Melbourne :The Australian Border Force (ABF) had planned random checks at Melbourne taxi ranks as part of an aborted visa fraud operation, local media report.Internal emails obtained by ABC under the Freedom of Information act show officers were to do “status checks” of suspected illegal immigrants.Operation Fortitude was cancelled in August after a public outcry […]
Melbourne : A team from Delft University in the Netherlands has won a solar car race in the Australian outback.The university’s Nuon Solar Team was the first to arrive at the finish line in Adelaide. The 3,000km (1,800 mile) race took four days to complete.The race, which happens once every two years, started on Sunday […]
Sydney : This is a great initiative by the Australian Sikh Association Sydney, the biggest Sikh organization in Australia to bring different Sikh organizations together to deliberate on a very sensitive Panthik issue. Decisions taken against the verdict of so called Jathedars condoning the Sirsa Dera Sadh are enclosed. Please spare some time on the U […]
Sydney, Oct. 6 : Ride sharing company Uber has expressed concern over the recent attack in Brisbane, the latest in a string of violent incidents, could be part of a coordinated assault on its drivers.According to news.com.au, a group of men set upon the two drivers as they sat in their cars at Wickham Street […]
Sydney : A dark-skinned doll brought on to the pitch at the end of the Australian Rugby League final has become the talking point of the game.The doll was carried by the daughter of Johnathan Thurston, captain of the winning team, North Queensland Cowboys.Thurston is an indigenous Australian, as was, for the first time in […]