Message from Bill Shorten, Labor Leader It is with a heavy heart that I write to you about the passing of Bob Hawke, Australia’s 23rd Prime Minister.The Australian people loved Bob because they knew Bob loved them, this was true to the very end.With his passing, the labour movement salutes our greatest son, the Labor […]
May 14 is remembered as the Girmitya Day by the Fiji Indians in Fiji and here in Australia. “Girmityas” or Indentured labourers, is the name given to the Indians who left India in the middle and late 19th Century to serve as labourers in the British colonies, where the majority eventually settled. Girmit is a […]
Pratham Australia is organising their annual fundraising dinner on Thursday June 20 at Zaaffran Restaurant in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Starting at 6.30 pm the evening promises entertainment mix of Classical, Festive & Refined pan-Indian cuisine by chef Vikrant Kapoor. The night also will have live performance by Jazz singer Nicky Crayson who will perform old […]
Eid Bazaar in Sydney is an event that celebrates the festival of Eid as thousands turn up at Whitlam Centre. This year the Bazaar is on June 1 and all the entertainment along with food stalls, Indian sweets, Indian dresses, jewellery, rides will be there to entertain the whole family who come in droves with […]
Australian voters are reminded that Saturday 18 May is election day and it is compulsory for every enrolled Australian to vote. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said those who can’t make it to a polling place on election day can vote early either in person at an early voting centre, or by applying for a postal […]
May 8, 2019. The 66th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley. “This year celebrates a resurgent year of Australian cinema, with an exceptional selection of contemporary Australian stories including 23 World Premieres,” said Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley. “From Mirrah Foulkes’ feminist revenge tale Judy […]
Australian politics has rarely been lacking in drama and intrigue and this election on May 18 will also be undoubtedly packed full of excitement when Australians vote to decide on which political party will run the country – the incumbent Liberal-National coalition, headed by recently catapulted Prime Minister Scott Morrison, or the opposition Labor Party […]
After seven long years, this famous trio ”“ Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are coming to Australia and performing at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Hillsong Concert hall in Sydney and Melbourne Convention Centre on the 26, 27 and 28 July 2019, respectively. Shankar Mahadevan is the main vocalist, Ehsaan Noorani is the guitarist and Loy Mendonsa is a multi-instrumentalist […]
by Neena Badhwar Sonu Nigam is coming to Sydney performing live on July 20. He is well known playback singer, composer, host and an actor. Someone who wanted to become a scientist in his school years, Sonu was a child prodigy when at the age of four years he sang along with his father Mohammed […]
By Radhika Bhandari yatra nÄryastu pÅ«jyante ramante tatra devatÄḥ| yatraitÄstu na pÅ«jyante sarvÄstatrÄphalÄḥ kriyÄḥ || (Manusmriti 3:56 ”“ The divine is happy where women are honoured, there the gods rejoice; where, on the other hand, they are not honoured, there all rites are fruitless.) Following our scriptures, myself with two other friends, Varsha Khandelwal and […]