By: Charu Bahri New Delhi: In January, the government asked for public opinion on tougher new laws to curb smoking: To raise the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18, and to ban the sale of single cigarettes, which account for 70 percent of nationwide cigarette sales. People responded enthusiastically; 45,000 emails and 100,000 […]
A Central Coast bottle shop has had its licence suspended for seven days under tough new liquor laws after it was caught selling alcohol to a minor, a first for a take away liquor outlet. Deputy Premier and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant said the Liquor Stax bottle shop at Terrigal will […]
Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, I am pleased to visit India for the first time as Australia’s Defence Minister. India is the emerging democratic super power of Asia. It is therefore sensible that the relationship between India and Australia be developed and strengthened. India and Australia […]
This is a friendly reminder that the 2015-16 Celebrating Multicultural Queensland grants program is open and will be closing soon. The Celebrating Multicultural Queensland grants program funds diverse multicultural events and needs based projects that celebrate and promote Queensland’s multicultural identity, increase community awareness of the benefits of multiculturalism, foster community cohesion, and support equitable […]
Minister for Trade and Investment – with responsibility for tourism – Andrew Robb, welcomed the latestInternational Visitor Survey today showing international visitor spend grew by 10 per cent to a record $33.4 billion, or $3.2 billion more than the previous year. This is the strongest yearly growth since 2001, the period of the Sydney […]
Union Minister of Steel and Mines, Government of India, Mr Narendra Singh Tomar is currently on an official visit to Australia. He arrived in Sydney Monday Aug 31. The visit is a part of ongoing high level exchanges following the visit of Prime Minister Modi to Australia in November 2014 and Prime Minister Abbott to […]
From 1-3 September 2015, I will visit India to advance Australia-India defence cooperation. As part of this visit I will meet with my counterpart, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. I will also call on Prime Minister Modi. Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, I am pleased to visit India for […]
Large Air Tanker (LAT) ‘Thor’ has arrived in Sydney ahead of the bushfire season, providing an immediate boost to the state’s firefighting arsenal. Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott, NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons and NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers viewed a demonstration of the Hercules C130’s water-bombing capabilities […]
About 250 young people from across our state will debate our multicultural society in New South Wales on 9 September at a youth leaders’ day to be held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Multicultural NSW’s annual youth forum, called IDEATION 2015, takes the theme I Choose to Be. Participants will have the chance to share […]
New laws banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to children come into effect in NSW today. The Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008 was amended in June, creating restrictions on the sale to minors, display and advertising of e-cigarettes and e-cigarette accessories. Changes to the Act will be implemented in two stages: · Banning […]