Is PTE acceptable in all the universities of Australia?

Yes. The PTE exam is conducted on all 7 days of the week. Except on December 25th, Pearson conducts the PTE exam on all other days of the year.  

No. The earlier version of the PTE exam that was meant to be taken from home is no longer accepted by universities abroad. Following this. Pearson has discontinued its PTE Academic Online exam - irrespective of the geographical location of the test takers.

The growing concerns over online proctoring

No. Having an Indian accent does not inherently impact your PTE automated pronunciation score.

According to official guidance from Pearson PTE, the automated scoring engine does not discriminate against or penalise regional accents. During its development, the system was deliberately trained using sp

According to the official Pearson PTE Academic Test Format & Score Guide, yes, negative marking is explicitly enforced for the Multiple Choice, Choose Multiple Answers question type.

The 2 new task types that have been added to the PTE exam are - 

1. Summarise Group Discussion 
2. Respond to a Situation