All Entries in the "Australia" Category

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 box in Macgregor, in Brisbane’s south, at 10.40pm (AEST) on Thursday when he [...]

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 the man urinate outside his apartment, reports ABC.
ABC quotes Indian media [...]

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 Bureau of Statistics.
The figure surprised analysts, who had been expecting the unemployment rate to increase in November to 5.9%.
The latest [...]

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 (Nov. 21) night. Staff at the centre brought the riot under control within 30 minutes. [...]

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 course for those who have difficulty passing the citizenship test.
3. Children under 18 cannot apply for citizenship unless they are permanent residents.
4. Two special [...]

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 as a comprehensively bad plan, reports the ABC.
Victoria and the ACT have already adopted their own [...]

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 District (CBD). The match is being seen as a step towards easing the tension after many [...]

Racist bosses no surprise: ANU

New research by Australian National University showing that Australian employers are racist is disappointing, but hardly surprising.
The ANU study, reported in The Age newspaper on 18 June, supported the findings of Harnessing Diversity: addressing racial and religious discrimination in employment, the report published last year by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human
Rights [...]

Melbourne: Indian student hurt in racist gang attack

By our community reporter
Melbourne: An Indian overseas student from Chandigarh was badly bashed in a train here on Saturday evening (9 May) by six persons, becoming another one to a growing list of Indian victims of violence.
Sourabh Sharma, 21, who is a hospitality student was confronted by six persons in a train near Leverton, on [...]

Asylum boat explosion, 3 killed

Melbourne, Australia: Three people died in an explosion in an asylum boat which was being escorted to Christmas Island. ABC reports that around 43 people (suspected to be Afghans) have been injured in the blast.