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Western Australia heads to “Destination India” with most ambitious trade and investment mission

WA accounted for 17 per cent of total goods trade between Australia and India.

Do Australians pay too much income tax?

There is a case for considering tax reforms that deliver adequate revenue more fairly.

Save environment: An appeal to the people of Delhi

Several Indian scientists, environmentalists, nature lovers, nature wild life photographers and the social workers have given many suggestions to combat the menace of environmental pollution.

How Priya Satia’s ‘Time’s Monster’ landed like a bomb in my historian’s brain

In this 2020 book, Priya Satia maps how the “historical discipline helped make empire – by making it ethically thinkable”.

An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be

Peter Brook is well-known for his famous and controversial adaptation of the Hindu Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata.

Five big trends in Australians getting scammed

In 2021 Australians lost an estimated $2 billion to fraudsters, more than double that of 2020, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Education Minister Jason Clare promises ‘reset’ of government’s relations with Australian universities

The higher education sector had a fraught relationship with the former government, which declined to include universities in the JobKeeper scheme in the pandemic.

Australia is heading for its third Omicron wave, Here’s what to expect from BA.4 and BA.5

A.4/BA.5 appear to be masters at evading immunity. This increases the chance of reinfection.

Australia is one of few countries that doesn’t pay session musicians ongoing royalties. Our music industry suffers as a result

Whether we’re at home or in our cars, at the gym, the shops, a cafe or a pub, recorded performances form the soundtrack to our lives.

‘Laali’: Not a love story but still it is for a lot of us

The essence of the story is, a true lover understands the pain of endless love enshrined in memories but is constrained to live even in its absence.

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Point Cook crash victims identified as young mother Neha Bommali and visiting mother-in-law Rama Devi

“I cannot carry this heavy financial and logistical burden alone”

Australia adds nearly 393,000 people as population closes in on 28 million as migration drives growth

Nationally, the March quarter alone added 130,887 people, representing quarterly growth of 0.5 per cent.

Tony Burke says India Free Trade Agreement will be honoured as Australia targets temporary, international student and dependent visas

Burke said lower migration would “trash Australian services and trash the Australian economy”.
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