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Category: Australia

  • Budget to keep more employed amid Covid-19 recession: Aus Treasurer

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    “Unemployment tends to go up the elevators and come down the stairs,”said Frydenberg…Reports Asian Lite News Australia’s federal budget, scheduled to be unveiled on Tuesday, was aimed at keeping more citizens employed amid the coronavirus-induced recession, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Monday. Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corportation (ABC), he said that the economic recovery…

  • Australia to reinitiate ‘trans-Tasman’ travel bubble plans

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    McCormack said that decision on when Australians may be able to visit New Zealand would be up to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…Reports Asian Lite News New Zealanders will be allowed to enter Australia in the first opening of international borders by the two countries since travel restrictions were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy…

  • Australia Enters First Recession In 30 Years

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    Australia has officially entered its first recession after nearly 30 years, with the June quarter GDP numbers showing the economy went backwards by 7 per cent, the worst fall on record, official figures revealed on Wednesday. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the latest figure follows a fall of 0.3 per cent in…

  • Australian vaccine shows promising results

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    An Australian-developed COVID-19 vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability. The University of Queensland (UQ) released detailed results of animal trials of its vaccine candidate on Tuesday to the International Society for Vaccines, Xinhua news agency reported. UQ’s “Molecular Clamp” vaccine works by locking on to…

  • Australia urged to stop forced return of Lankans

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    Australia should cease forced returns of Sri Lankan asylum seekers until they are provided fair, thorough and transparent processing of their protection claims, human rights groups said Wednesday. Amnesty International, the Human Rights Law Centre and the Human Rights Watch made the appeal in response to the Nov 29 decision of Australian authorities to turn…

  • Modi Express in Sydney during G20

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    Modi Express’ to take Indian PM’s fans from Melbourne to Sydney…reports Sandeep Datta In appreciation of Narendra Modi’s humble beginnings, over 200 fans of the Indian prime minister will travel 870 km by a special train dubbed “Modi Express” from Melbourne to Sydney for a diaspora event Nov 17. Carrying 220 Modi fans, the four-carriage train…

  • Australia launches air strike against ISIS

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    Australian fighter jets have made their first strike against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) announced . In carrying out the overnight airstrike, pilots of an F/A-18F Super Hornet dropped two bombs on “an ISIL facility”, Xinhua reported. “Two bombs were dropped from an F/A-18F Super Hornet onto an ISIL…

  • Australia cancels ISIS air strikes

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     Australian combat jets were pulled out of a potential strike on a moving Islamic State (IS) target in Iraq because of concerns that civilians could be killed, the defence ministry said . Defence chiefs revealed in a media briefing Wednesday, that the F-18 Super Hornet pilots stopped pursuing their IS target when it moved into…

  • Indian pays tribute to 50 Australian greats

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    It’s a 50×1.5 metre canvas that took Melbourne-based, Kerala-origin Sedunath Prabhakar 18 months and AUS$7,000 to create as a tribute to 50 Australian greats, both living and dead, thereby bringing alive the country’s history. It is set to be unveiled next month. “Through my 50 portraits, I wanted to narrate the history of Australia. The…

  • Australia lauds the bravery of Indian soldiers

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    Indian soldiers’ bravery revisited on Haifa Day in Sydney….reports Sandeep Datta The Indian soldiers’ valour as displayed in 1918 during first World War to free the Israeli city of Haifa was remembered in Australia . On Sep 23, 1918 Indian soldiers of two elite army units from Jodhpur and Mysore, in a heroic battle with Ottomans,…

  • Indian soldiers’ bravery revisited in Australia

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    The Indian soldiers’ valour as displayed in 1918 during first World War to free the Israeli city of Haifa was remembered in Australia Tuesday. On Sep 23, 1918 Indian soldiers of two elite army units from Jodhpur and Mysore, in a heroic battle with Ottomans, liberated the port city of Haifa. “The Indian horsemen armed…

