Category archives for: Community

Ghee: the new super food!

              Ayurveda considers ghee the ultimate cooking oil  due to its cooking properties, wonderful taste and many healing benefits.   Most of the Ayurvedic medicines use ghee as a medium for absorption as it helps deliver the phytochemicals of herbs directly into the cells. With its rich, buttery taste […]

Build your skills to help you find a job

Bonnyrigg Library, in partnership with Student Employment Options is holding a FREE three week course for people of any age who are interested in improving their job readiness skills. Mayor of Fairfield City Frank Carbone said it is important for the community to engage in services such as these as they assist with the necessary […]

Skilled migrants to suffer from the scrapping of Subclass 103 Parent Visa  

    The Government’s Budget announcement that it will be ceasing lodgement of new applications under the Other Family and Non-Contributory Parent visas will take place prior to the start of the 2014-15 programme year. The visa subclasses affected are: Parent (subclass 103) Aged Parent (subclass 804) Aged Dependent Relative (114/838) Remaining Relative (115/835) Carer […]

Great news for Indian pensioners

            The Australian Government will finalise a new social security agreement with India this year to make retirement easier for residents of both countries. Announcing the agreement today, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews and Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said residents of both India and Australia would now […]

NSW Police helps advance multiculturalism

            From L To R: Matt Kean MP, Nick Kaldas (Deputy Commissioner NSW Police), Hakan Harman (CRC CEO), Minister Dominello, Andrew Scipione (Commissioner, NSW Police) and Vic Alhadeff (CRC Chair) Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today recognised the NSW Police Force  for  its outstanding performance in the delivery […]

New Telstra Global Bundle means more data and more masti for families

            Streaming your favourite entertainment and keeping in touch with family in Australia and overseas has never been easier, with Telstra’s new Telstra Home Bundle – Global. Telstra General Manager of Marketing, Alister Park, said “Telstra’s global bundle combines your high speed internet and home phone on one bill, plus […]

Indian actors wanted for a feature film

Mcgregor Casting, a Sydney casting agency, are currently  casting  for Indian actors for a Feature Film which is being shot in Australia in the second half of this year. There are various roles ranging from lead role to smaller roles however all of these roles will be for people in their 20’s. Would it be […]

Modi wave turns into tsunami claiming 284 seats

              Modi has done it. He asked for 300 lotuses and the people of India gave him 340 with BJP winning 284 seats on its own steam. And having won the election with outright majority the jubilant crowds waited for him to show up but all Modi does is […]

Hindu Council of Australia to run Sanskrit classes

  An Open Day for Sanskrit Classes to be conducted in Burwood is being organised on this weekend. HCA requests all in the Indian community and their acquaintances to come forward and take the opportunity in learning Sanskrit – India’s most ancient language which is the basis of our Hindu scriptures such as Gita and […]

The Story of The Little Red Hen

            (Today the bread is being claimed by every political party in Indian election results) Once upon a time, a lamb, a cat, a pig, and a little red hen lived on an old farm on a flowery hill surrounded by fields of golden wheat. One day, the Little Red […]