Sarah Yahya (Mandean; refugee from Iraq) Sarah Yahya began voluntary work on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers in 2008 including working with the Mandean community and those living in western Sydney. Sarah’s work includes her ongoing involvement in organisations such as the Mandean Youth Steering Committee, Settlement Services International Youth NSW Steering Committee, […]
Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay and Member for Parramatta Geoff Lee today announced $5 million in funding to build a pedestrian bridge over Pennant Hills Road at North Parramatta. This is a vital safety link to connect Burnside Public School, Redeemer Baptist School, Tara and The Kings School with shops and facilities along […]
Minister for Finance & Services, Dominic Perrottet, today announced that a re-elected Baird Government will oversee a transition to digital licensing over the next four years. For the first time in Australia, citizens will be able to choose to have a licence issued in digital format. The Government will task its Digital Council, chaired by […]
A Sri Lankan woman who encouraged women from culturally diverse backgrounds to open up about family and domestic violence issues has received the top honour at tonight’s Premier’s Harmony Dinner. NSW Premier Mike Baird tonight awarded the prestigious Stepan Kerkyasharian AO Harmony Award to Nalika Padmasena in front of more than 1,300 people attending […]
The NSW Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident Mr Arun Kumar (Prabha’s husband) : I am a husband who has lost his wife and the father of a young girl who has lost her beloved mother. I cannot describe to you the pain I presently feel. My wife was the […]
The Australia India Business Council hosted a business brunch with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of India’s leading biotechnology enterprise Biocon and Chair of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore on March 7 at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. This was specially organised to celebrate International Women’s Day. AIBC National Vice Chair, Sheba Nandkeolyar introduced […]
The Australia India Business Council hosted a dinner address with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of India’s leading biotechnology enterprise Biocon and Chair of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore on March 6 at the Four Seasons Ballroom in Sydney. Mrs Mazumdar-Shaw is reportedly, India’s wealthiest self-made business woman named in TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential […]
United Indian Associations celebrated “International Women’s Day 2015” on Saturday 7 March 2015 at Auburn Town Hall. Key speakers in attendance included ‘Ms Melanie Gibbons’, MP for Menai representing the Premier of NSW, ‘Dr G K Harinath’ OAM Chairman Multicultural NSW, ‘Michelle Rowland’ Federal Member for Greenway, ‘Julie Owens’ Federal MP for Parramatta, UIA President […]
NSW Fair Trading is reminding consumers to be aware of the dangers of using portable butane gas cookers, following a public warning issued last week (3 March). Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe, said, “both single and some models of dual burner lunchbox cookers could no longer be sold in Australia following the suspension of their […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today welcomed the Federal Government’s crackdown on unscrupulous marketers locking unsuspecting students into “VET FEE-HELP” loans. Mr Piccoli, said, “the Federal Government’s new measures will complement the tough requirements NSW has introduced for training providers receiving NSW Government funding”. Mr Piccoli added, “I welcome the strong stance of the Commonwealth […]