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Priest runs for Chifley

Venus Priest grew up in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. Because of her passion to help people, she enrolled and finished a Bachelor of Science Course in Nursing, and practiced privately for a number of years. Arriving in Australia in 1995, she attained an Advanced diploma in Accounting with Western Sydney TAFE. She further [...]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in the June quarter 2010, compared with a rise of 0.9% in the March quarter 2010.

The most significant price rises this quarter were for tobacco (+15.4%), hospital and medical services (+3.8%), automotive fuel (+2.1%), rents (+1.1%) and house purchase (+0.6%).

The most significant offsetting price falls were for domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-6.0%), fruit (-4.8%), audio, visual and computing equipment (-6.3%), vegetables (-3.0%) and overseas holiday travel and accommodation (-1.9%).

The ABS CPI rose 3.1% through the year to June quarter 2010, compared with a rise of 2.9% through the year to March quarter 2010.

Source: ABS

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The Federal opposition has recently selected two Filipinos as its standard bearers two electoral seats with known large number of Filipino residents. Venus Priest and Jaymes Diaz, both of Filipino origin [...]

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The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW) will mark its 20th year on September 11 with celebrations to be held at the Blacktown RSL Club, Blacktown. To mark this milestone date, the PCC-NSW Board has started sending out invitations [...]

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After a not-too-impressive presentation by protagonists PM Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in last night’s debate, the “worm” gave the win to Gillard by a wide margin of something like 67 vs 37 per cent.

What do you think? Do you agree with the verdict by the “worm” – the composite scoring by 150 persons inside the studio watching the debate?

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Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea together with friends and supporters will gather in religious assemblies this coming 27 July in commemoration of the Church founding anniversary in the Philippines. The assemblies will be conducted in seven major centres in Australia and three in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea [...]

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Representatives of The Philippines Consulate in Sydney, members of the Maharlika Riders Club Sydney and officials of the Philippines Community Council of NSW recently visited Bathurst for a flag raising ceremony in commemoration of 112th Anniversary of Philippine Independence. The Philippine flag hoisted during the event is reputedly the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere [...]

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The 93rd Lions Club International Convention was held in Sydney during 28 June – July 2, 2010. This annual convention was attended by delegates from 147 countries, including the Philippines. Highlight of the convention was the parade of the delegates on 29 June from Hyde Park through Macquarie Street and ending in the Sydney Opera House [...]

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The Community Relations Commission is conducting the Inaugural NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize which is set up to complement the three year old NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Painting Prize. The topic of this competition is New South Wales landscape [...]

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The planned visit of Philippine Congressman and world welterweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao next month has been scuttled. This was announced by spokesperson Minerva Santos of the Philippine-Australian Community Foundation [...]

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