Singapore, Aug 20 : Amid rising demand for retirement housing in Australia, a Singapore-based NRI-owned company has set up a joint venture with an Australian firm to develop resort-style retirement villages in the country. Singapore’s Thakral Corporation Ltd (TCL) will set up retirement villages for senior citizens in Australia. Its subsidiary Thakral Capital Australia Pty […]
Canberra : Canberra artist Samantha Small will exhibit a life-size army tank sculpture at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea on Sydney’s east coast, after being selected from a pool of sculptors from 41 countries around the world.The popular sculpture event annually attracts tens of thousands of art enthusiasts to the costal walk stretching from […]
Perth : A maximum security prisoner is back behind bars in Australia after staging an audacious escape. Stephen Jamieson, 28, tied bed sheets together to scale a wall and reportedly put a pillow around his waist to avoid being hurt by razor wire. He was serving a 12-year sentence for armed robbery.Jamieson escaped, reportedly after cutting […]
Sydney : It was supposed to be the ultimate free trade deal — a tie-up of 12 countries representing about 40 per cent of global GDP.But the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) failed at the last hurdle earlier this month, where a dispute over sugar was among the many stumbling blocks, and specifically, America’s refusal to […]
Melbourne, Aug 14 : Wharf workers in Sydney and Brisbane, who were sacked by text message have won reprieve in court. The 11th-hour battle of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) in the Federal Court secured court orders barring Hutchison Ports from terminating the employment of nearly 100 workers, the News.com.au reported.The workers, who were […]