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.

IMMIGRATION

Referendum voter cards, protest photos not enough: Canadian courts dismiss 30 Khalistan-linked ‘disingenuous’ asylum applications

Additionally, authorities in Australia have warned that applicants themselves risk heavy fines and jail time if they knowingly provide false information.

INNOVATION

From goldfields to golden era: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan aims to renew China ties

The new strategy identifies six priority sectors: agribusiness, health and life sciences, creative industries and sport, tourism, clean energy, and public transport.

INNOVATION

Education takes centre stage as Jacinta Allan strikes historic deal in Beijing

Each Hamer Regional Scholarship will provide $10,000 to support students studying, living in, or from regional Victoria.

INNOVATION

Australia and PNG to integrate defence forces with historic treaty on 50th anniversary

Fifty years ago this week, Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia.

INNOVATION

Jacinta Allan leads trade mission to China, launches new Victoria strategy

The Premier’s itinerary includes Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – Victoria’s earliest sister-state – and Chengdu and Deyang in Sichuan Province, its newest sister-state.

INNOVATION

42-year-old school teacher charged with child sex crimes, arrested at Sydney airport

Detectives from the Child Abuse Squad launched an investigation after receiving a report that the girl was assaulted on Saturday.

INNOVATION

India’s indigenous submarine-hunting warship INS Kadmatt sails into Fiji

The visit features a full programme of public, cultural, and professional exchanges.

OPINION

Confronting Khalistani extremism: why Canada’s new stance matters for Australia

For the first time, Canada has officially acknowledged that banned extremist groups such as Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation remain active in promoting separatism and violence.

INNOVATION

Nine charged with more than 30 online child abuse offences in major crackdown

Police seized more than 50 electronic devices, including phones, laptops, USBs and hard drives, which will undergo forensic examination. None of those charged are currently employed in roles with access to children.

POLITICS

Australia welcomes appointment of Nepal’s first female prime minister Sushila Karki

Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first female chief justice in 2016, is backed by youth leaders and Kathmandu’s popular mayor Balendra Shah.

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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

“Victoria is a place where people of all faiths can and do worship freely. But incitement to harm is not worship, it is hate speech,” he said.