Melbourne : A Sikh politician contesting in the upcoming elections from Australia’s Greens party has been targeted with “racist flyers” which she claimed were distributed in her electorate here. Alexandra Kaur Bhathal, a candidate from Greens party for the seat of Batman, Melbourne, on Tuesday wrote on her Facebook page that a flyer was distributed […]
Sydney : As Australia’s federal election approaches this weekend, the country is entering its final countdown and the candidates have only a few days left to campaign. But who are the main players? Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal Party) A former journalist, barrister and investment banker, he is Australia’s fifth prime minister since 2007.Within the […]
Sydney : Thirty Vietnamese men convicted of fishing illegally in Australian waters have been given suspended sentences by a Darwin court and had their boats destroyed.They had been caught with six tonnes of sea cucumber in a Coral Sea marine reserve off the north coast in June. The men all pleaded guilty in court on […]
Melbourne An Indian-origin aviation worker in Australia who was sacked last year for posting pro-Islamic State messages on Facebook has told a court that his comments were “sarcastic”. Nirmal Singh was facing the ‘Fair Work Commission’ to argue that his dismissal was ‘unfair’ by his previous employer Aerocare and was seeking $7,000 in lost wages. […]
Vienna: Austria’s government on Friday submitted a law to seize the house where Hitler was born, in a bid to stop the building becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. The large corner house in the quaint northern town of Braunau am Inn near the German border where the Nazi dictator was born in 1889 has been owned by […]