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When Australia last won a Test series in India, Adam Gilchrist was captaining in place of an injured Ricky Ponting, a young Michael Clarke was announcing himself with 151 on debut in Bangalore, and the result was hailed as the fall of Australian cricket’s “final frontier”. That was late 2004. By the time the two […]Read More
If you plan to buy or sell a home in Australia in the second half of this year, expect a few more questions before the keys change hands. From 1 July 2026, real estate agents, conveyancers and lawyers must confirm who their clients are and, in many cases, ask where the purchase money is coming […]Read More
Since 1 October 2025, any Australian citizen or permanent resident buying a first home has been able to do it with a deposit of just 5 per cent, with no income test and no lenders mortgage insurance to pay. The change to the First Home Guarantee removed the income limits that used to shut out […]Read More
When Roli Vatss lodged an aged parent visa for her mother and father in January 2021, she was doing the ordinary thing a daughter does. Dr Vatss had come to Australia from India in 2014 and built a life as a doctor in Wollongong, and she wanted her parents near her as they grew older. […]Read More
More than 48,000 Indian nationals were granted permanent residence in Australia in 2024-25, more than from any other country, and most of the skilled arrivals passed through a single gate, a points test that has not been substantially rewritten since 2012. The federal government has spent more than two years promising to change that test. […]Read More
Every few months, Australia’s housing debate finds its way back to the same front door. Rents are up, vacancies are scarce, and somewhere near a university an international student is unpacking a suitcase. The conclusion gets drawn before the evidence arrives. The evidence is not hard to find. International students make up about 6 per […]Read More
A student in Ludhiana or Ahmedabad can hold strong marks, genuine savings and a clear study plan, and still find that some Australian universities will not open the application, or will demand far more proof than a classmate from Kerala or Karnataka. The reason often has less to do with that student and more to […]Read More
On 29 April 2026, the Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded a quiet milestone. For the first time since records began, more Australians were born in India than in any other overseas country. At 30 June 2025 there were 971,020 India-born residents, edging past England’s 970,950 by roughly 70 people, according to the ABS. China followed […]Read More
For the first time on record, people born in India are the largest overseas-born group in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 971,020 India-born residents as at 30 June 2025, moving past England after four years of steady growth. That milestone sits on top of a trade relationship that has grown quickly since the […]Read More
Every leasing season, the same accusation resurfaces. Rents are brutal, international students are visible around the big campuses, and the conclusion writes itself. On 9 July 2026, The Indian Sun reported that students do add pressure to inner-city rents, while stating plainly that the housing shortage is the far bigger problem. For a diaspora whose […]Read More
