New Delhi, May 11: The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved amendments to the land boundary agreement bill to correct an error in the name of the act. The Constitution (One Hundred and Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this week.The error was in the numbering of the bill as “119th” […]
Sydney :It can be hazardous for politicians to offer opinions about incomes. But Tony Abbott boldly went there on Sunday when he said a family income of $185,000 “isn’t especially high” in a city like Sydney.”Certainly it’s not going to give you a particularly lavish life by any means,” he said while defending a key […]
Sydney : A 17-year-old arrested by counter-terrorism police on Friday was planning on using a homemade explosive device at a public event, Victoria’s police commissioner has alleged. The teenager, who was arrested at his Greenvale home, could also face an adult court after being charged with two terrorism-related offences. Victoria Police’s acting Chief Commissioner Tim Cartwright […]
Sydney : Almost 80,000 new mothers will lose some or all of their government parental leave payments in a move slammed by a key consultant for the paid parental leave scheme as “the mother of all insults”. Treasurer Joe Hockey made the surprise announcement on Mother’s Day, as the Abbott government revealed its new childcare […]
Manila, May 10: More than 2,000 people were fleeing their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines today, triggering warnings of possible flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened to pack gusts of 220 kilometres per hour, said Esperanza Cayanan, chief of the […]