According to the UN Population Fund, more than two-thirds of married women in India, aged 15 to 49, have been beaten, or forced to provide sex. In 2011, the International Men and Gender Equality Survey revealed that one in five have forced their wives or partner to have sex. Marital rape could be an offence […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water Niall Blair has praised volunteers, who will this weekend inspect more than 600 properties in the Port Botany area to ensure the successful eradication of red imported fire ants. “Last year red fire ants were detected at a port […]
Arjun Tendulkar By Kersi Meher-Homji You can’t keep the name Tendulkar out of headlines. During Wimbledon tennis last week, TV cameras were at times focussed on Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli watching the semi-finals. Now the name Arjun Tendulkar is in news. He is […]
Vivid Sydney has been recognised as a world leading event, taking out one of the top honours at the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association Grand and Gold Awards. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Vivid Sydney won the Gold Award in the Marketing ”“ State Government Destination category, recognising State […]
Dr Peter Friedlander The Australian National University (ANU) South Asia Research Institute is calling for more Australian schools to teach Hindi or risk Australia falling behind in its relationship with India. The Institute will hold a workshop for education and language specialists on Friday to help develop a […]
An international study has found Australia’s performance has slipped backwards in terms of how well migrants integrate in their new countries. Between 2010 and 2014, Australia’s score on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) dropped by one point overall. Jessica Kinsella from The Australian National University (ANU) helped […]
By S. Sunder Das The Birth of Jesus is recorded in the Gospel according to St. Matthew thus: “Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Soon after […]
The NSW Government has established a new $50,000 annual fellowship to support professional development of artists in Western Sydney. “This is great news for arts in Western Sydney, and is in addition to $30 million over the next four years to grow Western Sydney’s arts and cultural sector” Geoff Lee MP, Member for Parramatta […]
Go Set A Watchman is set during the mid-1950s, some twenty years after To Kill A Mockingbird, and features many of the same characters. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced […]
Minister responsible for Fair Trading Victor Dominello today released two exposure draft bills for final consultation, to reform strata living in NSW. Mr Dominello thanked the state’s strata community, strata dwellers, academia and industry for working with the government to bring the bills to fruition. “The over-riding objective […]