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There's been furious agreement among the states, territories and the commonwealth on toughening up national security laws to help fight terrorism.

Leaders have played down the impact on civil libertie, after signing an agreement to enhance facial recognition capabilities for public places.

A survey of mental health awareness suggests two-thirds of Australians believe depression is the country's most common mental health issue.
But, chronic anxiety is actually twice as prevalent, with an estimated two million Australians suffering from that condition.

Almost four million Australian are being diagnosed with mental illness in Australia, Researcher from Macquarie UNI, trying to find out the number of Bangla speaking living in Australia.

Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava and Navaratri, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian Sub continent   that reveres the goddess Durga. It is particularly popular in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Jharkand, Bihar Tripura in India and in Bangladesh.  Bangali Hindusd all over the world also observe this occasion

The first mayor of the new Canterbury-Bankstown, the largest council in NSW, will not be elected by the people , mayor will be  chosen by fellow councillors, instead of former Canterbury council’s method — a popular vote.

The NSW Government’s proclamation of the merger in May last year said: “the mayor of a new council is to be elected by councillors in accordance with the (Local Government) Act”.

SBS has announced changes to its radio services intended to better meet the needs of multicultural Australia and reflect the country's increasingly diverse society. Among the criteria for its language services review, SBS Radio also took into consideration the latest census results and audience listening habits.  

Both sides of the same-sex marriage debate have launched their official campaigns.

On the "yes" side, there were celebrities hugging post boxes, sports stars past and present, and bipartisan political rallies.

While the "no" campaign heard how same-sex marriage threatens the traditional teachings and family values of multicultural communities

Bangladesh’s prime minister on Thursday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar to protect Rohingya Muslims  who are fleeing a military crackdown to seek refuge in her country.

"These people must be able to return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UN General Assembly.

The United Nations says more than 420,000 Rohingya have fled for safety to Bangladesh in the face of an army campaign in northern Rakhine state that includes rape and the burning of villages.

Myanmar, a former British colony, became an independent country in 1948, and since then, its military forces have controlled the politics and international relations of the country for over 50 years.

The country has faced a number of embargoes imposed by European Union and the United States since the early 1990s. In 2012, a democratic government took over the country’s leadership through a national election while the military forces still held the reins of a significant portion of the cabinet.

Myanmar imported a huge stock of weapons from the early 1990s until the installation of democracy, despite an arms embargo by the EU being in force.

Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based news agency, has published an infographic on the arms trade of Myanmar with the rest of the world. The infographic shows which countries have sold weaponry to Myanmar from 1990 to 2016.

Both sides of the same-sex marriage debate have launched their official campaigns.

On the "yes" side, there were celebrities hugging post boxes, sports stars past and present, and bipartisan political rallies.

While the "no" campaign heard how same-sex marriage threatens the traditional teachings and family values of multicultural communities