The company described the move as an 'important milestone'.

Harjeet was also allegedly threatened with being stabbed and had his turban pulled in the attack aboard a suburban bus.

The agreement was signed on Tuesday at state's Isaac Regional Council meeting.

The minister further cited that the IMF's global growth forecasts of 3.4% in 2016 and 3.6% in 2017 were still very strong.

Prabha, who hailed from Mangalore, was stabbed to death in March in Sydney.

The minister said Australia would benefit greatly from this pact.

Green and Indigenous groups in Australia have criticised the government's decision to grant new approval to Indian mining giant Adani's $16.5 billion controversial coal mine project in central Queensland.

The federal court in August had revoked the original approval.

Attorney General George Brandis, the government's new leader in the Senate, was the first minister to be sworn in. Scott Morrison took oath of the treasurer's office.

Australia gets a fifth premier in eight years after an internal revolt in the ruling Liberal Party forced Tony Abbott to quit

Adani's Carmichael project has been stuck in the approvals process for the past five years.

Approval for Adani's Carmichael coal mine was set aside last week.

Media reports said the decision was mutual.

Australian police on Friday released a new CCTV footage hoping to find the killer of a 41-year-old Indian woman who was brutally stabbed to death in Sydney, just 300m from her home on March 7 this year while she was talking to her husband on the phone.

Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, "We owe it to the dead to bring the guilty to justice".

Ravi Thapar in New Zealand is set to leave the country on Saturday after allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.

The woman fell into a week-long coma and had to undergo liver transplant after consuming the poisonous mushrooms.

Deepen Kumar will participate in the conference.

Some landowners had alleged that Adani was 'misleading' the public.

Mookhey, 32, was elected by the Labor to replace Steve Whan in the New South Wales upper house.