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A family guide to where to eat, stay and play in Melbourne 09 June 2021 . BY Carla Grossetti
Your go-to guide to Melbourne’s best places to eat, sleep and top things to do with kids.
Where to eat in Melbourne with kids
Parents looking to ignite their children’s appetite will find a lot to inspire in the multicultural capital of Victoria. Make Melbourne your next food-focused getaway at these sought-after spots attuned to pleasing the palates of diners young and old.
ACMI is Melbourne’s museum dedicated to film, TV, videogames and art. After exploring the exhibitions, attending a talk or workshop, head to HERO, chef Karen Martini’s new on-site restaurant, which champions the produce of local farmers and purveyors. Line up for a house-made choc top or Maker & Monger cheese platter from Martini’s carefully curated cinema cart before heading in to see a cult classic or anime film.
How NPA deals with Guptas and their acolytes should send strong message to those who are corrupt
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Almost four weeks ago, with their friends cheering them on, Iqbal Sharma and his wife Tarina performed a sultry tango to celebrate her 45th birthday.
Attended by a veritable whoâs who of celebrity and media personalities, the party was hosted at the coupleâs palatial mansion in Morningside, in Johannesburgâs northern suburbs.
Late last week the gilded lives that the Sharmas had been living caved in when the National Prosecuting Authorityâs Investigating Directorate (ID) came knocking.
In no time the mansion, and their other properties worth millions, were seized after the High Court in the Free State granted the ID a restraining order that froze the assets of Sharma, his wife and the Gupta brothers over allegations of fraud, corruption and money laundering. The NPA accuses Sharma, through his company Nulane Investment 204, of siphoning million
What ‘crime’ did these children commit?
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THE MURUGAPPAN FAMILY
What ‘crime’ did these children commit?
The forlorn image of a sick, little girl lying in a hospital bed is all the more heartbreaking because we know she has spent almost her entire life in detention. The forced removal of Tharnicaa, her older sister and parents, in the middle of the night, was shocking. Equally abhorrent to myself and many Australians is isolating and depriving two innocent children of their freedom and right to a normal childhood. What is their crime? They are sacrificial lambs to a hardline government policy meant to deter those seeking asylum.