More than 20 women have been arrested over an alleged family day care fraud syndicate defrauding the government of $4million in rebates. Detectives initially charged 17 people in May over their alleged links to a fake business called Red Roses Family Day Care. It was alleged the illegitimate company accumulated the sum in rebates in ten months alone by exploiting …

A man has died while trying to avoid a swooping magpie in a park near Wollongong which has a history of attacks. The 76-year-old was riding his bicycle in Woonona yesterday morning when the bird started to swoop so he rode off the path in an effort to escape. He then crashed into a fence post, was thrown to the …

Live music, colourful street art, market stalls and great authentic food will converge on the streets of Liverpool this week. “If there’s a day in your calendar you don’t want to miss this year it’s Liverpool’s Street Art Festival on Saturday August 13,” CEO Michael Cullen said. “Preparations are almost complete with a number of colourful murals and art installations …

HWPL Australia hosted peace conferences in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, to raise awareness about peace culture and the D.P.C.W Sydney, September 8, 2019 – For the first time in the 5-years’ of Heavenly Culture World Peace and Restoration of Light’s (HWPL) World Peace Summit, the Australian branch of this peace NGO hosted Legislate Peace events, aligned to the summit held …

Sydney, August 24, 2019 – A peace conference to celebrate the inauguration of Afghan Peace Foundation as well as to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the September 18th World Peace Summit’ was co – hosted by the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG), Sydney branch, Australia, Branch Chief Manager, Lydia Im and Afghan Peace Foundation, President, Tahera Jehanbeen, on August 24th, …

The youth of Sydney come together for a friendly soccer match, celebrating the spirit of sportsmanship and peace Sydney, July 6, 2019 – The International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) held its first sports day on the 6th of July 2019 as the inaugural launch of its ‘Youth Ethnic Sports (YES) for Peace’ program in Sydney. The youth demographic in Sydney comprises …

IWPG hosts its 2nd International Peace-Love Drawing Competition to deliver the message of world peace through art by school children Sydney, July 4, 2019 – International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) Sydney hosted the award ceremony for its 2nd International Peace-Love Drawing Competition held at Taren Point Public School on the 27th of June 2019 and Shayoka Art Classes in Wentworthville …

HWPL and partner organisations IWPG and IPYG, extensively volunteer in community services to commemorate the UN Public Service Day 2019 Sydney, June 23, 2019 – Over the month of June, HWPL Sydney has been volunteering extensively in a series of community services initiatives across NSW, to commemorate the United Nations Public Service Day on the 23rd of June 2019. The …

By Jack Bettar Bankstown, Lakemba and Punchbowl are three of the many suburbs in Sydney we tend to correlate with the Lebanese and Syrian community. But away from these modern associations there is a little-known history of this very cultural group that lies in the most unlikely of places: Redfern. Immigrants came from the former Ottoman province of Syria, which …

A fantastic event titled “Spreading the Culture of Peace” organised by HWPL& IWPG in the City of Parramatta. This festival was held in Parramatta, where communities from all over Sydney who have experienced war in their homeland, those communities who support peace and peace advocates came together and united in support of each other and for peace. Philosopher Lao Tzu …