Australia to change fuel quality standards to boost supplyAustralia will adjust fuel quality standards to allow higher sulfur levels for around two months in a move that will release 100 million li...
12 Mar, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
What is Cheaper Home Batteries Program? Australia injects $5 billion amid high demandAustralia's Federal Energy Minister announced a $5 billion expansion to the battery subsidy program due to rapid depletion of its initial $...
13 Dec, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
Climate financing goal: Draft text yet to be finalisedNegotiations on a new climate finance goal are ongoing in Baku. Developing countries are demanding $1.3 trillion, with options proposed for...
21 Nov, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
Australia prioritises reducing emissions and cheaper EVsThe new center-left Labor Party government expects EVs will account for 89% of Australian new car sales by 2030. The government's fleet wil...
02 Jul, 2022, 01.49 PM IST
- 30 pc rise likely in foreign students in Aus till 2020: report
Australia's education sector, facing a slow down in the number of foreign student enrolments, will witness a 30 per cent growth till 2020
27 Feb, 2013, 02.29 PM IST
Australia to woo Asia's skilled workforce including IndiaRiding on an ambitious plan to tap Asian region, Australia is all set to woo highly skilled population from the region including in India.
30 Oct, 2012, 06.45 PM IST
Indians among members of key Australian panelMore than ten Indians are the inaugural members of a key committee set up by the Australian govt to inform and advice it on issues like imm...
24 Sep, 2012, 08.56 PM IST
Australia eases tourist visa rules for parents of its citizens, permanent residentsAustralian government today relaxed tourist visa rules for parents of Australian citizens and permanent residents to enable them to visit t...
04 Sep, 2012, 02.36 PM IST
Australia hikes annual refugee quota to 20,000 from 13,750The hike in annual refugee quota is in line with one of the key points of an expert panel's report on asylum seeker policy submitted to the...
23 Aug, 2012, 02.49 PM IST
India has, for the first time, become Australia's largest source of permanent migrantsIndia has surpassed China and the United Kingdom as the largest source of permanent migrants with 25,509 and 25,274 places respectively.
20 Jul, 2012, 09.58 PM IST
- Australia to roll out red carpet for millionaire migrants
Australia plans to lay a red carpet to lure millionaire migrants offering them a fast-rack residency provided they invest around USD 5 mill...
25 May, 2012, 01.28 PM IST
India top exporter of skilled immigrants to AustraliaIndia has climbed to the top of the charts as the top source country for skilled permanent migrants to Australia.
05 May, 2012, 11.32 AM IST
- Vayalar Ravi discusses problems faced by Indian students in Australia with Chris Bowen
Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi's discussions with the visiting Australian immigration minister Chris Bowen focussed on the problems...
03 May, 2012, 06.57 PM IST
- Migration between Australia and India will help both nations
Australia's minister for immigration and citizenship, Chris Bowen, has said migration between Australia and India will help both countries ...
02 May, 2012, 08.43 PM IST
- Student visa requests decline after attacks on Indians in Australia
Terming the attacks as "unfortunate", he said the number of requests is again marking an upward trend in the recent past.
02 May, 2012, 05.30 PM IST
- Student visa requests declined after attacks on Indians: Australia
Other reasons like the high cost of Australian dollar which resulted in decline in request for student visas from India.
02 May, 2012, 03.21 PM IST
- Australia facing recession, minister says
Australia is facing a recession, Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen said on Tuesday, in the government's bluntest assessment yet of the countr...
24 Mar, 2009, 11.23 AM IST