It almost 130 years ago that Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second Prime Minister, appreciated the potential of Australia’s relationship withIndia. Travelling to the subcontinent in 1890”“91, he saw our nations’ proximity as opportunity, and predicted the distance between us would diminish year by year. Today, the truth of Deakin’s words can be seen in the economic, […]
Australia’s first driverless metro train has completed its first journey along the entire length of Sydney’s new $8.3 billion Metro Northwest railway line. The train arrived at Chatswood Station’s Metro platforms today, having travelled 36km from the new Tallawong Station in Sydney’s northwest as part of the intensive testing process. Premier Gladys Berejiklian was in […]
By Vijay Badhwar If the first Australia-India ODI on January 12 were to be decided by the number of tri-colours waving at the Sydney Cricket Ground or the blue ”˜Star’ shirts dotting the ground, India would have won hands down. Trains full of Indian supporters, the Central Station concourse teaming with them, only flags sold […]
Sydney icons and regional NSW’s natural beauty have been snapped and shared on social media by visitors from all over the world, with the Sydney Opera House, city skyline, jacarandas in full bloom and NSW’s stunning coastline cementing their place in social media history as the most liked photos on NSW’s @sydney and @visitnsw channels […]
The Western Sydney Aerotropolis is on track to create 200,000 jobs, with the NSW Government signing the 10th major agreement to attract investment to the Aerotropolis since the Investor Forum in May. Premier Gladys Berejiklian committed to deliver 10 MoUs this year and has now delivered with the final commitment to develop a […]
26 November 2018. Visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has exhorted Australian businesses to “hop, skip and jump” to India to benefit from the country’s remarkable growth story. Delivering the annual AIBC national Australia India Address 2018 at a packed Shangri-La Hotel ballroom in Sydney on Thursday, the President said Australia and India shared many […]
Bill Shorten, MP, Leader of the Opposition gave the following speech at Deepavali celebration at Parliament House in Canberra on December 3, 2018 “Namaste. Vanakkam. Kem Cho. Bula. Your Excellency, parliamentary colleagues, the Member for Banks representing the Prime Minister, distinguished guests one and all, welcome to Parliament House. You do this parliament great […]
Australia v India LIVE and FREE ”“ 7 and 7mate this summer 3 December, 2018. Seven’s Test coverage starts this Thursday LIVE from the Adelaide Oval as Australia start its campaign to win back the Border-Gavaskar trophy from India. After a turbulent year, the Aussies will be hoping their world class bowling attack including Mitchell […]
PhD candidate Shyama Sasikumar has received a prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellowship to progress her research in liver modelling. Ms Sasikumar is studying at Swinburne as part of the university’s partnered PhD program with the Indian Institute of Technology ”“ Hyderabad (IIT-H). She is developing a model that can mimic the liver microenvironment to study the […]
Brisbane, Australia: Nawazuddin Siddiqui was named Best Actor for his outstanding performance in Manto at the Asia Pacfic Screen Awards in Brisbane tonight. Siddiqui’s win marks the third consecutive year Indian actors have won in this category following Rajkummar Rao for Newton(2017) and Manoj Bajpayee for Aligarh (2016). This was Siddiqui’s second APSA nomination after […]