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Gujarati, Tamil, Malayali and Bengali migrant children ahead of Hindi and Punjabi speakers in University participation rate

The high university participation rates amongst Indian migrant communities is because most parents came to Australia on skilled visas and hold university education in high regard.

423,559 Indian workers returned home between June 2020 and Dec 2021

During COVID-19 lockdowns, the Indian government facilitated the repatriation of citizens stranded abroad during the pandemic through Vande Bharat Mission.

India born fastest-growing migrant group in Australia

An increase of 220,000, or 47.9% per cent, since 2016.

“War is terrible but let’s focus on Indo-Pacific”: PM Morrison, Indian PM Modi review ties, share vision to advance relations in virtual summit

While we are obviously distressed at the terrible situation in Europe, our focus, of course, is always very much on what is occurring in the Indo-Pacific and ensuring that those events could never occur here in the Indo-Pacific."

Big changes for 485 visa and international student visa holders returning to Australia, Here’ details

This will allow current and former Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa holders whose visas expired on or after 1 February 2020 to re-apply for a new subclass 485 visa of the same duration as their original visa.

Australia needs two million migrants in the next five years

“There is a need to return to higher levels of migration across the board, both in terms of skilled migration and being more generous to people coming in under specialist humanitarian visas and, indeed, international students returning on temporary visas.”

South Australia ‘Skilled Migration Program’ adds 70 occupations for offshore applicants but with a catch

Offshore applicants meeting the minimum published requirements can lodge a Registration of Interest (RoI) from 10 am, ACST, Tuesday 28 September 2021.

Hament Dhanji becomes Australia’s first Indian-origin Supreme Court judge

He was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1990, called to the Bar in 1997 and took silk in 2010.

Are you a “Pharmacist”? Here’s your chance to migrate to Australia within months, Check details

The decision to fast track the visas for the pharmacists is taken to support the Australian COVID19 vaccine rollout.

Pardeep Singh Tiwana becomes the first Indian-origin judge in Australia

Judge Pardeep Singh Tiwana's family originally hail from Kot Kalan village in the Indian state of Punjab.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

The proposal is part of a broader idea to strengthen cricket ties between Australia and India.

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says

21-month-old Sandipan died in March 2024 after being taken to hospital with a persistent fever that had lasted for weeks.
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