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Lisa Singh: First person of South Asian decent to enter Australian Federal Parliament
Melbourne: Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate Lisa Singh from Tasmania has become the first person of South Asian decent in Australia to enter the Australian Federal Parliament. Lisa Singh, 38, a former Minister in the ALP government in Tasmania...
Tony Abbott’s scare campaign on debt
By Chris Bowen, Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation & Corporate Law, Minister for Human Services, Member for McMahon Melbourne: The only consistency from Tony Abbott’s shambolic economic team during this campaign, has been their deceptive...
Two charged over Indian assault
Brisbane: A teenager and a 20-year-old man have been charged over the robbery and assault of an Indian national while he was using a telephone box in south Brisbane, the AAP reports. The report further says: “The 25-year-old man was using a telephone...
Aussie charged with attempted murder in India
An Australian working in India has been charged with attempted murder after using an air rifle to shoot a man urinating in the street. The Australian man, who Indian media named as Levin Jestin, had been drinking with friends on his balcony when he saw...
Aust. jobless rate falls
Canberra: Australia’s unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in November, as the country’s economic recovery continued. The jobless rate dropped to 5.7% last month, from 5.8% in October, as 30,800 new full-time jobs were created, said the Australian...
Many hurt in Oz asylum brawl
Dozens of men at the Christmas Island detention centre have been injured during a riot between Afghan and Sri Lankan detainees, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The brawl broke out between about 150 men at the centre on Saturday...
Australia’s new citizenship laws
By our community reporter Melbourne: The Australian Parliament has passed new citizenship laws recently. The main points are as follows: 1. Exemptions from citizenship test for people with a permanent or enduring physical mental incapacity. 2. A citizenship...
Amnesty flays Howard over Rights Bill
Amnesty International has slammed former Prime Minister John Howard’s criticism of the idea of a bill of rights for Australia. At a Menzies series lecture at the University of Western Australia last night, Mr Howard dismissed a rights charter...
FISA welcomes cops-students cricket match
Clash of a different kind: Vic.Police – Indian students play a cricket match By our community reporter Melbourne: Victorian police cops and Indian students ‘clashed’ in a cricket match here on Friday (19 June) in a lane of the Central Business...
