UIA President Mr Amarinder Bajwa in his opening remarks thanked many dignitaries and parliamentarians from federal and state governments that had gathered in strength to support the community and UIA.

Mr. Bajwa congratulated HSC high achievers of the year 2011 applauding their efforts and hard work to make the parents and communities proud and reiterated that these students represent the culture, values and hopes of all to serve the country and the communities that they represent.

Touching upon the history of Republic Day and Australia day Mr. Bajwa reminded about the national significance of the national day and its celebrations by UIA and UIA’s dedication towards social integration and development and being proud Australians with the rich culture and legacy of the Indian background.

Federal Member of Parliamentarians that attended the event included The Hon Chris Bowen, The Hon Julie Owens, The Hon Michelle Rowland, The Hon Phillip Rudduck and The Hon Laurie Ferguson. State MP’s included The Hon Linda Burney, The Hon Victor Dominello, The Hon Greg Smith, Hon Dr Geoff Lee, Hon Matt Kean, Hon Barbara Perry, Hon Amanda Fazio, Hon Robert Furolo and Hon Tony Issa.  All speakers highlighted the growth of India and significance of the relationship between India and Australia and applauded the efforts by UIA team in social development and representing the Indian diaspora in Sydney.

Consul General of India in Sydney Mr. Amit Das Gupta attended and addressed the gathering along with Consul Mr. Gautam Roy.

UIA presented HSC High achiever awards to 25 students from the communities, 4 Life time Achievement Awards, 6 Community Service awards, 3 Friends of India Awards and 1 young achiever award was bestowed upon the seniors and people of eminence from the Indian diaspora.

The list of students that were awarded with the HSC High Achiever awards is attached herewith. The event presented cultural dances by Marathi Association and songs by singers. The sponsors to the event were also presented with certificates of appreciation and included Bank of Queensland, Billus Indian Restaurant, Select Insurance, Gold Star Learning and Commonwealth Bank. The event was well received by the community leaders of all organisations and many individuals.

Certificate of Appreciation were also bestowed upon the cast of a short film produced in Australia by a group of local actors and artists named “The Jury”. A launch of the promotional website for the Indian events PromoteURevent.com.au was also made during the general announcements.

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India has a rapidly expanding electricity sector. It is already burning more coal to meet its ever increasing power requirements, but we believe that this can be offset by cleaner nuclear energy and hence mitigation of greenhouse gases.

This decision and policy shift of the government would engage India on more constructive basis, especially to further dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

UIA President Mr Amarinder Bajwa said, “UIA has been urging and lobbying for the sale of uranium to India at all the levels of government. We are proud to be part of the historic achievement today. We thank Hon PM Julia Gillard to consider the change in policy”

On behalf of UIA I extend the greetings on this achievement to the members of Sub Continent Friends of Labor and Labor MP’s Hon. Michelle Rowland, Hon. Ed Husic and others that have worked tirelessly to achieve this milestone. I believe this gesture would take the relationship with trust and confidence between India and Australia to the next level.

We look forward to successful strategic ties between the two on various agendas from community development to climate change. We also believe that such cooperation would help building the trade partnerships as well as Australia would benefit from the growth of India.

UIA team led by the president Mr. Amarinder Bajwa included Ex President(s) of UIA Ms Aruna Chandrala and Ms Sue Advani, Dr. Moninder Singh and Vice President Mr. John Niven was present at the conference as observers to support the motion.

 Jai Hind

All member organisations are requested to send nominations for the Seniors, HSC High Achievers and people you think have contributed in helping India/ Australia relationships and or contributed to the community development in India. Please send your nominations with full profile and contact details of the person to SecretaryUIA@gmail.com

We UIA Team thank all for their overwhelming support and participation.

United Indian Associations Inc. expresses its deepest gratitude on the announcement by Australian Curriculum And Reporting Authority (ACARA) today on the inclusion of HINDI language along with other languages in the list of languages to be developed for national curriculum.

UIA applauds the joint efforts by UIA and Australian Hindi Committee along with the team of Sub Continent Friends of Labor that made the representations on the behalf of the community.

Other languages that would be offered in senior secondary level through CCAFL are Panjabi and Tamil.

