The Coalition Government will invest an extra $14.5 million in 2015-16 to help refugees learn English so they have a better chance of supporting themselves through work. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the extra funding will help up to 2700 people being provided with Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) take […]
20.07.2015. Minister for Multiculturalism John Ajaka has today called for community submissions to the NSW Government’s Countering Violent Extremism Early Intervention Program. The NSW Government is consulting widely on how the community can best protect our young people from violent extremist influences. Mr Ajaka said that […]
Expressions of interest are being invited from organisations to operate as skills service organisations as part of an overhaul of Australian qualifications. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said that skills service organisations will play a crucial role in ensuring training delivers the competencies that jobs will require in the […]
Sydney house price are on fire as there is frenzied activity in the housing market making many local Indians, multi-millionaires in their own right who have invested in properties. For how long this housing bubble stays one cannot predict, it is interesting to note our own Ambani and Mittal homes, according to Forbes list of […]
According to the UN Population Fund, more than two-thirds of married women in India, aged 15 to 49, have been beaten, or forced to provide sex. In 2011, the International Men and Gender Equality Survey revealed that one in five have forced their wives or partner to have sex. Marital rape could be an offence […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water Niall Blair has praised volunteers, who will this weekend inspect more than 600 properties in the Port Botany area to ensure the successful eradication of red imported fire ants. “Last year red fire ants were detected at a port […]
Vivid Sydney has been recognised as a world leading event, taking out one of the top honours at the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association Grand and Gold Awards. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Vivid Sydney won the Gold Award in the Marketing – State Government Destination category, recognising State […]
Dr Peter Friedlander The Australian National University (ANU) South Asia Research Institute is calling for more Australian schools to teach Hindi or risk Australia falling behind in its relationship with India. The Institute will hold a workshop for education and language specialists on Friday to help develop a […]
An international study has found Australia’s performance has slipped backwards in terms of how well migrants integrate in their new countries. Between 2010 and 2014, Australia’s score on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) dropped by one point overall. Jessica Kinsella from The Australian National University (ANU) helped […]
By S. Sunder Das The Birth of Jesus is recorded in the Gospel according to St. Matthew thus: “Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Soon after […]