Imphal, April 18 (IANS) Around 74 percent of the 874,000 voters cast their ballot Thursday for the second Lok Sabha seat in Manipur, officials said. An Election Commission official said polling took place peacefully for the Inner Manipur seat, and no untoward incident was reported. “Balloting was completely peaceful,” he added. State Chief Electoral Officer […]
Half a million Easter eggs at Caulfield Racecourse are ready to be discovered at this year’s Melbourne’s Greatest Ever Easter Egg Hunt Raceday on Saturday 19 April 2014. Premier of Victoria and Minister for Racing Denis Napthine said the hugely successful family event would once again be held in partnership with Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, a charity […]
Fishing enthusiasts from across NSW will benefit from a major inland native fish stocking program, where more than one million fish have been released into lakes, dams, rivers and weirs across NSW, Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson said today. Ms Hodgkinson stopped in at the Department of Primary Industries’ (DPI) Narrandera Fisheries Centre, where the fish […]
Attorney General Greg Smith SC today announced the appointment of Helen Wilson SC as a judge of the District Court of NSW. Ms Wilson has been practising criminal law for 24 years, the last 15 of which she has been a barrister and a Crown Prosecutor. She has appeared before the criminal courts on an […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced the NSW Government had introduced almost 8,000 extra weekly public transport services since March 2011, including more than 4,700 in Sydney’s west. The extra services include hundreds of extra bus services starting in coming weeks, as the NSW Government responds to customer feedback asking for more services between […]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris, today welcomed the results from the Overseas Arrivals and Departures figures, which show NSW continues to strengthen its position as the number one holiday destination in Australia. “The Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that as at year-end February 2014, visitor arrivals to NSW were more than […]
NSW is set to showcase the quality of its medical research on the world stage. Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research Jillian Skinner said the NSW Liberal & Nationals Government is investing $65,000 to sponsor the Australian pavilion at the world’s biggest biotechnology event – the BIO 2014 International Convention. The convention will […]
Leading criminal law barrister Peter Hamill SC will move from the bar table to the bench of the Supreme Court of NSW, Attorney General Greg Smith SC announced today. “Mr Hamill’s appointment as a judge is well deserved and I am sure the Supreme Court will benefit from his sharp legal mind and considerable experience,” […]
The Government welcomes IBAC’s report on its first full year of operations. The report demonstrates the valuable work being undertaken by IBAC. The report shows the importance of Victoria having an independent, broad-based anti-corruption commission with strong powers to investigate serious corruption, which the Coalition Government has established after Labor failed to do so during […]
Have you ever looked at the little cute babies with sparkling eyes be biased? It has been stated according to a study that, the innocent infants choose their playmates carefully and they are not immune from ‘in-group’ bias, favouring people from same ethnicity over others. The infants have been seen taking in account both the […]