A home loan rejection can leave you questioning years of saving. For many families, the decline isn't even the worst part. The worst part is that the parents already know, the relatives back home already know, and there is no answer to give any of them.Read More
Labor pledged $600,000 over two years to the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on 13 August. Later that same day, the Liberal-Nationals pledged $2.8 million over four years. The competing commitments put the festival directly into Victoria’s election campaign. On 13 August, the Victorian Government announced $600,000 to support two additional years of the Indian […]Read More
For Melbourne-based Deakin University student Indiana Marriott, studying in India offered something a lecture theatre could not: the chance to learn about wilderness medicine, healthcare and culture by experiencing them first-hand. When Indiana Marriott began looking at international study opportunities through Deakin University, she was not searching for another subject to simply add to her […]Read More
The Australia migration debate is usually conducted at national scale: targets, visa numbers and annual population growth. But migration does not happen in spreadsheets. It happens in suburbs. Few places show that more clearly than Melbourne’s west, where some of Australia’s fastest-growing communities are also home to large populations with roots in India and across […]Read More
National “March for Australia” rallies returned to Australian capital cities on Sunday, 30 August, almost exactly one year after the movement first brought thousands of anti-immigration protesters onto streets across the country. This time, however, the message presented to the public was different. Rather than putting “mass immigration” at the centre of its campaign, March […]Read More
A major overhaul of Australia’s migration system that was expected to be announced in early August was delayed, and one proposal that emerged from the government’s deliberations could have significant consequences for thousands of temporary migrants, including Indian nationals. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke had been scheduled to address the National Press Club on 6 […]Read More
Australia’s migration regulator has sanctioned three registered migration agents after finding they allowed unregistered people to provide immigration assistance using their professional registration numbers, exposing a practice authorities describe as “front agent” activity. The action by the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) includes one cancellation and two suspensions. In the most extensive […]Read More
Indian-Australian chef couple Saavni Krishnan and Aditya Suresh have been named Best New Talent at the 2026 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards, national recognition for their approach to Indian food at Melbourne restaurant Saadi. The pair, who are partners in life and in the kitchen, run Saadi on Punch Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. Gourmet Traveller announced […]Read More
Hundreds of Indian Australians gathered at Federation Square and Parramatta Square in solidarity with the youth-led protests that demanded accountability from India’s former education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan.Read More
The final full week of June brings a busy mix of new streaming releases for Australian viewers, with major titles arriving across Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+ and SonyLIV. From fantasy spectacles and rural Indian drama to food-world pressure, family therapy, documentaries and reality shows, there is enough on the calendar for almost every […]Read More
