PHILLIP HUGHES I am deeply saddened by the passing of cricketer Phillip Hughes. This is a heartbreaking time for all cricket and sport lovers in our State. Phillip was a much-admired, dedicated and supremely gifted cricketer who we all felt was on the verge of fulfilling his immense talent. Phillip’s meteoric rise from the […]
All our thoughts are on Phil Hughes who is fighting for his life at St Vincent’s hospital after being hit by a bouncer By Kersi Meher-Homji Like all cricket lovers I am praying for Phil Hughes’ recovery. When batting he was hit on his helmeted head by a bouncer in the Sheffield Shield match […]
Visa applicants now have more choice in English language testing with the addition of two new assessment options, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, said. Temporary graduate, skilled, work and holiday, and former resident visa applicants are now able to take advantage of the changes. “Applicants are now able […]
Neeru Saluja interviews Parineeti ‘Chirpy’ Chopra the Kill Dil girl… If you think actress Parineeti Chopra is a bundle of energy on screen, she is no different off screen. You can feel the spark and the enthusiasm in her voice which makes you realise why she is called the ‘Chirpy Chopra’. Though she never […]
Sunali Bhandula and Cheryl Khurana playing the daughters in Delhi Daughters By Neena Badhwar Indian community has witnessed many stage plays that are now being enacted still the scene is lacking in migrant Indian issues that are yet to find a genre and a spot in the field of theatre in Australia. Finally a […]
By Neena Badhwar While Brisbane got to host G20 Summit with Modi pressing for black money to be repatriated to India as discussions on the agenda of anti-corruption, tax evasion and trade by the G 20 nations releasing a 3-page 21-point communique, Canberra received its own highlight where Mr Modi gave an address, […]
State Member for Parramatta, Geoff Lee was honoured to join thousands of members of the Australian-Indian community to celebrate the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Australia – the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Australia in over 28 years. “I met Modi back in 2013 at the Vibrant […]
Cricket diplomacy was on show at the reception given to Narendra Modi, at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the Prime Minister saying a ‘new journey’ in India-Australia relationship has begun. Addressing a select gathering at the reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and attended by cricket greats like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil […]
Sukhmani Khorana When I first suggested the idea of an Indian diaspora conference in Australia as a response to the Australia India Institute’s ‘Beyond the Lost Decade’ taskforce report, I never thought it would one day become a reality. Now, almost a month after the event, I am not just grateful that a personal […]
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PARLIAMENT HOUSE Madam Speaker, Mr President. It is long overdue for an Indian Prime Minister to address this Parliament ”“ given that the leaders of the United States, China, Indonesia, Britain, Canada, Japan and New Zealand have already […]