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Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge

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Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge A prosecutor said Friday he had dropped a rape charge against a former government adviser because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office. A prosecutor said Friday he had dropped a rape charge against a former government adviser because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office. Former government staffer Brittany Higgins alleges a more senior colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, 27, raped her in a…

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2 female Indian students win Australia’s Victorian Premier’s Award for academic excellence

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2 female Indian students win Australia’s Victorian Premier’s Award for academic excellence Two Indian women, Divyangana Sharma and Ritika Saxena, bagged the Victorian Premier’s award, a prestigious literary prize given by the Victorian government. Two Indian women, Divyangana Sharma and Ritika Saxena, bagged the Victorian Premier’s award, a prestigious literary prize given by Australia’s Victorian government to international students. Divyangana Sharma was felicitated with the Victorian Premier’s Award – International Student of the Year 2021- 22 and the Victorian International Education Awards 2021-22 in the Higher Education category. According to…

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Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape

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Complainant testifies about Australian Parliament House rape A government staffer testified Wednesday about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses. A government staffer testified Wednesday about being raped by a colleague in the Australian Parliament House and described her fears of not being believed because of the disparity in their workplace statuses. Brittany Higgins became the first witness to testify against Bruce Lehrmann, 27, who has pleaded not guilty in the…

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S. Jaishankar to embark on visit to New Zealand & Australia from Oct 5-11: Here’s EAM’s plan

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S. Jaishankar to embark on visit to New Zealand & Australia from Oct 5-11: Here’s EAM’s plan As per the press release by India’s foreign ministry, Dr S Jaishankar will visit New Zealand and Australia from October 5 to 11 to discuss bilateral issues. India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is set to visit Australia and New Zealand from October 5 to 11, 2022. Significantly, this is set to be Dr Jaishankar’s first visit as the External Affairs Minister of the country to New Zealand. As per a press…

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Tough new data protection laws likely in Australia

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Tough new data protection laws likely in Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government would make “urgent reforms” to the Privacy Act following the unprecedented hack last week on Optus, Australia’s second-largest wireless carrier. Australia could have tough new data protection laws in place this year in an urgent response to a cyberattack on a telecommunications company that stole the personal data of 9.8 million customers, the attorney-general said on Thursday. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the government would make “urgent reforms” to the Privacy Act following the unprecedented hack last…

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Australia lifts permanent immigration by 35,000 to 195,000

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The Australian government announced on Friday it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current fiscal year as the nation grapples with skills and labor shortages

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