By Yadu Singh 457 Visa will be replaced by two new temporary Visa classes, which will allow employers and businesses to hire a skilled person from overseas provided they can’t find a suitably skilled local person. People who will get these visas must have relevant work experience of at least 2 years, have better English […]
Forging forward – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop met Vice President Pence in Washington earlier. Pence is now meeting Prime Minister Turnbull to reinforce ties with Australia By Rekha Bhattacharjee “The North Korea regime is a reckless and dangerous threat to peace and stability in our region and, indeed, in the world,” Turnbull told reporters in […]
Comedian Papa CJ will debut his show ”˜Naked’ at the Sydney and Perth Comedy Festivals in 2017. The Sydney show is on Saturday 29th April at 9.15pm at the Factory Theatre and the Perth show is on Friday 5th May at 9.15pm at the State Theatre (Heath Ledger Theatre). Tickets are priced at $35 and […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee April 18, 2017. This afternoon Prime Minister announced to the media “We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs. We’re abolishing 457 visas, the visas which bring temporary foreign workers into our country.” It will be replaced by a new Visa program “ […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee It was a 2008 review of the Indo-Australian bilateral relations by two University of Adelaide academics (Peter Mayer and Purnendra Jain) which gave us this apt descriptive phrase ”“ silence punctuated by hiccups. If the media reports, and Australian government press releases, are to be believed, the hiccups would be soon […]
By Manju Mittal Sydney get ready! This is the biggest line-up of Bollywood stars who will be walking the red carpet and receiving awards for all the fine work Indian film industry has produced over the years. Not only Indians in India, Sydneysiders and other places worldwide have equally enjoyed Bollywood cinema for over […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee The FTA has been stalled since 2014 ”“ both prime ministers have conceded ”“ it has been slow. PM Turnbull says there is no guarantee for a formal FTA in the near future – thus business houses have been recommended to look for new ways to work with India. Both Prime Ministers […]
By Melvin Durai India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal recently told the Rajya Sabha that the country added 5,525 MW of solar power generation capacity in the last fiscal year and now boasts a total of 12,288 MW. I wasn’t sure exactly what MW stands for, so I checked with Kellyanne Conway, […]
By Manju Mittal Srijani Dan, the melody queen of Sydney from Kolkata, won Colors Singing Megastar Australia ”˜ Let your voice fly’ competition on Sunday April 9. The competition was held at Parra Villa Function Lounge, Parramatta by Colors Television and their event partner The Elegant Creations. Recently Colors Indian TV channel has signed director […]
Rekha Bhattacharjee The chairman of Adani Group and executives discussed with Prime Minister Turnbull On India’s growing need for energy. Adani group is seeking a $900 million dollar Federal government loan for a railway link to the Port. Malcolm Turnbull clearly told the group ”“ even as prime minister it is outside his control ”“”That’s […]