  • Australia welcomes new govt in Afghanistan

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    Australia Tuesday welcomed the Afghanistan unity government agreement between Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah Abdullah. The two candidates in Afghanistan’s presidential election have finalised a power-sharing deal to form a government of national unity, Xinhua reported. Under the deal, Abdullah Abdullah agreed that Ashraf Ghani should be the president. In return, Abdullah will nominate a…

  • ISIS planning public beheading in Australia: Abbott

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    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday said that suspected terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were planning a public beheading in the country. Abbott’s comments came after police detained 15 people in the biggest counter-terrorism raids across the country early Thursday, Xinhua reported. Abbott said that a senior member of the IS, who is…

  • Australian troops reaching Middle East

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    Australian Special Forces will travel to the Middle East this week to join a US-led international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday. Once in position, about 600 Australian troops will await orders to support Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling the militants, Xinhua reported. Abbott described IS’s…

  • Search on for Pak sailor

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    The search for a Pakistani sailor, who was aboard a navy vessel and is believed to have jumped off in Australia’s Darwin Harbour, continued Monday. The sailor went missing from Pakistan Navy ship PNS Nasr Sunday morning, ABC reported. According to officials, police were alerted about the incident by the Australia Navy Sunday evening. “A backpack…

  • India, Australia to sign nuclear pact

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      Australia and India are to sign a nuclear agreement Friday allowing the latter to purchase uranium for civilian nuclear use, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said here. “Prime Minister Modi and I will today sign a nuclear cooperation agreement that will finally allow Australian uranium to India,” he said while addressing a meeting of…

  • Aussie’s seek land of opportunities

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      Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who began his India visit from Mumbai where he arrived early Thursday with a 30-strong business delegation, said his country wants to make most of the “abundance of opportunities for business” in India. Addressing businessmen at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Abbott said that India has amazed the world…

  • Tony Abbott begins India visit

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    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott started his India visit from Mumbai where he arrived early Thursday, heading a 30-strong business delegation. His day, full of engagements, started by paying homage to the 26/11 terror attack victims at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace where he is staying in south Mumbai. Later, Abbott called on Maharashtra Governor C.…

  • Rolf Harris faces more cases

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    Metropolitan police are considering fresh allegations against Rolf Harris after he was convicted of indecently assaulting four girls, BBC reported. The entertainer was found guilty on Monday of 12 counts of indecent assault in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Following the verdict, the Met said it would look at fresh allegations, which did not form…

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  • Sydney Light Show

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    Pictures show the light show in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, Australia. The aquatic light show is among the events of the Vivid Sydney music, light and idea show which starts at the beginning of winter.

  • NRI doctor receives top Australian honour

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    A prominent India-born doctor based in Australia has been conferred with a prestigious award by a top medical body here in recognition of his outstanding service to the medical profession and the community, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) said. Mukesh Haikerwal, 54, a general practitioner and former AMA president, was presented the AMA Gold Medal,…

  • ‘Kiwi no Australian immigrant’

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    New Zealanders were relieved Friday when new DNA research ruled out a connection between their iconic kiwi and birds native to rival Australia – but instead threw up an even bigger surprise as to the origins of the national mascot. Research by Australia’s University of Adelaide showed the flightless, mostly nocturnal kiwi was most closely…

  • Australian state pushes for dowry ban

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    The Australian state of Victoria is pushing for a ban on the Indian practice of dowry in marriages amid concerns that it is leading to domestic violence and abuse of women within the Indian community here, a media report said Friday. Economic abuse was made illegal under the Family Violence Act in 2008, but Australian…

  • Nominations for Victoria Prize invited

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    Applications for two prestigious science and innovation programs in Australia, the 2014 Victoria Prize for  Science & Innovation and the 2014 Victoria Fellowships are now open. The Minister for Innovation, Louise Asher said two $50,000 Victoria Prizes, one for physical  science and one for life sciences, will be available this year, to recognise the work…

  • Jobs In Oz For Young Brits

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    International Work Experience Programme Launched early 2014: YOUNG Brits have the opportunity of a lifetime to undertake a month-long work placement in South Australia thanks to the launch of “Mentor Me”. Backed by the Government of South Australia, the South Australian Tourism Commission and STA Travel, the world’s largest student and youth travel company, and…