AMIT SARWAL

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Amit Sarwal is Melbourne-based academic, writer, translator, and former radio broadcaster. He is the Founding Convenor of Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Network (AIIRN), Co-founder of the Australia Today news network and Founder of Kula Press.

INNOVATION

Indian and Chinese visitors push Victoria tourism to record $43.7 billion

Victoria led all states in visitors, nights, and expenditure from the Indian market, with spending up a staggering 78.9 per cent compared to last year.

INNOVATION

Albanese urges US investors to back a ‘Future Made in Australia’

The Prime Minister emphasised Australia’s vast deposits of lithium, nickel, zinc and rare earths, as well as its status as the world’s sunniest continent.

INNOVATION

Westpac joins major banks in job-slashing digital push, union outraged by 200 cuts

The bank confirmed it will phase out the positions over the next 12 months, replacing them with concierges who will steer customers towards its app, ATMs and online banking.

IMMIGRATION

Is a ‘broken’ visa system fuelling anti-Indian sentiment?

Back in April, Australian authorities raised the alarm over a surge in “non-genuine” student applications, cases in which education was not the primary intent but a façade for residency ambitions or unauthorised employment.

INNOVATION

Fiji government reaffirms support for truth and reconciliation process addressing coup years

Established by Parliament in December 2024, the FTRC is tasked with facilitating open, safe and inclusive truth-telling around Fiji’s coup years of 1987, 2000 and 2006.

INNOVATION

Khalistani Inderjit Singh Gosal and two others linked to Gurpatwant Singh Pannun arrested in Canada

Inderjit Singh Gosal, along with Arman Singh and Jagdeep Singh, was arrested on multiple firearms-related charges in Canada just days after India’s NSA Ajit Doval met his Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin in New Delhi.

INNOVATION

Albanese defends Palestine recognition as opposition accuse him of ‘rewarding terrorists’

The move, praised by some Middle East observers as a diplomatic breakthrough, has drawn sharp condemnation from Israel, the United States, and Australia’s conservative opposition.

INNOVATION

Wealth creation in India spreads fast, millionaires double in half a decade

With the economy projected to double in the next decade, Hurun expects India’s millionaire households to also double, reaching between 1.7 to 2 million by 2035.

IMMIGRATION

Can Australia meet its Asian Century goals? Inquiry launched into regional capability

Tim Watts MP observed in an oped that despite this, Australia’s Asia capability has been in decline for decades, particularly in language learning.

INNOVATION

Two Indian researchers win Ig Nobel Prize for tackling smelly shoe problem

Vikash Kumar and Sarthak Mittal's study, conducted with 149 first-year SNU students, found that shoe odour is a common problem in India, exacerbated by heat, humidity, and lack of proper ventilation.

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IMMIGRATION

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POLITICS

Open Mosque Day turns into political flashpoint as Islamic Council of Victoria accused of selective exclusion despite $400,000 taxpayer funding

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