Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s response to a review of teacher education. Mr Piccoli said the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) review demonstrates a shared commitment with NSW to improve the quality of teaching. “Great teaching leads to the best results for students so […]
The biggest travel trade delegation from India has arrived in NSW to experience destinations featured in the successful Jhappi Time tourism campaign first-hand. NSW Premier Mike Baird said 30 travel agents and wholesalers are taking part in the Focus on India familiarisation tour of Sydney and regional NSW between Sunday 8 February and Friday […]
The annual Moomba Festival bursts into life in Melbourne over the Labour Day long weekend, 6-9 March, 2015. Bollywood star Pallavi Sharda and cricketing great Shane Warne have been crowned Moomba Monarchs, and will appear in the famous Moomba Parade on Monday 9 March. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has crowned iconic ex-cricketer Shane […]
Navdeep Suri, who was ambassador to Egypt, will now head to Canberra as the High Commissioner of India in Australia. He was earlier with the Public Diplomacy division at the MEA headquarters in New Delhi. Born in Amritsar in 1959, Mr. Suri studied at Guru Nanak University with a Masters degree in Economics and […]
Badminton Australia, is calling fans of the sport to come and take part in an exciting volunteer opportunity – the chance to be courtside with the international starts of badminton. The Australian Open Superseries 2015 needs volunteer line judges to participate in all of the action, from May 26-31 at Sydney Olympic Park. Meals […]
Imran Khan is Kersi’s choice as captain for his pick of All Time Great World XI Cricket Team By Kersi Meher-Homji I often wonder as to whose job is the hardest; Prime Minister’s (ask Tony Abbott), umpires’ or national selectors’. As I am not likely to be a PM ”“ thank heavens, or an […]
AAP Party has decimated all the other contenders with Congress kicked out of the scene altogether with BJP loosing 29 of its seats from last elections. One BJP spokesperson said that they could not wipe out the impression left by Kejriwal’s 49-day rule. Delhites have overwhelmingly supported Kejriwal and put all their eggs in […]
By Neeru Saluja He’s a talented actor. An ace director. A soulful poet and a creative writer. He’s been blessed with a voice as good as his looks. He belongs to a family infused with creative genes but he stands apart. My admiration for him started in 2001 when he entered our lives with […]
As you know, two of my colleagues have called for a leadership spill of the two senior positions in our Party. They’ve called for a spill of my position as leader and they’ve called for a spill of Julie Bishop’s position as Deputy. The first point to make is that they are perfectly entitled […]
Under the ”˜Goodwill Ambassador’ Program Indian Consul General in Sydney, Sunjay Sudhir organised a get together of the community and media at VFS office in Sydney to discuss various issues and concerns and how the VFS functions and the services it provides. The meeting in Sydney was conducted by Loren D’Souza, Regional Head, South East […]