NSW beaches are among the best in the world, the latest State of the Beaches report has confirmed. The annual scorecard, released by Environment Minister Rob Stokes today, shows that 97 per cent of the 144 ocean beaches monitored by Beachwatch were graded as Good or Very Good. “I am delighted that 25 years after […]
UNINDIAN, the first feature of the recently established Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) will go into production in October in Sydney, Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP announced in India. The first of its kind in the world, the Australia India Film Fund was established in 2013 to invest in Australian films with Indian themes for […]
Two SBS journalists were jointly named Journalist of the Year at last night’s Multicultural and Indigenous Media Awards, held at Parliament House, Sydney. SBS radio Hindi Executive Producer Kumud Merani was honoured for her radio feature The Story Untold; which examines Australia’s complex migration patterns and the surprising genetic link between Australia and India’s first inhabitants, pointing to […]
Bob Carr joined the Australian Labor Party as a 15-year-old boy in 1963. He went on to become NSW Leader of the Opposition for 7 years until finally becoming the Premier in 1995, and New South Wales’ longest serving one. After retiring, he came back as a Senator in the Federal Parliament and represented Australia on the global stage […]
Bridgewater NJ and Pune, India IGATE Corporation, the New Jersey-headquartered integrated technology and operations solutions provider, launched the IGATE Corporate University – the Company’s sprawling training and development facility in Pune. As one of Asia’s largest corporate training Universities, the IGATE Corporate University will focus on building custom training programs and methodologies in association with leading global varsities. The University […]
Fans and players from the Indian community have been invited to create a team and represent India in the second edition of the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup, which was launched recently by the Sydney Thunder. Started by KFC Big Bash team the Sydney Thunder in 2013, the competition aims to give cricket lovers from all cultural backgrounds the […]
Former Chairman of Cricket NSW, Dr Hari Harinath OAM, has been named the new Chair of the Community Relations Commission’s (CRC) Advisory Board. Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello announced Dr Harinath’s appointment along with seven part-time Advisory Board Members. “The make-up of the new Advisory Board truly reflects the changing face of multicultural NSW and for […]
Western Sydney and coastal regions will be the areas in NSW most heavily impacted by dementia growth rates, new dementia prevalence rates show. The figures, prepared for Alzheimer’s Australia NSW by Deloitte Access Economics and released today to coincide with Dementia Awareness Month, predict a big growth over the next 40 years in the number of people with […]
International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia is an independent initiative to celebrate world cinema in the southern hemisphere. It provides an opportunity to showcase movies from around the world that are high on art and content and may or may not be shown in cinemas. IFEFA also attempts to celebrate the cinematic art and awards the most original and creative […]
The State’s outstanding international students and organisations that support them were celebrated at the Sydney Opera House recently. Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner and Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Regional Development John Barilaro congratulated the winners of the 2014 NSW International Student Awards. “The NSW International Student Awards publicly acknowledge the positive contributions and […]