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Opinion

  • Greek identity and the half-blood prince
    15 Sep 2016 JOHN VITHOULKAS (0)

    John Vithoulkas reflects on his childhood memories of Greece, it's people and their identity, and urges us to realise that the future is in our hands.

  • Beware the squat squad!
    15 Sep 2016 NIKOS FOTAKIS (0)

    Nikos Fotakis never anticipated he would come across the issue of squat toilets in the context of government policy and taxation.

  • Smyrna unpunished
    9 Sep 2016 Dean Kalimniou (0)

    The Seven Churches mentioned in the Apocalypse of St John no longer exist

  • GOODY'S
    9 Sep 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    Their cuisine notwithstanding, is the personification of Greece in ways subtle and unsuspecting.

  • We need to decriminalise drugs
    8 Sep 2016 FOTIS KAPETOPOULOS (0)

    More people die on the roads and from drowning yet neither cars, or swimming have been banned, and we try to teach people to drive and swim, writes Fotis Kapetopoulos.

  • The suicide prevention space is immature and inauthentic
    8 Sep 2016 GERRY GEORGATOS (0)

    Gerry Georgatos addresses Australia's humanitarian crisis taking more than five per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths – suicide.

  • No fries thanks, I'm Greek
    5 Sep 2016 GERARD PAPASIMAKOPOULOS (0)

    As the street food visibility of the classic souvlaki gathers strength, we go back to the age-old question: will you be having fries with that?

  • The randy express to Tirana
    2 Sep 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    Dean Kalimniou recalls his unexpected journey to the annual conference of the Union for Human Rights Party.

  • Απογραφή
    23 Aug 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    Important elements of Australia are not reflected in the census and are of concern since our government may not understand the true complexity of its multicultural identity.

  • Since the time of ancient Greece, the Olympics and bribery have gone hand in hand
    23 Aug 2016 NIGEL CROWTHER (0)

    There's one 'tradition' that's a strong holdover from ancient Greece: allegations of bribery, some of which were documented more than 2,000 years ago.

  • The battle for Greek and Italian in Northcote High School
    22 Aug 2016 GEORGE ZANGALIS (0)

    Claiming Victoria as the most multicultural state a bit hypocritical and hollow when the state's schools continue to exit community language teaching, writes George Zangalis.

  • Ρουφιάνοι
    19 Aug 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    Ruffiano, meaning a pander or a pimp. From the fifteenth century, while the term in English evolved, in Greek it remained extremely close to the original Italian.

  • Can we learn from Thucydides' writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?
    19 Aug 2016 CHRIS MACKIE (0)

    Chris Mackie, professor of Greek Studies at La Trobe University, wonders.

  • GREAT AUNT ΒΑΥΚΙΣ
    12 Aug 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    As the village nurse, she would rise from her bed at all hours of the night in order to administer injections, saving scores of lives over the years.

  • Islamic Turkey and Cyprus
    10 Aug 2016 Andreas C. Chrysafis (0)

    The island has become the chunk of cheese in the mousetrap to be nibbled away by ravenous rats.

  • Census and consensus
    8 Aug 2016 NIKOS FOTAKIS (0)

    The Orwellian nightmare of applied statistics.

  • Suicide of 15-year-old boy in Don Dale
    5 Aug 2016 Gerry Georgatos (0)

    For every young life lost, thousands of others meander in broken lives and for many from broken lives to ruination.

  • It’s all getting smelly in Rio
    5 Aug 2016 Gerard Papasimakopoulos (0)

    A scheduling and programming horror show with a lot of poop. Yes, poop.

  • CAFÉ PARANOIA
    4 Aug 2016 DEAN KALIMNIOU (0)

    Tales of unsubstantiated Greek nationalist madness in the streets of Oakleigh.

  • Koraly's Complaint: Does your house really need to be that clean?
    4 Aug 2016 Koraly Dimitriadis (0)

    The Greek 'cleaning tic' passed down from generation to generation.

  • The Parliament of the Hellenic Diaspora demands voting rights for Greek expats
    3 Aug 2016 Pantelis Georgogiannis (0)

    A strategic framework needs to be created, serving the development of the diaspora concept of Greeks living in the mainland and the Greeks living abroad.

  • So this is Turkey
    27 Jul 2016 THEODORE G. KARAKOSTAS (0)

    From Mustafa Kemal to Recep Teyyip Erdogan.

  • Ταυτότητα
    27 Jul 2016 JOHN VITHOULKAS (0)

    Greek identity and the chamber of secrets.

  • Why today's political leaders suck
    25 Jul 2016 JON MICHAIL (1)

    John Michail reflects on the political leaders emerging from Australia and around the globe today.

  • The Pokemon GO phenomenon
    25 Jul 2016 GERARD PAPASIMAKOPOULOS (1)

    Gotta catch 'em all. Do you? Do you REALLY?

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