Tamilsydney.com - All about Tamils in Sydney Australia http://www.tamilsydney.com Thu, 17 May 2012 12:07:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.tamilsydney.com/images/M_images/rss.png http://www.tamilsydney.com Tamilsydney.com - All about Tamils in Sydney Australia http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2804&Itemid=37 Jaffna Hindu College Old Boys’ Association - NSW proudly presentsGeethavani Award is a highly regarded competition for its integrity and high standard of performance. For the past 6 years, it has been a fully sold out event. This year music direction is by “EASTERN EMPIRE” – a popular young talented musicians fromSydney. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2803&Itemid=37 SkillSelect is an online system that enables skilled workers interested in migrating to Australia to record their details to be considered for a skilled visa through an Expression of Interest (EOI). Intending migrants could be found and nominated for skilled visas by Australian employers or state and territory governments, or they could be invited by the Australian Government to lodge a visa application. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2802&Itemid=37 Australian high commissioner Kathy Klugman recently paid a farewell call on alleaged war criminal Sri Lankan defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Ms. Klugman has completed her tenure in Colombo as Australia’s top diplomat in the island.island. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2801&Itemid=37 A TOP Australian diplomat heavily criticised for her role in ''rehabilitation'' ceremonies for alleged Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka has been rewarded with a job in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's department. Kathy Klugman will become head of the international division in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, a key foreign policy job. Ms Klugman, who was high commissioner in Colombo until this month, was condemned by rights groups in October for handing out certificates to Tamils after they were held for two years in a detention camp by the Sri Lankan government. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2800&Itemid=37 Source: ABCAsylum seeker advocates say four refugee men are facing indefinite detention in a Darwin immigration centre because it is unlikely another country will take them after negative ASIO security assessments. The Immigration Department has recognised the three Sri Lankans and one Burmese as refugees, but Australia's spy agency says they have failed security tests. Darwin Asylum Seeker volunteers who visit the men say they are traumatised because they do not know why they failed the tests, and can't challenge the ASIO assessments. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2799&Itemid=37 Source: SMHLegitimate refugees, including toddlers, are imprisoned indefinitely. Only ASIO knows why and it will tell no one, writes Kirsty Needham.'I live like a dead man walking,'' says Suvenran Kathirdamathambi, or ''Sutha'', 32. ''This is supposed to be the golden period in anyone's life - your 20s and 30s. But I can't even say when the day starts.'' http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2798&Itemid=37 It is not a requirement under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 that irregular maritime arrivals (IMAs) remain in detention during the security assessment process. The detention of IMAs is managed by the DIAC, in accordance with Australian Government policy. ASIO ANNUAL REPORT 2011 http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2797&Itemid=37 FORMER prime minister Malcolm Fraser has added his weight to a push for Commonwealth action against Sri Lanka, calling on summit members to postpone its proposed hosting rights for the 2013 CHOGM until it has answered allegations of war crimes. Mr Fraser criticised the federal government for putting its desire to stop Sri Lankan boatpeople from reaching Australia ahead of its obligations to speak out against alleged human rights violations and war crimes. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2796&Itemid=37 The Australian Tamil community says it feels betrayed by the Federal Government's decision to stop a war crimes case against the Sri Lankan president proceeding in Australia.Tamil man Jegan Waran, 63, has filed charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court against Mahinda Rajapakse, who is in Perth for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).Attorney-General Robert McClelland's permission is required for the proceedings to go ahead, but he has ruled it out. Mr McClelland says the president is legally entitled to diplomatic immunity. http://www.tamilsydney.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2795&Itemid=37 Refugee's death in detention regrettable, says former minister THE death of a Sri Lankan refugee in Sydney's Villawood detention centre is highly regrettable , former immigration minister Chris Evans says. The Tamil man, who had already been granted refugee status, committed suicide in the western Sydney centre early on Wednesday, the Department of Immigration has confirmed.As was report earlier in The Australian Online, it is believed he was awaiting a security clearance from ASIO.