The Hon. Scott Morrison Prime Minister – Message – Sinhala and Tamil New Year PRIME MINISTER   MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER SINHALA AND TAMIL NEW YEAR 2022 I’m pleased to send my best wishes to everyone celebrating Sinhala and Tamil New Year. As you come together for this tremendous family and community event, you share in a festival of language and culture. Steeped in ancient tradition, Sinhala and Tamil New Year inspires goodwill, thankfulness, and renewal. As we farewell another tough year, this is a message that speaks to all Australians. Here in Australia — a country of acceptance and inclusion — we practise our beliefs and customs free from persecution and discrimination. We are free to celebrate faith and community in ways that bring joy to our hearts. We are an open, free and accepting nation — the most successful multicultural nation on earth. In the words of Queensland’s ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 3 February 2021 – 1st edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter 73rd SRI LANKA INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS “NAVAL NICETIES” – By Des Kelly Invitation – 73rd Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka (Melbourne) Hilton Colombo Comes Home, Connecting Countries And Dreams Women in Management, IFC and Government of Australia Honor Sri Lankan Women SRI LANKA NEWS(JANUARY 2021)Compiled by Victor Melder. PETERITE LEGEND MAURICE DE SILVA NO MORE – by Upali Obeyesekera Improving your metabolism for overall health-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Baobab Tree – iconic landmark in Mannar By Arundathie Abeysinghe SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS-(JANUARY 2021)Compiled by Victor Melder Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo Mr. Nathaniel Henry Lorenzo Brohier. 1847 – 1914 – By: Isuru Andradi One young girl who united all Sri Lankans… and she wears a headscarf – By Nayomini Weerasooriya Thomian Newsletter from ...

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Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM – Advocate for doctors with disabilities – QLDSTATE RECIPIENT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2021   Source: Australian of the Year Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM is a senior resident doctor at Gold Coast University Hospital. Despite facing numerous barriers, he became the first quadriplegic medical graduate and medical intern in Queensland. He was recently admitted as a lawyer. As co-founder of Doctors With Disabilities Australia, Dinesh has worked with the Australian Medical Association to create first-of-kind national policies for inclusivity in medical education and employment. Dinesh is a doctor for the Gold Coast Titans physical disability rugby league team. He is also a member of multiple committees for disability advocacy and has spoken in world-renowned forums such as TEDx. Through COVID-19, he advocated for equitable treatment for people with disabilities, including as a witness to the Disability Royal Commission. Dinesh has also contributed significantly to scientific advances ...

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‘Impossible is just a state of mind’ – Dr. Dinesh Palipana-by Kalani Kumarasinghe Source:Dailymirror Sri Lankan born Dr. Dinesh Palipana was recently named as Queensland’s Australian for the year 2021. The state’s first quadriplegic medical graduate and medical intern, Dr. Palipana was honoured at a special ceremony held in Brisbane.   An advocate for inclusivity and equitable treatment of people with disabilities, Dr. Palipana is now a Senior R esident Doctor at Gold Coast University Hospital, and also a qualified Lawyer. Daily Mirror caught up with Dr. Palipana in the middle of a busy night at the Emergency Department of the Hospital to discuss his journey so far. Excerpts of the interview: Q Tell us about where you started? I was born in Kandy. We moved around a lot because my dad was an Engineer for the Water Board. We moved to Australia when I was ten years old, and I grew up ...

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Quadriplegic Gold Coast spinal doctor is Queensland’s Australian of the Year Source:Island The 36-year-old founder of Doctors with Disabilities Australia is Queensland’s 2021 Australian of Year. Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM is senior resident at the Gold Coast University Hospital, a recent law graduate as well as the doctor for the Gold Coast Titans physical disability rugby league team. Dr Palipana has built an international profile through his speeches with TEDx talks and has contributed immensely to spinal research in Australia. He was named by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at a special presentation on Tuesday night, ahead of the national Australia Day awards in January. “Dr Dinesh Palipana knows no barriers,” Palaszczuk said on Tuesday night. ...

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‘I might be quadriplegic, but I’m your doctor’ When medical student Dinesh Palipana suffered a severe spinal injury in a car crash, he was told his dream of becoming a doctor was over. Now he’s Queensland’s first quadriplegic doctor, working at one of the state’s busiest hospitals. Dr Palipana tells his story in his own words. Source: ABC News I didn’t grow up wanting to be a doctor. And I certainly never imagined practising medicine with quadriplegia. I was exactly halfway through medical school when my car aquaplaned on Brisbane’s Gateway Motorway. It was a dark night soaked with the smell of fresh rain. The road was slippery. My last thought when the car started rolling was: I can’t stop this now. I’ll just have fun like a rollercoaster. When my Nissan X-Trail eventually stopped rolling, I looked around in shock. The car was destroyed. My favourite white T-shirt was ...

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