Organisers say the project has been driven by years of volunteer effort and support from within and beyond the Hindu community.

The increase means an extra $160 a week for educators, with Education Minister Jason Clare saying the package ensures “early educators deserve to be paid fairly” for the essential work they do.

“I really believe that it will move the nation. What good? How? I don’t know. But it is an opening for us — for those involved, perpetrators and victims, those who have suffered.”

Several victims were rushed to hospital, though authorities have not released their identities or provided an update on their conditions.

Delta Police found the vehicle on fire, with Ludhiana 30-year-old Mandeep Kaur of Delta as the sole occupant.

The Albanese Government’s decision follows an ASIO assessment that the IRGC orchestrated two antisemitic attacks against Australia’s Jewish community in 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has married his long-time partner Jodie Haydon in a private ceremony at The Lodge, becoming the first Australian leader to wed while in office.

Inderjit Singh was carrying a passenger when he noticed thick smoke rising from the property.

To celebrate the moment, public transport will be free every weekend until 1 February — an invitation for families, train enthusiasts and everyday travellers to explore the new stations without touching their Myki.

Police seized nearly one million cigarettes, thousands of vapes and other illicit products, and froze $580,000 suspected to be crime proceeds during coordinated raids between February and June 2024.