Later this month a special sitting of the Parliament will be held. For the first time, the national Parliament will be holding a red tape Repeal Day. Over 9,000 regulations will be scrapped benefiting our businesses, our schools, our hospitals and our community groups and cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from their compliance costs. […]
SBS Chair Joseph Skrzynski AO will step down when his term ends on March 26, 2014 having served five years on the SBS Board of Directors. Mr Skrzynski, a Polish refugee whose family arrived in Australia in 1950, initiated a strategic review of SBS resulting in a revitalised expression of the SBS Charter, which then […]
Minister for Ageing John Ajaka will join thousands of seniors at today’s launch of the 2014 Premier’s Seniors Week Gala Concerts in Sydney city. Up to 50,000 seniors are expected to attend the five concerts being hosted this week to enjoy 70’s tunes including those of Leo Sayer, the headline act. “The Premier’s Gala Concerts […]
Minister for the Arts, George Souris, today announced the 13 NSW artists with disability that will share in a total of $120,202 for professional development opportunities. Mr Souris said the artists would also participate in a forum at Accessible Arts which will help them to make the most out of their chosen professional development activity. […]
China’s largest travel booking website Ctrip.com, has voted Sydney one of the world’s Top 10 Best Overseas City’s and Top 10 Best City for Travellers born in the 80’s, Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris said today. “The Ctrip awards’ reflect the Harbour City’s position as the number one Australian travel destination for […]
‘Bewakoofiyaan’ starring Sonam Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana and Rishi Kapoor released yesterday. The movie was never expected to take a fantastic start at the box-office and as expected it took a slow start with the occupancy of around 15% in the morning and noon shows. The film showed a jump in the evening and night shows, […]
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) People should vote for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi so that India becomes a superpower, actor-turned-politician A. Vijayakant said here Saturday. The DMDK chief also wondered why the AIADMK and the DMK are opposed to Lokayukta and anti-corruption courts. Addressing an election rally at Arcot, 115 km from here, Vijayakant said: […]
Shillong, March 15 (IANS) The Congress was not doing any good for the people and the populist schemes launched by the outgoing UPA government were meant to “fool the people”, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said here Saturday. “The Congress adopted the right to education realising that people need to learn and write only after they […]
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday rubbished speculations that it was going soft on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, asserting it was against communalism. “Our fight is against corruption of Congress and communalism of the BJP. Our chairperson (Mamata Banerjee) repeatedly has said we do not support the face of […]
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday came down heavily on rival DMK’s manifesto, terming it a bundle of lies. The AIADMK chief also urged the people to oust the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre as people suffered under it. Addressing an election rally in the town, around […]