Australia to teach world’s first cyber crime university course

SYDNEY : Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organised crime and militant groups. The measure expands on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s attempts to ratchet up policing of money transfers amid concerns that organised […]

Australian state to push for legal medical cannabis

Sydney : The state opposition government in Australia’s New South Wales on Tuesday said it will push for medical cannabis to be legal for patients suffering from terminal and other long term illnesses.The legislation would allow those who are afflicted with diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and HIV, to have on their person 15 […]

Indian-origin IT techie critically injured in Aus road rampage

Melbourne : An Indian-origin woman IT professional in Australia has been critically injured in a deadly incident here last week when a man “intentionally” hit pedestrians with his car, killing five persons. Nethra Krishnamurthy, believed to be in her 30s, was returning to office, after breastfeeding her eight-month-old baby boy in day care, when she […]

Sikh student denied school enrolment in Australia for wearing turban

Melbourne : A five-year-old Sikh boy has been denied school enrolment in Australia for wearing turban as it does not align with its uniform policy, despite a landmark ruling in 2008 against a private institute on the issue.“It is disappointing that my son has been forced to abandon his religious practices and identity to access […]

Australian Police seize 1 ton of cocaine; 15 held

Sydney : Australian officials have seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about 360 million Australian dollars ($260 million) in what police have dubbed one of the largest drug busts in the nation’s history.New South Wales police said today that 15 men were arrested following a two-and-a-half-year federal and state police investigation into suspected […]