Vol 2, Issue 13, Aug 16-31, 2022
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New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS): Addressing the nation for the 9th time from the historic ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for moving India forward with five pledges to achieve the dreams by 2047. PM Modi said that India must be a developed nation in 25 years. As we enter the Amrit Kaal, we must resolve to fulfil the dreams of India’s freedom fighters. “We must resolve to work towards a ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India) and remove any vestiges of colonialism from any corner or in our hearts,” said the Prime Minister.
“In the coming years, we have to focus on ‘Panchpran’ (5 pledges). First: to move forward with bigger resolutions and resolve of developed India; second: to erase all traces of servitude; third: be proud of our legacy; fourth: the strength of unity; and fifth: the duties of citizens that also includes the PM and CMs,” said PM Modi. “Working towards a Viksit Bharat, remember the time before Independence... yes, people had different methods of working but the goal was the same and the goal was big - the freedom of India. In this Amrit Kaal we have to come together and work towards another
A starry affair: Bollywood celebs flag off Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
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big goal of a Viksit Bharat,” he said. PM Modi urged the youth of the nation from the rampart of Red Forte to dedicate the next 25 years of their lives for the nation’s development. He said that we should work towards the development of the entire humanity. “When the dreams are big, hard work is important. It needs to be inspired by the pledge and the determination of freedom fighters who dreamt of a free India,” PM added in his historic speech. PM Modi said that we have to put India first and this will pave the way for a united India.
By Indian Abroad Newsdesk Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS): Bollywood celebrities such as Abhishek Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shefali Shah, among many others, flagged off the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to its physical form in Australia with its 13th edition. Other personalities who were a part of this include singer Sona Mohapatra, former cricketer and ex captain of India Kapil Dev and filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Kabir Khan, Aparna Sen, Nikkhil Advani and Shoojit Sircar.
The festival, which kicked off on Friday (August 12), will conclude on August 20. Commenting on the occasion, Abhishek Bachchan, who is “absolutely loving” being in the moment in Melbourne, is excited to watch the screening of his ‘Manmarziyaan’ co-star Taapsee Pannu’s upcoming film ‘Dobaaraa’. He said, “I’m looking forward to watching ‘Dobaaraa’. My almost entire family has represented India here and I’m very proud of it. I’m looking forward to being part of all the celebrations and I thank the
government and Mitu for having me here. It feels great to be given the Leadership in Cinema award”. The actors took to the podium in presence of a special audience to announce this year’s programme schedule with ‘Dobaaraa’ being the opening night film. Other events lined up apart from the screening of over 120 films are the Independence Day Celebrations of India and an array of panel discussions amongst other specially curated events. When asked about the South and Hindi film debate at the festival, actress Tamannaah Bhatia said, “I think this conversation is only unique to India, whenever I travel abroad I never hear people distinguish, they simply call it Indian cinema. And such is the case even here at IFFM.” She feels that the audience wants to see pan India films as more of such content is being made and being admired by all.