President of United Indian Associations Inc Mr. Amarinder Bajwa said “Hindi and other Indian languages are very important for the younger generation in this current socio strategic & political environment”

Mr. Bajwa further said “This learning would allow to build stronger sentiments for trade and cooperation between the two countries as well as the strategic partnerships”

Mr. Bajwa further congratulated the team of UIA including the members of its member organisation Hindi Samaj Sydney that worked tirelessly under the able leadership of their president Mrs. Gunjan Tripathi.

UIA team made representations to numerous federal ministers including The Hon Peter Garrett, Hon Michelle Rowland, Hon David Bradbury and Hon Ed Husic to support their submissions for this cause.

for more information on ACARA please see the link below:

http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/The_Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_languages_final.pdf

United India Association welcomes the news today where the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard has come out in support of the uranium export to India.

“This new development has been widely welcomed by the Australian Indian community.

“The export of uranium to India will create a huge potential for growth in strategic partnership between Australia and India as well as it has the potential to reshape almost all geostrategic equations in the region.

“India has an amicable record of non proliferation. UIA has always supported the idea of sale of uranium to India.

“The sale of uranium will see improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

We urge all the Australian Labor Party delegates at its National Conference to give full support to the Prime Minister of Australia in her effort to export uranium to India.

We at UIA also look forward to closer engagement of India in Asia Pacific with Australia and US as well as further developments on inclusion of India in APEC.

“We believe that this issue is based upon a discredited foreign policy of Australian Labor party with the head in the sand attitude.’ said Amarinder Bajwa, the President of United India Association.

“India will be the third largest economy in the world It has an impeccable track record of non proliferation policy on uranium and nuclear usage.”

United India Association is deeply taken back by the statements from the likes of Hon Kevin Rudd party. Yet Hon Martin Ferguson is more positive and forth coming.

Australia needs to actively engage with India now and show trust and sign the treaty which will be stronger than that of NTP, as has been the case with USA.

United India Association asks the Labor Party leadership and delegates to view the policy to sell the uranium to India. We at UIA would like to impress and argue to change this policy to benefit not only India but also Australia in the near future. Australia should not be the last supplier of uranium to join the list of supplier’s India has but be the foremost partner in its nuclear usage.

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UIA congratulates Indians, Shree Anna Hazare and Team Anna on their success in securing a first victory of ‘people power’ in India. The crusade of Shree Anna Hazare and the people of India to make the Indian government consider a stronger version of the Lokpal (Ombudsman) Bill was accepted by a resolution in the Indian parliament ending the 12 day long peaceful protest by the Team Anna and people of India.
UIA organised a gathering to show support and solidarity with the campaign for a stronger Lokpal Bill and Shree Anna Hazare on 27th August at Rosella Park at Harris Park. The event was well attended by over 200 people in Harris Park. All attendees, UIA team and the team from Australian Indians joined in the singing of famous devotional and patriotic songs.

UIA president Mr Amarinder Bajwa addressed the gathering and highlighted the need for the fair practices and strong convictions of Shree Anna Hazare and urged the gathering to pledge against corruption, UIA’s Ex Secretary Mr. Moninder Singh in his address expressed the solidarity of Australian Indians.

UIA’s Ex President Mr Raj Natrajan, Mr. Vivek Bhardwaj, Mr. Rajiv Kesireddy, Mr. Anuj Kulshrestha, Mr. Rohit Reevo, Mr. Neni Tiwari and others also addressed the gathering and thanked to support the movement in Australia.

Ms Gargi Tripathi who in support of Shree Anna Hazare has been on the relay fast since 19th Aug and has successfully ran a relay fast on 20th and 21st Aug in Parramatta also addressed the gathering and expressed her gratitude for the support and solidarity shown by Indian Australians. Ms Tripathi reiterated her conviction to continue her fast till a resolution is achieved and Shree Anna and the Indian government.

The event concluded by the show of solidarity by burning candles and singing.
Today on 29th Aug we at UIA express our appreciation and congratulate India on new beginnings and a moment of great pride for Indians all over the world.

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UIA is pleased to announce that the map of India has been rectified on UNDP website with our efforts and a strong followup from the Indian High Commission in Canberra. UIA brought this issue before the High Commissioner of India and UNDP authorities. It may be recalled that a wrong map with the wrong LOC (Line of control) was published on the site and same map was used by the Australian Immigration Department.

The new map has been replaced on UNDP website and can be accessed by this url: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND.html or Click Here