If you are receiving Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY Living Allowance as a dependant student, now is the time to ask your parents to update their details with Centrelink. Department of Human Services General Manager Hank Jongen today reminded eligible students about the annual reassessment of their parents’ income and family assets. “We use the […]
Victoria’s Opposition and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Daniel Andrews with members of the Indian community enjoying spray of Holi colours An Andrews Labor Government will create an Indian Cultural Precinct to recognise and celebrate the contribution the communities of the subcontinent play in Victoria. […]
Minister Dominello, Premier Mike Baird, Dr Harinath and Hakan Harman Deepavali (Diwali), or the Festival of Lights, represents thousands of years of Hindu tradition and is celebrated by Indian communities across the world to coincide with autumn in the northern hemisphere. The festival is a firm fixture on our State’s annual calendar of […]
CSIRO, St Vincent’s Hospital and Victorian biotech company Anatomics have joined together to carry out world-first surgery to implant a titanium-printed heel bone into a Melbourne man. Printed using CSIRO’s state-of-the-art Arcam 3D printer, the heel bone was implanted into 71-year-old Len Chandler, a builder from Rutherglen Victoria, who was facing amputation of the […]
Opera House celebrates Deepavali (Pic courtesy Premier Baird’s Office) The sails of the Sydney Opera House have turned a vibrant orange and yellow during an event hosted by NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello in celebration of the Hindu festival of light, Deepavali. […]
Forging stronger ties – PM Tony Abbott with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his recent visit to Delhi in the month of September By Neena Badhwar TIDU talked to Dr Nihal Agar in relation to Indian Australian Community Foundation (IACF) which is now busy organising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit hoping that […]
Here is a chance to win free return flights for 2 to India and celebrate Diwali in its true spirit! Etcom has partnered with St.George to give you this golden chance to enter a Diwali Picture competition… Entry is easy, you just need to: Take a photo of yourself, your friends, or even the […]
Migration agents are being warned to act lawfully following the cancellation of the registration of a Sydney migration agent, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, said today. The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the MARA) found that Mr Issam Sam Issa, a lawyer […]
Gough Whitlam speaking on the steps of Parliament House, Parliament House, Canberra, 11 November 1975 Message from Prime Minister Tony Abbott Australia mourns the passing of its 21st Prime Minister, the Honourable Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC. We remember his lifetime of service to […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji There was a time when, with few exceptions, cricketers played for glory ”“ theirs and their countries’. It has all changed in a hurry. Nowadays it is dollars first, centuries and hat-tricks later. No one doubts that money is important in all fields. I […]