The Fair Work Commission has awarded a $18.70 increase to all underpaid Victorians on 5 June 2014, thereby increasing the minimum wage. Most of us would see this as a good thing: after all, with rising living costs and inflation, we need all the help that we can get to make ends meet. Raising of […]Read More
In addition to offering world class education and a vibrant, multicultural social life, Melbourne has taken another step to woo the international student community by offering them deep discounts on public transport starting from 2015. Loiuse Asher, who came to New Delhi to speak at the 2014 Indian Education Summit, said that Victoria’s biggest export […]Read More
From November of 2014, people applying for Temporary Graduate, Skilled, Work and Holiday, and Former Resident visas will have a wider choice of English language tests that will be accepted by Australia’s Department of Immigration. Currently, the two barometers of English ability that the immigration office uses are the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) […]Read More
The annual Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition is one of the highlights of the Indian Film Festival and attracted thousands to the Federation Square in Melbourne on 4 May. Over twenty talented contestants from all over Australia competed for the winning titles with Bollywood’s brightest stars Malaika Arora Khan from India’s Got Talent, Dhoom 3 Director Vijay Acharya […]Read More
As Barrack Obama famously once said, ‘Education is the economic issue.’ He was referring to the fact that education is often the best financial investment an individual can make. But there are limits even to a good thing. Universities around Australia are currently in a bid to charge tertiary students more than present amounts to […]Read More
Few weeks back, a bill was passed in favor of the veterans regarding military pensions by the Federal Parliament of Australia, making the plans much more generous. According to the bill, the retirement income will soon be associated with average weekly earnings (which was earlier intertwined with inflation). The bill, which was aimed to get […]Read More
On the night of April 6, 2014, Queensland Police raided a bunch of commercial and residential properties in Gold Coast, wrapping up the biggest drug operation in the city’s history, arresting more than 150 people on 400 charges. The total amount of cash and drugs found during this raid equals a street value of $26 […]Read More
In the race for customers, energy companies have taken to door-to-door salesmanship. If you’ve encountered sales representatives from power companies that knock on your door and proceed to tell you why your current provider is not so good and why you should absolutely switch to their company, you’re not alone. But as the recent $1m […]Read More
The uninitiated could be forgiven for thinking the Australian Sports Party is the kind of party that you go to on a Saturday night. But if you have the two minutes you need to look them up, they’re a political party who, from their website’s ‘About Us’ page, is ‘focused on helping Australians live a […]Read More
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, takes places from 1-11 May. This year’s festival explores the richness of contemporary Indian cinema across four program streams, with films spanning Bollywood to art house and the subcontinent, as well as establishing an international competition, the Indian Film […]Read More
