Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Bollywood’s thinking actor Aamir Khan came along with wife and director Kiran Rao to cast his ballot Thursday and appealed to everyone to step out of their homes to fulfil their civic duty. “It is a very important day today (April 24) and once again I appeal to every Indian to step […]
Minister for Police and Industrial Relations Michael Gallacher and Treasurer Andrew Constance today said the NSW Police Association executive has accepted an offer for a new three-year salary Award from July 2014. “I have been advised that an overwhelming majority of more than 80 per cent of members who voted supported the new deal,” Minister […]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today announced the expansion to 30 new communities of an innovative program allowing NSW volunteers to earn and exchange ‘time credits’ following the success of an Australian-first trial last year. “The expansion of Timebanking comes after the 4,300 volunteers who registered to participate in a regional trial across […]
. Veterans input a first for Western Australia . Council to provide advice on health, ageing and welfare issues . On the eve of Anzac Day services, the State Government has announced a new 10-member Veterans Advisory Council to provide input on issues relating to veterans. “It will be an essential forum for the Government […]
100 high school students will be given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent NSW at the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration service, which will mark 100 years since the landing of the first Anzacs. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the NSW Government would invest up to $1 million to enable 100 students and their chaperones to pay their […]
· Minister Hodgett welcomes Australian JSF order · JSF order to boost Victoria’s defence and aerospace manufacturing sector · Victorian Coalition Government working to secure manufacturing jobs and build a better Victoria Minister for Manufacturing David Hodgett welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s announcement that it would acquire an additional 58 F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) […]
· New Sheraton Melbourne Hotel creates approximately 250 jobs · Victoria’s tourism industry worth $19.6 billion a year and provides 200,000 jobs · 2020 Tourism Strategy aims to increase tourism’s GSP contribution to $34 billion The official opening of the new Sheraton Melbourne Hotel will create approximately 250 jobs and help boost tourism in Victoria, […]
· Victorian Coalition Government’s ANZAC Commemorative Naming Project enables councils to take part in naming suburbs · Coalition Government engaging local councils · Coalition Government honouring Victoria’s history Victoria’s bravest soldiers, including our very own ANZACs, along with famous battles, significant events and landmarks from World War I and World War II, will be honoured […]
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Over 55 million voters will Thursday decide the fate of 845 candidates in Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha constituencies that will go to the polls in a single phase, officials said Wednesday. “A total of 9,226 polling stations have been identified as sensitive. Over one lakh security personnel have been deployed […]
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is presiding over a hate campaign but “camouflaging it with talk of development and effective government”, the CPI-M said Wednesday. The CPI-M journal, “People’s Democracy”, said in an editorial that beneath “Modispeak” was “an intense communal campaign which is specially concentrated in Uttar Pradesh […]