Sydney’s newest suburb, locally known as Bunya, is nearing completion three years ahead of schedule because the NSW Government has pulled out all stops to boost housing supply, Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Brad Hazzard announced today. “It’s boom time in Bunya in Western Sydney as up to 800 families build their new homes, and […]
Introduction Thanks for having me today – it’s a pleasure to take part in the Fifth Australia-India Roundtable Dialogue. I’m going to start with an assertion. I believe the greatest assets of the Australia-India relationship are not the common ties of our past, but the things we can share in the future. […]
Minister for the Arts, George Souris, today called on NSW-based writers to apply for the 2014 NSW Writer’s Fellowship, worth $30,000. Mr Souris said the fellowship would support a program of professional development for established or mid-career professional writers of fiction, literary non-fiction, children’s and young adult literature, poetry, scripts for performance, literary digital […]
Roads Minister Duncan Gay today announced the release of the NSW Government’s new free ‘Speed Adviser’ app, that includes alerts motorists are about to enter a school zone. Minister Gay said the best way to avoid a speeding fine was not to speed – but for those wanting additional reminders the new app would […]
December-January is the season when the rest of the world descends on Goa. The local real- estate market heats up; so does the entertainment sector and the focus on Goa’s vibrant if less controversial food culture. No wonder then that we are seeing food-related books make it to the market at this time of the […]
Under Khemka’s leadership, West Nottinghamshire College has become one of the most successful colleges in Britain. Rooted in the communities of Nottinghamshire, it also has a national footprint and is the largest college provider of apprenticeships for 16 to 18-yearolds in the country. Asha Khemka, an India-born educationist in Britain, has been named for the highest British civilian award […]
Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, a 69-year-old India-born professor at Stanford University, has won the prestigious Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds. Paulraj’s contributions to wireless technology and the resulting benefit to humankind are indisputable. Every WiFi (wireless fidelity) router and 4G phone uses Multiple Input Multiple […]
Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has congratulated NSW film and television producers who have dominated at the 2014 AACTA Awards, Australia’s most prestigious screen industry accolades. “I am particularly proud of these productions made in NSW and supported by the NSW Government, especially Baz Luhrmann’s, The Great Gatsby, which dominated the film categories winning […]
Roads and Ports Minister Duncan Gay today announced that six construction contractors and joint ventures have lodged expressions of interest to build the first section of WestConnex. “We have received strong interest from both national and overseas contractors for the delivery of the M4 Widening, which is due to start construction in 2015,” Mr Gay […]
Victorian has the highest level of fire services funding in Australia Victorian Coalition Government has provided the CFA with more than $1.84 billion Coalition Government protecting our community A new report shows that under a Coalition Government, fire services are the best funded and resourced nationally, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Kim Wells announced today. The annual […]