Melbourne’s Immigration Museum at 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne is celebrating Diwali – the Festival of Lights on October 20 from 6 to 11pm at night with Melbourne band ‘The Fifths’ with their unique blend of east meets west ‘Electro Pop Bollywood’ tunes that will be sure to make you dance. Put on your dancing shoes […]
Queensland Law Society president Christine Smyth today (Monday September 18) welcomed the state government’s announcement that it will begin removing 17-year-old offenders from the adult criminal justice system. “Queensland Law Society has advocated strongly for this reform, and called for the major parties to commit to it in the lead-up to the last election,” Ms […]
Project: White Rakhi 2017 was launched across a number of university campuses in Australia. The initially launch was held at the University of Technology, Sydney with subsequent events held at RMIT, Melbourne; University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. Students were joined by Members of Parliament, University Representatives and Community Leaders in […]
By Neena Badhwar Hindi Divas is celebrated worldwide on September 14 an initiative by the Indian government to promote and propagate Hindi language. September 14 is an important date in India’s history as in 1949 Hindi and its Devnagri script was officially adopted as the official language of India. On September 16, Sydney celebrated Hindi […]
Spinner Nathan Lyon dropped from the ODIs replaced by Ashton Agar and Adam Zappa Kersi Meher-Homji wonders In the past no series provoked as much interest as the Ashes, Tests between Australia and England. Recently the India – Australia Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy arouses equal if not more interest. Australia is now […]
By Neeru Saluja Our homes are a place where we feel safe, comfortable and they reflect our persona. This is where we grow up, unwind, entertain and share memories with family and friends. If you feel that you need to bring your home to life, meet entrepreneur Seema Sahni as she launches her new venture […]
By Sudha Kumar. On 3 Sep 2017, I had the absolute honour and privilege of spending a couple of hours with Dr. Shashi Tharoor – Member of Parliament (India), Former UN Undersecretary General, Author. After an extremely successful session at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Dr. Tharoor was a speaker at ‘Antidote – Festival of Ideas, […]
It’s the beginning of the ‘business end’ of the school year, with more than 70,000 students counting down to the official end of Year 12, less than two weeks away. Education Minister Rob Stokes has reviewed the final preparations of more than 700,000 exam papers for 118 courses that are now ready for distribution to […]
The Sixth Australian National Hindu Conference with the theme ‘Strengthening Communities – Stronger Australia’ provided a platform to more than 35 Hindu organisations, temples, and associations where they shared ideas on how they could work unitedly to strengthen their communities and make Australia stronger. The conference, held in Adelaide, was highly praised by many dignitaries […]
Awards celebrate excellence in public schools 13 September 2017. Education Minister Rob Stokes today honoured the most outstanding students, teachers and parents across NSW public schools in the Minister’s Awards for Excellence for 2017. Mr Stokes said the awards highlight the tremendous contribution that students, teachers, principals, parents and school communities make to public […]