Dr Yakindra Prasad Timilsena is a food research scientist with a PhD in Food Science from RMIT University, Australia. He also holds a Master’s degree in Food and Bioprocess Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and a Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. With more than 20 years of experience…
SYDNEY — The Australian Government has announced funding for the Call It Out Register, an Indigenous-led initiative designed to document and respond to racism experienced by First Peoples. The initiative is led by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in partnership with the National Justice Project….
Nepal — The bodies of 1,290 people who died in the devastating floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa district have been recovered, while 4,798 people remain missing, according to Nepal Police. Police said 926 bodies have so far been processed and safely buried, while identification and further management of recovered remains are continuing. Among the identified bodies…
China will continue sharing emergency hydrological monitoring and early-warning information with Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations and disaster relief following the devastating landslide and flood along the Nepal-China border. China’s Ministry of Water Resources has been providing Nepal with hydrological monitoring, early-warning and forecasting information, including data on potential risks from barriers formed in rivers…
Fights over multiculturalism and gender are hiding the core of the nation’s despair — rising economic inequality. By Mark Kenny Flat wages growth, stagnant productivity, and dwindling purchasing power at the supermarket. Is it any wonder that the only things consistently growing are anger, distrust, and a sense that the economy is either broken, or…
The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago but is now in retreat — just as it’s needed more than ever. By Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger For society and democracy to function we used to depend on shared facts and a system of informed discussion and decision making. People are angry because they believe…
The Governor-General of Australia today visited the Embassy of Nepal in Canberra and called on Tara Gautam, Chargé d’Affaires of Nepal, to convey the condolences of Australians following the devastating floods in Nepal. The Governor-General expressed solidarity with those who have lost loved ones or are still searching for family members, as well as people…
MELBOURNE, Australia: Victoria’s Parliament has passed new legislation targeting organised crime groups that recruit children to carry out serious offences, with adults convicted of recruiting children potentially facing life imprisonment. The Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026 creates a new offence for adults who recruit children to participate in serious criminal…
CANBERRA — Australia has dispatched a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft carrying vital humanitarian supplies to Nepal as the country responds to the ongoing disaster. The aircraft is transporting essential hygiene, shelter and solar kits, following a request from the Nepali Government for emergency assistance. Australia has also raised concerns over Australians who remain…
Cost-of-living pressures, terror attacks, widening inequality and financial crises — it’s no wonder Australians are angry. Yet danger lies in scapegoating, writes Professor Alan Gamlen… We are living through an age of disruption. The postwar consensus that liberal democracy, free markets and open societies were the “only game in town” has been steadily eroded by…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced a hostile reception from farmers and regional residents at the National Bush Summit in Dubbo, with the audience heckling him over the renewable energy rollout and government red tape. Tensions rose as farmers questioned the impact of renewable projects on agricultural land and called for stronger protections for regional communities….
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has described the signing of the Jakarta Treaty this year as a significant milestone that marks a new chapter in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia. The Foreign Minister Wong said Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Foreign Minister Sugiono were welcomed to Melbourne for the Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’…
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