Category archives for: Australian News

Premier welcomes Regional PBD conference in Sydney

Saba Abdi, Premier Barry O’Farrell, Fiji’s Ex Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhary and his wife, Gautam Gupta at a reception given by the premier in Government House in Sydney NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has today welcomed an Indian Government delegation to Sydney while officially opening the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas – or Overseas Indian Convention. The […]

Tony Jones to host Q & A in India

In a first for the program, Tony Jones will host  Q&A India  broadcasting live from Gurgaon – the business and commercial hub just south of the Indian capital New Delhi. As usual, a large studio audience will ask the questions, but this time the audience will be made up of Australian and Indian citizens and […]

Simply hang up on scam callers

October 23, 2013.  NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Stowe today issued a warning to consumers to hang up on scam calls and report to Fair Trading on 13 32 20. Mr Stowe said scam smart seniors in Hallidays Point on the mid north coast had reported receiving a scam call this week, with the scammer already […]

Prepare & Save your house from Bushfire

    Regardless of your decision to Leave Early or Stay and Defend, you still need to prepare your property against the threat of a bush fire or ember attack. A well prepared home is more likely to survive a bush fire. Even if your plan is to Leave Early, the more you prepare your […]

Labor reclaim Miranda seat

  Labor’s Barry Collier has reclaimed his old NSW seat of Miranda in a stunning by-election result the opposition says sends a message to the O’Farrell government. Mr Collier took back the seat he relinquished in 2011 in a poll forced by the resignation of former Liberal sports minister Graham Annesley. The O’Farrell government had […]

$2000 a mango for the season’s first tray!

Mango is a favourite fruit of us Indians for thousands of years. Even our famous poet Ghalib praised his love of mangoes in his poetry as he lazed in the hot Indian summers describing the fruit as heavenly in his couplet that goes: ‘Mango is sweeter than the best in life, nay, even life itself”¦’ […]

Melbourne’s dirty secret: rorts and rip offs in CBD cleaning

  ( A survey found that that more than half the cleaners employed in the CBD are  international  students. Many of the  international  students employed in cleaning were born in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Colombia. The investigation found that some are paid as little as $15 an hour, $9.35 an hour below the […]

Australia and India to collaborate on clean fuel production

  In a time when Australia’s liquid transport fuel supplies are declining and our transport needs are growing, a research partnership between Australia and India could provide a solution to a number of energy concerns and ultimately reduce the reliance of both countries on imported fuels. The widespread introduction of a clean-burning synthetic fuel, dimethyl […]

CHEMEXCIL 2013 – A Key Milestone in Indo-Australia Bi-Lateral Relations

Top chemical corporations from Australia partnered with their Indian counterparts at the Indian Chemicals & Cosmetics Exhibition held over two days in September  24-25 at the Hilton, Sydney. A returning delegation from India, the exhibition saw a tremendous response in participation from both countries. Hosted by Chemexcil and inaugurated by Mr. Arun Kumar Goel, Consul […]

A decisive victory for Abbott!

Beaming Mr Abbott with  wife Margaret and daughters Bridget, Frances and Louise By Rekha Bhattacharjee Prime Minister Tony Abbott has won with a decisive victory!  Labor has avoided the rout it had feared. Currently the Australian electoral commission (AEC) has the  Coalition with 88 seats  in the lower house,  Labor on 57, one for the […]