In the last Federal elections, there were 729,304 voters who failed to make their voice known on who should govern the country. By any measurement, the numbers are large. The close to 730,000 informal votes accounted for 5.5 per cent of the more than 13 million enrolled voters Australia-wide [...]
The Visayan dance group is doing its bit to showcase traditional Philippine dances. Now on their second year [...]
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From what we have seen since that post, there appears to be a small number of our members and contributors group who are n…
“”At its core, Australia Day is a day driven by communities, and the celebrations held in each town, suburb or city – unified by the celebration of what’s great about Australia and being Australian… ” [...]
The 4,000-car carrier ship ‘Hoegh Autoliner’ recently docked at Fremantle Harbour is one of the more than 130 ships already built in the Philippines [...]
The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC NSW) is spearheading a campaign for relief assistance for the victims of the Queensland disaster, caused by the recent flash flooding bringing three quarters of the State into vast devastation [...]
An Australian composer, Lindsay Aked, had set the poetry of British poet James Fletcher to create a magical look at the homage given by the Three Kings to the Baby Jesus [...]
The image of NSW voters each holding a cricket bat ready to king hit Labor candidates becomes clearer as 26 March 2011 draws near. It was how Filipinos felt after 20 years of Marcos and 10, of Macapagal-Arroyo that gave the Philippines the Aquinos, mother and son [...]
The recent tragedy along Christmas Island shores brought home to Australians the folly of a misplaced compassionate policy. Instead of a new life, before our eyes, dreams died on Australian shores, unknown numbers of asylum seekers, perhaps in hundreds, in missing ships or unreported sea disasters. Unseaworthy vessels should not sail, and inaction or encouragement [...]
New Zealand, China, India, the United Kingdom and South Africa are now the top five source countries of migrants settling in Australia. More than half of the number of settler arrivals last year came from the five countries [...]