Category archives for: Community

India country strategy – Australia’s blueprint for future engagement

    27 August 2013. The Prime Minister today outlined Australia’s blueprint for future engagement with India through the Australia in the Asian Century Country Strategy for India. Australia’s relationship with India has perhaps the greatest potential to grow out of all of Australia’s significant bilateral relationships in Asia.  There are 450,000 people of Indian […]

NSW grants to promote community harmony

  A new round of NSW Government grants of up to $20,000 are now available to help fund projects focusing on inter-cultural and inter-faith activities, Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello announced today. The Community Inclusion Grants are part of the $1.4 million  Multicultural Advantage Grants Program,  administered by the Community Relations Commission (CRC), […]

India’s easy-forex trader Shivanand Swami to kick for a $1 million dollar at NRL

  Shivanand Swami of Parbhani from India won a competition with easy-forex to kick in Sydney for the grand NRL for Us $1 million prize! The winner of the world’s biggest ever global trading competition, created by online group easy-forex ® has been announced and will be flown to Sydney, Australia to kick for the […]

Beware of traveling con men conning old people!

Beware of unregistered traveling trades people who have been cheating old people as they come and sweet talk and then do shonky work and demand money more than they originally quoted. Here is a video release by The Fair Trading office to warn people who should ask for their ID, licence number and advise they […]

People’ Forum on August 21 as both leaders reply to undecided voters!

  The above table by an Australian Research scholar.  By Rekha Bhattacharjee   The Prime Minister has said many times that Australia has a low budget deficit and debt to GDP compared with other major economies, and pointed to Australia’s AAA rating as evidence of a strong economy. The data indicates that the Prime Minister’s […]

Indian -Australians one of the fastest growing community in Australia

  Senator Lisa Singh Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh on August 15 recognised the contributions of Indian Australians to Australia’s future in a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of India’s  independence at Yarralumla. “There are more than 450 000 people of Indian descent living in Australia, making the  Indian-Australian community one of the fastest growing […]

Maharaja is back in Australia from August 30!

By Neena Badhwar Ravi Bodade, Manager, Air India did not realise when he came to Sydney that he will be under the spotlight after a long long time as many managers of Air India to Sydney came and went. Almost Nearly 16 years since 1997 when  India’s national airline ‘Air India’ shut its services to […]

A play on Swami Vivekananda

  Oneness – Voice Without  Form – a play on the life of Swami Vivekananda Sydney Opera House Playhouse 17 and 18 September 2013 The story of one man’s search for enlightenment that changed the world”¦ On the 150th anniversary of Vivekananda’s birth comes an extraordinary play about his extraordinary life.  The 19th century Indian […]

Next Australian Government urged to stay the course with India

A former Australian High Commissioner to India has warned that Australia will be making a serious mistake if it dilutes efforts to improve ties with India. John McCarthy, who is one of Australia’s most accomplished diplomats, made his remarks in a speech to the Australia India Institute, based at the University of Melbourne on India’s […]

International anti-trafficking campaigner to speak in Sydney this week

A woman who rescues girls from brothels and other child workers from factories in India will address a seminar on human trafficking at Fairfield on Friday. Ms Anita Kanaiya is co-director of Oasis India, a non government agency which helps rescue and rehabilitate trafficked people in India and educates communities about the tragedies of the […]