Qld-based Bassi Group fined for underpayment of worker
The Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully secured penalty and back-pay orders totaling $19,922 against the former operators of Queensland transport and logistics business Bassi...
How to reduce your screen time and reconnect with your family
It’s Saturday afternoon and the kids are all connected to separate devices. So are the parents. Sounds familiar? Many families want to set ground...
Dancer Nikitha Sesha: A Bharatanatyam tribute to Shiva
Some twenty years ago, a dance teacher visited her friend who had just given birth to a daughter. She looked at the baby and...
Deepa Mehta’s ‘I Am Sirat’: Duty vs self-determination
Film-maker Deepa Mehta’s latest documentary I Am Sirat (2023) is doing the rounds at various international film festivals. It profiles Sirat Taneja, a transgender...
Perumal Murugan: ‘Writing is both enjoyable and tormenting’
“The writing process, for me, is both enjoyable and tormenting,” Tamil writer Perumal Murugan said in Sydney recently.
His statement revealed much about his extraordinary...