A contemporary zarzuela or theatrical play about the life of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was shown in New South Wales, Australia on November 5 and 6.

Filipinos in Australia expressed support for the Department of Education’s (DepEd) “TEN Moves” program seeking to raise funds to build 10,000 public school classrooms in the Philippines.

A Philippine cookbook — Mama Sita’s cookbook “Flavors of the Philippine Islands” — was launched earlier this month in Australia, yhe Philippine Consulate General in Sydneyn said.

For helping disadvantaged youths, a Filipina nurse received the “2011 Pride of Australia” award. Mica Alcedo was awarded the medal under the “Fair Go” category at the Crocodylus Park in Darwin, Northern Territory on August 19, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Six women in Australia, including a 39-year-old Filipina were linked by United States intelligence agencies to an alleged plot of the terrorist group al-Qaeda to recruit women for subversive attacks, a report of the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday said.

More than 3,000 people in Australia joined the recent Philippine Food Festival at the Grace Brasserie, Grace Hotel in Sydney, Australia from August 5 to 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Some 20,000 potential job openings for the elderly care sector in Australia may await Filipinos wishing to work as healthcare providers abroad.

Nearly 20 years after the incident, a 40-year-old Melbourne man was arrested Tuesday for the murder of a Filipina in Sydney.

An Australian labor dispute settlements court decided to prosecute three companies, and one company director for labor violations against four Filipino oil rig workers who stand to claim more than AUS$120,000 worth of back payments.

Australia will prosecute three firms and a company director for allegedly underpaying four Filipino oil rig workers.