Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated China’s Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 in a 72-minute thriller winning the Australian Open Super Series women’s title on Sunday today on June 12, 2016 at the Sydney Sports Centre. This is her second Australian Open win and with this, the World No. 8 has managed to claim her maiden […]
The Cinema Travellers, a Cannes winning documentary on the last travelling cinemas of India, a debut feature of Indian documentary film makers Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya premiered at Cannes to glowing reviews and and having won the Special Jury Prize for L’Oeil d’or: Le Prix du documentaire is now showing at Sydney Film Festival […]
With just two months until the 2016 Census of Population and Housing, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is finalising its plans to reach more than 24-million people, from over 10-million dwellings across 8-million square kilometres. The Tuesday, 9 August Census is predicted to be the largest online event in Australia’s history, with two-thirds of […]
By Nitasha Bhatia Yes, it’s that time of year again, wedding season is upon us. I love weddings; I mean what is there not to love! It’s my one chance to dress up in my favourite sari, adorn myself with glittery bangles, get my hands painted with mehndi, stuff my face with way too much […]
By Vijay Badhwar Win or lose doesn’t matter; participation in a game is the name of the game and none’s bigger than politics. Based on the philosophy, there are many participants from the Indian subcontinent in the forthcoming elections, albeit none predicted to create even a dent in the results. Indian subcontinent’s only pride, sitting […]
By Cyprian Fernandes According to the ABC’s Vote Compass online assessment of their reader’s individual position in relation to their preferences and alignment with the major parties, I am 63 percent aligned with the Liberal/National Party Coalition, 53 percent with Labor and 32 percent with the Greens. Actually, I feel as if I am a […]
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) issued a reminder today that anyone interested in standing as a House of Representatives or Senate candidate in the 2016 federal election has until 12 noon Thursday 9 June to nominate. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said both the completed nomination form and deposit must be received by the relevant AEC […]
Indian Down Under E paper June-July 16
The NSW Labor Opposition introduced legislation on June 2, 2016 to stop hate speech in NSW. Currently, NSW lacks a law which would effectively prohibit someone from advocating violence against people on the basis of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There has never been, for example, a prosecution […]
The NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) has released new maps showing evacuation areas in the event of a land-threat tsunami. While the likelihood of a land-threat tsunami on the east coast of Australia is low, the maps show the areas where residents and workers would have to move […]