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Chris Bowen By Indian Abroad Newsdesk hen Quad leaders, comprising leaders from Australia, India, the US and Japan, met in Tokyo on May 24, 2022, these countries committed themselves to further advance practical cooperation in a bid to address climate change through implementation of the Paris Agreement and to deliver the outcomes of COP26, building
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on their ongoing cooperation and progress since their last meeting. While collectively Quad countries are attempting to increase cooperation among themselves, individually there is a need to reduce emission levels and make a consistent effort towards clean energy adoption. This is precisely what was endeavoured when Australia’s energy ministers on August 12 voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, which is being hailed as a major step towards clean energy transition. In fact, a consensus is not very far-fetched considering the fact that Federal, state and territory energy ministers sat together and agreed to include emissions in the “national energy objectives”. Clean energy transition - need of the hour
Announcing the deal on August 12, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said it was the first change to the objectives in 15 years. He further said, “This is important, it sends a very clear direction to our energy market operators, that they must include emissions reductions in the work that they do … Australia are determined to reduce emissions, and we welcome investment to achieve it and we will provide a stable and certain policy framework.” India, on the other hand, is riding on Prime Minister NarendraModi’s announcement of five emissions pledges at the global climate meet in Glasgow in October 2021. It was a promise to take steps towards controlling India’s emissions. India has set five new pledges so as to bring net-zero emissions by 2070, Continue on Page no. 5
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By Indian Abroad Newsdesk hen independent MP Andrew Wilkie reintroduced to federal parliament the Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2022, he was paving the way for Australia to bring its immigration detention regime in conformity with basic international law requirements for the first time since 1992. The bill aims at reforming an immigration regime that human rights organisations perceive to be “inhumane, unnecessary and unlawful”. Australia’s human rights commitment Australia has a commitment to human rights. This commitment includes protecting refugees and not to arbitrarily or indefinitely detain adults or children. The problem lies in Australia’s current mandatory detention regime, which requires non-citizens without a valid visa to be detained for potentially indefinite periods and without access to review by a court. What compounds the problem is that Australia’s commitments under international law are not enforceable under Australian law till they are legislated upon and implemented. This implies that in the absence of a law that fully protects the right to liberty, the Australian High Court deems indefinite immigration detention to be lawful under the country’s law. International criticism The United Nation has repeatedly said that Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and refugees is contrary to Australia’s international obligations and is “an affront to the protection of human rights”. What has prompted international
Andrew Wilkie criticism has mainly to do with Australia’s neglect of the rights of individuals to not be detained arbitrarily or indefinitely. Data suggest that international condemnation notwithstanding, Australia continues to keep over 1400 people in onshore immigration and indefinite detention even today. Moreover, data suggest that in April 2022, the average period for which people were kept in immigration detention in Australia was 726 days. As for those in onshore detention is concerned, 136 have been detained for more than five years. New bill- an opportunity for Australia Therefore Wilkie’s bill is pertinent and timely. The bill proposes abolishing the existing system of mandatory detention. According to the bill, detention of non-citizens without valid visas could only be ordered where it is necessary and proportionate to the circumstances. This would be on the basis of individual assessment. Continue on Page no. 11
Cabinet approves signing of ‘Audio Visual Co-Production Treaty’ between India, Australia By Indian Abroad Newsdesk New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS): With a view to promote co-production of films, the Union Cabinet has approved signing of ‘Audio Visual Co-Production Treaty’ between India and Australia. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime MinisterNarendraModihasapprovedthe signingofan‘AudioVisualCo-Production Treaty’.AudioVisualco-productiontreaties areenablingdocumentswhichfacilitate co-production of films between two countries.SuchagreementsareUmbrella Agreements underwhich private, quasi-governmentorgovernmentalagencies enter into contracts to produce films together. India has, so far, signed 15 Audio Visual Co-productionTreatieswithforeigncountries.Australiahasemergedasapreferred destinationforshootingIndianfilms.India is fast emerging as a major content hub forfilmmakerslookingfornewprojects. Indiahasabundanceofexoticlocations, talent pool, relatively cheaper cost of
PM Modi productionandpostproduction,making India a favoured destination of foreign filmmakers. As per the co-production treaty, the respectivecontributionsoftheproducers ofthetwocountriesmayvaryfrom20per cent to 80 percent of the final total cost of co-production work. The proposed agreement will boost Continue on Page no. 5
News Media Bargaining Code sine qua non for protecting the rights of news media By Indian Abroad Newsdesk Journalism per se is for public interest and is essential to ensure society functions well enough. It keeps the influential on a tight leash without allowing them to become exploitative. This is where public interest journalism assumes significance. Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code was the first of its kind in the world which was set up to augment the value of public interest journalism. This has made it easier for most Australian news media to deal effectively with global platforms such as Google and Facebook. The Code was formulated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and was made into a law by the Australian Parliament in 2021. Still Australia
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has to do more in this area of activity. In a highly complex social media marketplace, platforms like Google and Facebook pick up news contents from various media outlets to increase user traffic thereby increasing the revenue. Moreover as is the trend in business today, each media business needs to be on each platform. This has implications Continue on Page no. 3
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