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Monthly Newsletter ISSUE 3 | VOLUME 4 | May 2018 மாதாꏍத செ뿍鎿மட쯍 Monthly Newsletter 19th chapter of Mahavamsam The Australian Government The Jaffna Kingdom (1215- budget sets out the (The Great Chronicle), 1624 CE), also known as economic and fiscal outlook translated in to Tamil by late Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of for Australia and includes Mr. Sivarasa Nallaratnam. modern northern Sri Lanka expenditure and revenue The Mahavamsam is an epic was a historic monarchy that estimates for the current poem written in the Pali came into existence around financial year, the budget language of the bikku’s of Sri the town of Jaffna on the year and three forward Lanka. Jaffna peninsula. financial years. Like Us https://goo.gl/RGWzaF Subscribe to our channel https://goo.gl/gU95Me Visit our website http://www.tscbs.org.au - This page is intentionally left blank - VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 ஏப்ர쯍 மாதாந்த ஒன்쟁埂ட쯍 15 - ஏꯍர쯍 - 2018 லையில் வழலைப ோை அ翁த்ததோக, திருைதி அகலியோ இரퟀந்திரன் அங்கத்தவர்கள் எல்பைோரும் ஓன்று அவர்கள் அங்கத்தவர்களுக்埁 ꏂல் பின்னல் கூடினோர்கள். கோலை 11.00 ைணியளவில் திரு (Knitting) எவ்வோறு தசய்வ鏁 என்று சோம் சிவம் அவர்களோல் கூட்டம் ஆரம்பித்鏁 யிற்றுவித்தோர். அங்கத்தவர்கள் ஆர்வைோக லவக்கப் ட்ட鏁. விருந்தினர்கலள இதலன கற்றுக் தகோண்டோர்கள். வரபவற்ற鏁டன் கூட்டம் ஆரம் ைோன鏁. விக்படோரியோவில் உள்ள இளம் தமிழ் கூட்டம் ததோடங்垿யவுடன் முதலில் நம்முடன் சிறோர்களின் திறலைலய எை鏁 கழகம் வோழ்ந்鏁 உயிர் ꏀத்த தமிழ் தநஞ்சங்கள் ைவழிகளிலும் ஊக்埁வித்鏁 வரு垿ன்ற鏁. அத்தலன ப ருக்埁ம் ஒரு நிமிட பநரம் அந்த வலகயில் ஏப்ரல் ைோதக் கூட்டத்தில் தைௌன அஞ்சலி தசலுத்தப் ட்ட鏁. தசல்வன் யோதவ் ரபை, தசல்வன் அசிந்த் கபேசன், தசல்வன் ஆபத கபேசன் அதலனத் ததோடர்ந்鏁 அன்லறய ஆ垿பயோரரல் மிருதங்க வோத்திய இலச கூட்டத்திற்埁 வருலகதந்திருந்த வழங்கப் ட்ட鏁. விருந்தினர்கள், கழக உறுப்பினர்கள் உட் ட்படோர் ைங்கை விளக்埁 ஏற்றினோர்கள். அதலனத் ததோடர்ந்鏁 நரம்பியல் நிபுேர் (Neurologist) டோக்டர் 毁ப்ரைணியம் ஐயர் கூட்டத்தின் முதல் நிகழ்வோக திருைதி அவர்கள் வய鏁 கூ翁ம் த ோழு鏁 நைக்埁 பிரியோந்தி தறஜி அவர்கள் உைகத்தின் ஏற் 翁垿ன்ற உடல் பிரச்சிலனகள் ற்றி ோவத்லத தன் மு鏁垿ல் சிலுலவயோய் ஏற்றிச் வி ரைோக விளக்கவுலர வழங்垿னோர். 毁ைந்த இபய毁நோதர் ை垿லை ற்றியும், அத்鏁டன் அங்கத்தவர்களோல் பகட்கப் ட்ட தவரியதவள்ளி ஈடர் ண்ணிடிலக பகள்விகளுக்埁ம் இை埁வோக ற்றியும் 毁வோரயைோக உலரயோற்றினோர். புரிந்鏁தகோள்ளக்கூடிய வலகயில் திைளித்தோர். அதலனத் ததோடர்ந்鏁 சித்திலரப் புத்தோண்翁 கூட்டத்தின் சிறப்பு நிகழ்ச்சியோக தமிழர்களின் ததோடர்ந்鏁 பிரம்ைோ 埁ைோரி அலைப்பினர் ோரம் ரிய பதோல் இலசக்கருவியோன லற தங்கள் பநரத்லதயும், சிரைத்லதயும் ோரோ鏁 இலச சவுந்தரம் சிதம் ரம் அவர்கள் ைோதோந்தம் வழங்埁ம் தியோனமும் ஆன்므க ஒருங்கலைப்பில் வழங்கப் ட்ட鏁. இதலன உலரயும் நலடத ற்ற鏁. முதிபயோ埁க்埁 அங்கத்தவர்களும், விருந்தினர்களும் தியோனமும் ஆன்மிக உலரயும் மிகவும் பிடித்த ஆவபைோ翁 ோர்த்鏁 இரசித்தபதோ翁 விடயைோக அலைந்鏁 வரு垿ன்ற鏁. ைட்翁ைல்ைோைல் கலைஞர்கள் உதவிபயோ翁 அங்கத்தவர்களோல் பகட்கப் ட தோங்களும் லற இலசத்鏁 ை垿ழ்ந்தோர்கள். பகள்விகளுக்埁 தக்க தில்கலள சபகோதரர் அழகர்சோமி அவர்கள் வழங்垿னோர். அதலன எை鏁 கழக அங்கத்தவர் திருைதி ரஞ்பசோதி ததோடர்ந்鏁 ைத்திய ப ோசனம் இடம் த ற்ற鏁. அவர்கள் லறயின் த ருலை ற்றிப் ப சிய鏁டன், அன்லறய தினம் லற இலச நன்றி. வழங்垿யவர்களுக்埁 நன்றிகலளயும், ோரோட்翁கலளயும் ததரிவித்தோர். திரு. 毁ந்தரலிங்கம் தசயைோளர் VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 Welcomeing guests and lighting of traditional oil lamp by guests and members. VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 Easter and Good Friday speech by Mrs Priyanthi Regie. Playing ‘Parai’ – Traditional drum instrument of Tamils. VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 Knitting class by Mrs Ahalya Raveendran and Mirudangam play by Yathav, Asinth and Aathesh. Presentation by Neurologist Dr Subramanyam Iyer, Speech on ‘Parai’ drum by Mrs Paransothy and spiritual speech and meditation session by Brother Alagarsamy from Brahmakumaries. More photographs from this meeting available at http://www.tscbs.org.au/index.php/gallery/photos VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 What the 2018-2019 federal Budget means for you IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT POWER BILLS IF YOU WANT A TAX CUT The government has pledged $41.5 million over seven Good news! Tax relief for low- and middle-income earners years to ensure secure, reliable and affordable energy. will kick in as soon as July 1. The National Energy Security Board estimates yearly power People earning up to $37,000 per year will get up to $200 bills will be slashed by $400 for the