New Castle, Australia SPECIAL OLYMPICS 2013 ASIA PACIFIC GAMES – 387 MEDALS FOR INDIA, The Special Olympics 2013 Asia Pacific Games for athletes with an intellectual disability came to an end this evening at New Castle . Indian athletes shone winning 387 medals and won many a heart. […]
Workshop to transform Parramatta Square New York-based urban design guru Ethan Kent has kicked off a series of workshops with Parramatta City Council to help shape the public domain of Parramatta Square, currently one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal developments. The first public workshop was held today, with further discussions to take place early […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee With a change of the government in Canberra, the Indo-Australian bilateral ties are likely to experience another upswing. The new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made the better relations with India as one of his government’s top foreign and trade policy priorities. As expected, China continues to occupy precious space as […]
Attorney-General George Brandis In Abbott Government’s first legislative move, the Attorney-General George Brandis is introducing a Bill to amend or water down the Racial Discrimination Act section 18C that protects Australia’s cultural groups, which are in the hundreds. The next clause or the section 18D outlines exemptions anyway to what is there in 18C on […]
CNN-IBN, DELHI Interview with the Foreign Minister Ms Julie Bishop as she is on an official visit to India: By Suhasini Haider JOURNALIST Ms. Bishop, Thank you so much for speaking with us. To begin with India and Australia are exchanging many different parts of their relationship with each other, the […]
Ms Bishop with India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid at Hyderabad House, New Delhi. The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, has announced that Australia will support India’s full membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). “I was pleased to inform the Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, of the decision of the Australian […]
Speech by Hon. Julie Bishop, Australia’s Foreign Minister to Confederation of Indian Industries, Mumbai on November 16, 2013. I am absolutely delighted to be in Mumbai, on the first full day of my first visit to India as Australia’s Foreign Minister. Distinguished guests, thank you for taking the time to be here today. My […]
Modi compared with Tony Abbott on Q & A, India On Monday November 18, 2013 Tony Jones’ Q & A moved to India and did a live recording and special session at Gurgaon’s Kingdom of Dreams. Q & A in India lived up to its expectations – lively and argumentative that reminded Tony Jones of […]
CHOGM – Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting is happening right now in Sri Lanka with Prime Minister Tony Abbott attending it while his policy on turning back the boats with asylum seekers from Sri Lanka is in full force. Perhaps he should visit Jaffna himself and see with his own eyes the remnants of […]
Pallavi Sharda in the panel in Q & A India to be simulcast live on November 18 Q&A India Monday 18 November, 2013 9.35pm on ABC1 (live AEST), simulcast live on ABC News 24 The line up for next Monday’s Q&A special – Q&A India – has been confirmed. Host Tony […]