15 March 2019: Investigation triggered by a single tip-off has forced an Indian restaurant in Queensland to pay a total of $54,470 in back-pay to its nearly two dozen employees including…
By Ram Khatry 31 January 2019 Immigration data released by the Australian government has revealed almost fifty percent increase in the number of student visas granted to Nepalese citizens. An…
27 January 2019: A 25-year-old Nepalese youth has drowned in western Sydney becoming the second citizen of the landlocked South Asian nation to die in Australian water in the last…
By Ram Khatry 6 January 2018 A dodgy business owner in Sydney is using I will have you deported threat to abuse vulnerable international students from Nepal, a victim has revealed.…
31 December 2018: An international student has lost his visa after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers discovered child exploitation material on his phone. The incident is just another example of…
25 December 2018: Department of Home Affairs data for the first four months of the current financial year show a sharp rise in the number of Nepal youths applying for…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 23 June 2017 A spokesperson for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has revealed there are over 800 Nepalese visa overstayers in Australia. Most of…
International student visa allows you to work up to 20 hours a week. from www.shutterstock.com By Jock Collins, University of Technology Sydney 24 April 2018 The Turnbull Government’s decision to scrap…
3 March 2017: Police in Melbourne have finally caught up with a reckless fraudster whose specialty was defrauding fresh and unsuspecting international students from Nepal and India. The man posed…
2 December 2016: Detectives continue to make inquiries into a possible drunken brawl between two Nepali youths that took place around 3 am on the very first day of New…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 28 November 2016 International students from Nepal contributed $707 million to Australian economy in financial year 2015-16 which was a respectable 13.9% increase over 2014-15 figures. The…
Dr Anupam Pokharel is a Consultant Psychiatrist from Melbourne, Victoria and the president of Nepalese Association of Victoria (NAV). An Australian of Nepalese origin, Dr Pokharel is also a regular contributor…
22October 2016: The parents of a deceased Nepalese student studying Master of Engineering at Edith Cowan University in Perth have issued a poignant request to help them repatriate the remains of their…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 17 October 2016 Police in Victoria have charged a young Melbourne man for sexually assaulting and stalking a 19-year old female international student from Nepal. Responding to…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 12 October 2016 Two students from Nepal and Bangladesh have shared this year’s International Student Award given away amid a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House yesterday evening.…
19 Sep 2016: Bijay Sapkota from Nepal and Sumiya Sultan from Bangladesh are two inspiring South Asian students who have made it to the final list of the 2016 NSW International Student…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 18 September 2016 The “Anonymous Report” function that Fair Work Ombudsman launched months ago in response to thousands of complaints about exploitation of workers including international students can be…
Hari Pal, who once ran Konna Indian Restaurant which was later renamed Punjabi Tandoori Corner, is facing a penalty of up to $10,200 and his company RS & JS Pty Ltd of…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 13 February 2016 ”Australia is a land of opportunity” – one hears and reads the clichéd statement so often that many of us begin to miss the very…
The Australian chapter of Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), a global body present in 72 nations, is aiming to raise over $100,000 from its upcoming ‘Walk for Welfare’ programmes to be…
