Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital marks 30 years of excellence

St Vincent’s Hospital achieves Historic Milestone in Drug and Alcohol Treatment One of Australia’s first and best respected drug and alcohol treatment centres celebrated a significant milestone as Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital... Read more »

Australian Tourist mauled by Tiger at Thailand animal park

Witnesses at the scene said the attack took place when the man, Paul Goudie, from Werribee (near Melbourne), stepped inside a cage to pet one of the larger tigers. Shortly afterwards, there was... Read more »

Jewish family recalls good old days in Pakistan

Instead of fleeing 1930s Europe to British-controlled Palestine like many other Jews, the Kahan family moved to Lahore on a whim. When Hazel Kahan went back to Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011 for... Read more »

Former Australian PM lauds ties with the UAE

ABU DHABI-  Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has lauded the growing relationship between Australia and the United Arab Emirates and noted that around 16,000 Australian citizens live in the UAE now.... Read more »

Clarification by Sri Lankan Government

Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs has expressed its surprise at some of the recent statements on the outcome of the case filed by the LTTE in 2011 at the General Court... Read more »

NSW Labor conveys Best Wishes to Sub-Continental on Diwali

On the occasion of Diwali, NSW Labor has conveyed its best wishes to the Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across NSW celebrating the festival of lights. “Diwali is a joyous festival that brings families... Read more »

Australian travellers issued fresh advice on Insurance

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced a new initiative to aid Australian travellers in selecting travel insurance ahead of the peak Christmas travel period and start of the cruise season. Foreign Minister... Read more »

Australia Wins China Coal Tariff Examption

The Australian government is suggesting coal imports from Australia are likely to be exempt from China’s recently-launched new import tariffs, reports from Beijing says. Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has made the statement... Read more »

Women workers threaten sit-in outside Punjab Assembly

Workers urge to pass Home Based Workers Bill soon LAHORE – Pakistani home-based women workers have threatened to stage a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly if the provincial government does not pass the... Read more »

Australia begins world-first trial of vein viewing technology

First ever Vein viewing Tech trial underway in Australia. And it’s not in vain! Do you have hard-to-find veins? Don’t let that stop you from donating blood now. Because Australian Red Cross Blood... Read more »

The passing of the Hon Gough Whitlam AC QC

A Message from the Director, Whitlam Institute — While Gough Whitlam will be remembered well beyond today, the days ahead will be particularly special times for remembering and  for sharing stories. They will... Read more »

Interview with History

Brilliant Memoir of Jamshed Marker – an Ambassador who served “two presidents, seven prime ministers, three chiefs of army staff and many foreign ministers”   by Anjum Niaz Paris was like a femme... Read more »

$6.5 million committed by Australian Government for Humanitarian entrants

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has announced that International Organization for Migration (IOM) was successful in a recent tender process by the Department of Social... Read more »

Indo-US encirclement Plans

by Asif Haroon Raja This US agenda for Pakistan prepared by the neo-cons after 9/11 was similar to that applied throughout the broader Middle East Central Asian region. US strategy, supported by... Read more »

Tackling structural barriers key to ensure Asia-Pacific economic growth

APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting Beijing, China – Finance Ministers from across the Asia-Pacific aim to strengthen and deepen cooperation by tackling structural barriers in order to improve economic activity and quality growth, enhance... Read more »

Reforms to boost Economic Opportunities for Aboriginal Land Councils

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Victor Dominello has introduced legislation to empower the State’s 120 Aboriginal Land Councils by improving accountability, efficiency and economic capacity as well as helping to ease the backlog... Read more »

SME Fair to boost Sri Lanka and China Trade Ties

Sri Lanka represented at SME Fair in the Asia Pacific Region Sri Lanka’s participated for the first time at the 11th edition of the China International SME Fair (CISMEF) in Guangzhou which... Read more »

NSW introduces Video Evidence to tackle Domestic Violence

Video-recorded statement: Empowering victims of domestic and family violence NSW will be the first state in Australia to allow domestic violence victims to give evidence in court via a pre-recorded video statement,... Read more »

Are you funding the ISIS?

Who is behind it?   Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s New Yorker article titled, “The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism?”, and quoted by... Read more »

Registration of Sydney migration agent cancelled

Migration agents are being warned to act lawfully following the cancellation of the registration of a Sydney migration agent, said the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia... Read more »

Australian Legend Politician and a Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam dies

Sydney (Tribune International, Oct 21, 2014): Australian legend but the most controversial politician and a top former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam died at the age of 98. Late Gough Whitlam will be... Read more »

Australia Capital now prepared to check Ebola threat

Australia’s Capital City authorities are fully prepared to meet any possible case of Ebola and necessary measures have already been taken, according to a report Tribune International’s special correspondent. When a local... Read more »

Indian scholar debunks ISIS claims about slavery in Islam

Islam does not allow enslavement of civilian population Zafarul-Islam Khan, senior Indian Muslim scholar, who is an alumnus of Al-Azhar and Cairo universities and holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the... Read more »

In Egypt, an authoritarian regime holds sway again

By Ahdaf Soueif Nine thirty pm in Cairo and sounds of intermittent explosions come through the living-room window. Most people can identify them, but I can’t – yet. They might be gunfire,... Read more »