average Aussie back in their tax return, and those on up to $90,000 will household from 2020 under the government’s national receive a maximum of $530. energy guarantee. The government also wants to change income tax The government says it will do this by “ensuring the right thresholds over the next seven years to flatten out the tax electricity generation assets are built where they are system, meaning 94 per cent of Australians will pay no needed”. It will require electricity retailers to deliver on a more than the marginal tax rate of 32.5 cents in the dollar. reliability guarantee to ensure there is enough power to keep the lights on. IF YOU’RE A UNI STUDENT The government will also ban misleading discounting Universities and students seem to have been neglected in practices by electricity retailers. this year’s budget — but there will be a boost to Youth Allowance. From January 1, 2019, the scheme’s parental IF YOU WANT CHEAPER PRESCHOOL AND income test will be relaxed by an extra $10,000 per year CHILDCARE and an additional $10,000 for each extra child. If you’re one of the million-odd Aussie families feeling the The government will provide $123.6 million over five years squeeze, you’ll welcome the new childcare package, which to University of the Sunshine Coast, the University of will come into effect from July 2. Tasmania and Southern Cross University to give extra places for Aussie students in regional areas. From that date, families with a combined income of $187,000 or less — more than 85 per cent of families with IF YOU’RE SICK OF BAD TRAFFIC AND CARE ABOUT kids in childcare — will no longer have a limit on the Child PUBLIC TRANSPORT Care Subsidy. The government will spend big on rail and roads. The Child Care Safety Net will continue to support kids from regional and rural areas, disadvantaged backgrounds and The treasurer has announced a $1 billion Urban Congestion those with special needs, and the Child Care Subsidy Fund, designed to fund state-level projects that improve withholding rate will also be slashed to five per cent for traffic flow. every family. Here are some of the big ticket projects designed to relieve IF YOU WANT BETTER HOSPITALS our daily traffic headaches. The government is touting “record levels” of public hospital Victoria is a big winner in terms of public transport spending funding, including a public hospital agreement that will and traffic alleviation. deliver more than $30 billion in extra funding between 2020- 21 and 2024-25. The government has promised $5 billion for a rail link to Melbourne Airport, $1.75 billion for the North East Link, The Medicare Guarantee Fund will receive $34.4 billion and $475 million for a rail link to Monash University’s Clayton a new program to encourage doctors to move to regional campus, $225 million to electrify the Frankston line to areas will be introduced. Baxter and $132 million to duplicate the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Sale. IF YOU WANT BETTER SCHOOLS In NSW, the government has promised $400 million to Schools are big winners this year, with needs-based duplicate the Port Botany freight rail line, taking up to 900 funding to deliver an extra $24.5 billion over the next trucks off the congested roads each day. decade. That’s 50 per cent more funding per student on average. The Treasurer will also announce $971 million in federal funding for the Coffs Harbour bypass, which will enable The government will also support businessman David drivers to avoid 12 sets of traffic lights on that increasingly Gonski’s recommended curriculum reforms and new online busy stretch of road. A new, four-lane bridge will be built learning tools. over the Shoalhaven River at Nowra, The National Schools Chaplaincy program will win However, the money will only fund half of the project’s $310 permanent funding, including an extra $247 million over million estimated total cost; the NSW government will have four years, and will develop a focus on anti-bullying. to chip in the rest. VTSCBS Monthly Newsletter | May 2018 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 One billion dollars has been put on the table to clear traineeships. An extra $89 million will create more than congestion on two of Queensland’s busiest stretches of 40,000 Transition to Work places to support youths aged 15 highway: the M1 Pacific Motorway and the Bruce Highway.
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