Vic.Govt. announces six months’ rent relief, other steps for Little India traders

By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne: The Victorian Government today gave a Christmas gift to the traders of Little India, Dandenong by deciding to grant then six months rent relief and some other steps to address their grievances. The traders of Little India...

More Suicides In Refugee Detention, No Lessons

By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Apr 19 (IPS) – Supporters of asylum seekers here say that the government’s response to recent suicides in Australian immigration detention centres ignores what is already well-known: that indefinite,...

84 Indians in Australian jails

By Melbourne News Bureau Melbourne: There are 84 Indians in Australian jails. The revelation has come in a report in the ‘Tehelka’ magazine. The report which quotes the Ministry of Overseas Indians and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), does not...

Gautam Gupta’s letter to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh

Anna Bligh MP Premier of Queensland PO Box 15185 City East Queensland 4002 Dear Premier Ms Anna Bligh, We write to extend our support to you and your team in this very brave fight. The recent floods in Queensland are tragic and we are in absolute shock. Every...

Campaign to shut ‘dirtiest’ power station on verge of victory

By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov 18 (IPS) – Environmentalists here are on the verge of a significant victory in their efforts to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas pollution, as the Victorian state government negotiates...

Vic Coalition to boost Bollywood ties

By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne: A Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Government will cement Victoria’s economic and cultural ties with India and South Asia with an ambitious plan to attract more Bollywood film production to Victoria. “Bollywood is...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Pradeep Singh: Indian warrior on Oz boxing mission

Pradeep Singh (Left): Rising star of Australian professional boxing EXCLUSIVE SAT INTERVIEW By Neeraj Nanda Predeep ‘Indian Warrior’ Singh, 22, you may already have seen him on Foxtel’s production of the reality boxing series “The Contender”....

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...