Sydney : Desperate and dispirited asylum seekers at the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru formed “suicide pacts”, identified themselves as numbers instead of by name, and were treated like animals by some guards, according to accounts by two social workers who worked at the centre. “There was single adult female.. there was a group of teenage […]
Melbourne : A Royal Commission into nuclear power is working to remove cultural barriers preventing Indigenous communities from having their say in South Australia’s nuclear debate. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission is working closely with Indigenous groups and leaders to open lines of communication, encouraging participation in regional and remote communities.Regional engagement manager Jon Bok […]
Melbourne : Maps paraded in public by Australia’s domestic spy chief have revealed the most prevalent Sydney and Melbourne suburbs for terrorist recruiting. ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis gave Prime Minister Tony Abbott an update on the security situation in Iraq and Syria during a briefing inside the agency’s new headquarters in Canberra.Television and newspaper cameras […]
Sydney : A key, multi-partisan report, with support from the Government, Labor and the Greens is expected to recommend a referendum be held to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.The report — to be tabled in Federal Parliament on Thursday — will also suggest removal of provisions that allow racial […]
New Delhi, June 23 : Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national capital on Tuesday. The two leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries before discussing matters of mutual interests.Also present at the meeting were the co-chairs of the India-Australia CEOs Forum.