Category archives for: Community

Don’t miss out on your family assistance

  Time is running out!   By 30 June 2014 you need to: lodge your 2011–12 and 2012–13claim forFamily Tax Benefit, Child Care Benefit and Single Income Family Supplement lump sum payments, and confirm your income for Family Tax Benefit””this means you and your partner need to lodge a tax return with the Australian Taxation […]

Learn to watch thoughts with BK Raja Yoga sessions

            Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation offers us many things, but spiritual power is the most important. It shows us how to choose happiness rather than sorrow, how to decide on victory rather than defeat. In this, the oldest form of meditation, we don’t attempt to empty our mind. We […]

Adani Group gets approval for a whopper of a coal project in QLD

              Adani Chairman Gautam Adani, big dreams big projects Adani is  in news in India during the election fever and we have Adani  making waves here in Australia too as India’s energy needs rise. An approval for a 16.5 billion coal and rail project in Queensland producing 60 million […]

$42 million for tropical health and medicine research in northern Australia

                Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne   The Federal Coalition Government will invest $42 million in ground breaking tropical health and medicine research to be conducted by James Cook University (JCU), delivering on an election commitment to  communities in northern Australia. Minister for Education, the Hon […]

Sydney Dance Festival – A  reminder that all Indian dance is not just Bollywood

                      By  Vish Viswanathan “We artistes are like flowers. But Maduram Academy of Performing Arts did put us together like a beautiful garland through the Sydney Dance Festival” said Smt. Vidha Lal,   a world famous Kathak   exponent and the Guinness Book of World […]

 Lend a Hand for South Asian Women’s Support Centre

A group of women (and organisations) are coming together to establish a centre to provide a supportive environment for South Asian women who are isolated, and at risk of domestic violence and homelessness. The Centre, in Western Sydney, will provide a safe and enjoyable environment for women to access counselling, enjoy social outings and build […]

Take the challenge – launch of Money Stuff 2014  

The NSW Government has launched the 2014 Money Stuff Challenge, a fun, educational competition that teaches high school students about consumer rights and responsibilities. “It is never too early to learn important lessons about money management, including avoiding the debt trap and not getting scammed, and the challenge offers a prize pool up to $14,000,” […]

Parramatta station getting a refresh!

                The NSW Government’s $22 million station refresh program is now underway at 19 key stations that include a deep clean, improved station security and less clutter on platforms. “As one of the key stations on the network, I am thrilled to see Parramatta Station included in this […]

All the talk of gloom-and-doom is total budget bakwaas

              By Manbir Kohli It looks like the Liberal government will go ahead with the deficit-levy/tax when the budget comes out on Tuesday. All the talk of the economy is in crisis and doom-and-gloom that they have been projecting is totally bakwaas. For instance look at the unemployment figures […]

Telstra goes Bollywood in Melbourne with Malaika

                The annual Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition is one of the highlights of the Indian Film Festival and attracted thousands to the Federation Square in Melbourne on 4 May. Pouring rain did not deter the audience that gathered with umbrellas to witness bollywood dance hungamma put by the […]