AMIT SARWAL

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Dr Amit Sarwal is the Co-Founder and Editor of The Australia Today, with a career spanning broadcast media and academic leadership. He brings strategic vision, cross-cultural expertise, and editorial innovation to storytelling that connects communities and amplifies diverse voices.

“Abused and weaponised”: Spender criticises anti-immigration rhetoric, Price defends grassroots views

"My mum taught me to stand up for myself and multiculturalism… No Australian can make me feel like a stranger in my country.”

Australia recognises Palestine as DFAT issues ‘Do Not Travel’ warning over terror, kidnapping and Sharia law dangers

The Smartraveller page warns of terrorism, kidnapping and violent unrest, while also citing Sharia law in Gaza, the death penalty, restrictions on same-sex relationships, and strict rules on dress and behaviour.

Four-decade police veteran Mal Lanyon appointed as NSW’s 24th commissioner

Over his career, he has spearheaded operations against organised crime and domestic violence offenders, overseen metropolitan policing, and played central roles in emergency management.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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India partnership, AI and clean energy key to Prime Minister Albanese’s vision for Australia in 2050

Albanese said the future economy would require Australia to combine its natural resources, skilled workforce and innovation capacity to create products and industries that meet global demand.

Indian migrants treated worse under ‘discriminatory’ free trade pact, claims New Zealand Foreign Minister

Peters said his party had uncovered evidence suggesting immigration settings were being changed in ways that specifically targeted Indian citizens.

Moved from Australia to Pakistan, French mother and five children rescued after alleged years of abuse

Yasmina claimed she had been cut off from the outside world after the move, while her three younger children, who were born in Pakistan, were never enrolled in school.
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