Following the successful “Zero Remittance Day” to protest a government directive to randomly open and tax Filipino migrants’ “Balikbayan” boxes, hundreds of Filipino migrants braved the rain and trooped to the Philippine Consulate General today to call for the complete abandonment of said plan. Led by MIGRANTE Partylist — Hong Kong and the NO FEE […]
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NBN in more local areas
It has finally been announced that parts of the suburbs of Stanhope Gardens, The Ponds, Kellyville Ridge and Glenwood have been put back on the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout plan.
Australia recalls Ambassador over Indonesia executions
Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced she has recalled the country’s ambassador to Indonesia after two of its citizens, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, were executed for drugs offenses.
20 years since Filipina was hanged in Singapore
SINGAPORE — March 17, 1995. The Philippines wept when Singapore hanged Filipina overseas worker Flor Contemplacion, a death that apparently unravelled the chilling tragedy behind the government’s labor importation policy.
Health Minister reverses plan to cut Medicare rebate
The Federal government was hell bent on implementing the unpopular plan of cutting the Medicare rebate scheduled to take effect on Monday, January 19, 2015. It was really an ingenious plan of the Abbott-Hockey tandem to collect money through the backdoor after their failed attempt to carry out the $7 co-payment system.
Free trade agreement: a win for everyone? by Sabrina Cortez
It is billed as the landmark deal of a lifetime for Australia’s economy.
Budget even worse than first thought
More detailed data has revealed the devastating impact the Abbott Government’s Budget will have on many Chifley households, particularly single mothers trying to make ends meet for their families.
Makatarungan ba ang budget ni Joe Hockey?
Sa mga mambabasa, mga taga-subaybay at sa mga libu-libong patuloy na tumatangkilik ng Philippine Sentinel at lalo na sa mga sumusubaybay ng kolum na ito, magandang, magandang araw po sa inyong lahat.
Stop the bullshit by Sylvia Estrada Claudio
Enrile, Revilla, Estrada, and Binay are paying their publicists and lawyers with money taken from government coffers. Don’t they at least have the responsibility to come up with something less trite and more entertaining?
More than 100 days of budget blunders
The Abbott Government has just passed a milestone it would rather forget, 100 days since Treasurer Joe Hockey handed down one of the most unfair and unpopular Budgets on record.
Protect yourself when booking holidays, say Australian governments
A new campaign by Australia’s consumer protection agencies is reminding travellers of the simple steps they can take to protect their travel and holiday bookings.
Doctors in Chifley report drop in number of patients
Federal MP Ed Husic has urged Chifley families not to avoid going to their local GP for fears they will have to pay an Abbott Government $7 GP tax.