IT IS a magazine cover that will make the hearts of Australian university bosses and diplomats sink. “Why the Aussies hate us” screams the cover of this week’s influential Indian news magazine Outlook. The 10-page coverage includes stories of young Indian victims of violence and racial abuse and describes how Indian students in Melbourne feel afraid... 

Angry Indians The number of Indian students wanting to study in Australia has slumped by almost 50%, according to figures from the Australian government. The decline follows a year when attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and Sydney made headlines in India. They also caused diplomatic relations to sour between Canberra and Delhi. The Indian government issued a travel... 

Japanese Whaling Australia’s prime minister threatened legal action against Japan on Friday if it does not stop its research whaling program that kills up to 1,000 whales a year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s comments came as the Australian Broadcasting Corp. quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada as saying in an interview that Japan has no plans to... 

China has overtaken the UK and New Zealand as Australia’s biggest source of immigrants, official figures reveal. The latest government figures show a record 6,350 people arrived from China in the four months to October. China’s new primacy was due largely to a fall in migration from the UK and New Zealand, as people there opt to hold on to jobs instead of... 

The story gets interesting. Australia has a “Climate Change Minister” which is a Malaysian Chinese woman, Penny Wong. China is the most industrialized nation on earth and pollutes this planet as much as whole Europe + Middle East & Australia all together but the Chinese come to Australia to turn into politicians and lecture them about the Global Warming... 

That perennial and uniquely Australian debate – are we an Asian country or not – has finally been settled. By the Chinese. A Lowy Institute poll of Chinese public opinion on world affairs, to be released today, shows Australia is accepted as an Asian nation, with an important role to play in regional organisations, attractive values and a good political system. But... 

Chanukah was celebrated at the New South Wales Parliament House for the first time since the house was established in 1856. Attendees at Tuesday’s historic event in Sydney — initiated and hosted by the New South Wales Chabad under the auspices of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies — included Premier Nathan Rees, opposition leader Barry O’Farrell... 

Dr Töben was released from prison at 8.00am, Thursday 12th November, after serving a three month sentence for Holocaust denial (re-branded as contempt of court). He is unbroken and unrepentant, and appears very refreshed and relaxed after his little holiday. He was welcomed home by his friends and supporters who held a celebratory dinner for him, on Thursday evening....