By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University 18 May 2020 Australian economists overwhelmingly back social distancing measures that slow the spread of coronavirus over the alternative…
By Peter Sivey, RMIT University 30 April 2020 Australia is in an enviable position when compared with major world cities like New York, London and Madrid, each of which continues…
29 April 2020 I A Nepalese cricketer visiting Melbourne has started “hunger strike” demanding concerete information from his government about what it is doing to “rescue” Nepalese citizens stranded down…
23 April 2020 I Police in Sydney continue to investigate the death of a Nepalese man killed after being hit by a car driven by another Nepalese-origin man. The man…
Australian undergraduate student nurses and those health workers here on visas from overseas are being encouraged to work as nursing assistants during this COVID-19 pandemic.
The Morrison government will provide a flat $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper payment per employee for businesses to retain or rehire nearly six million workers, in a massive $130 billion six-month wage subsidy scheme to limit the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus.
Australia, as well as rest of the world, is currently going through an unprecedented crisis the effect of which will certainly be felt for a long, long time to come. As coronavirus continues to disrupt the Australian way of life, no one has remained untouched by the crippling pandemic.
The Federal government has come up with much tougher quarantine rules amid concerns not all international arrivals may have been following the mandatory 14 day self-isolation requirement.
by Nathalie Collins, Edith Cowan University 23 March 2020 Depending on your culture, you are probably used to greeting someone with a handshake, hug or nose bump. Well, not any…
Tasmanian health officials are not happy with the behaviour of a young Nepalese student who they claim went about his daily business despite their advice to self-isolate until his coronavirus test results were obtained.
Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra 2 March 2020 The coronavirus has moved to a new stage in Australia, with the first two cases of local transmission of the…
ByChristopher Ziguras, RMIT University and Ly Tran, Deakin University 6 February 2020 The coronavirus outbreak may be the biggest disruption to international student flows in history. There are more…
8 JANUARY 2020 I An Australian university is sending 30 academics and undergraduate volunteers to Nepal to develop creative ways of managing plastic waste which is seriously harming the environment…
2 JANUARY 2020 I The Victorian Premier has praised a group of devout Sikhs who sacrificed New Year revelry so that they could cook up fresh, warm and healthy meals for…
16 December 2019 I Nepal’s contribution to Australia’s soaring international education trade has crossed $2 billion mark as tens of thousands of young students continue to fly down under by…
5 December 2019 I Remains of domestic violence victim Santosh Gautam were flown out of Sydney yesterday afternoon while his 8-year-old daughter remains in good care of another Nepalese community…
2 December 2019 I Australian government data from the second quarter of the current programme year reveals a sharp decline in the permanent residency and provisional visa grants to applicants…
30 November 2019: The Australian Border Force (ABF) has lately intensified its enforcement activities to target fraudulent employers who bring temporary workers from overseas and then exploit the migrants by…
By Dr Ghana Shyam Chapagain 29 November 2019 Domestic violence (DV) is a rising form of human rights abuse that affects health and overall wellbeing of the individuals involved. In…
26 November 2019 I India and Australia are forging stronger and closer ties in the sphere of maritime law enforcement as India-built Shaurya brings 110 Indian Coast Guard (ICG) officers…
