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Foley heralds Victoria’s Greek Community’s campaign urging Greeks get vaccinated
Victoria’s Health Minister Martin Foley fronted the media again to congratulate Victorians for “very strong day in testing in the community”. The Minister said that there were 43,542 tests, and …
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Lee Christofis: A brilliant career as dance critic and arts loyalist
Lee Christofis was awarded an AM for his contribution to the arts. He was recognised for his services as one of Australia’s principal dance critics. He has worked for ABC …
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“We want everybody vaccinated…we don’t have the supplies,” says Premier Dan Andrews
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said a “ring of steel” should be put around Sydney after New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a national emergency at a crisis cabinet meeting …
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“Biggest schools building in history of Victoria” on track says Deputy Premier James Merlino
“Magnificent!” Mr James Merlino said when asked how he felt as an Italian Australian over the Italian football victory in the Euro 2021. Asked about whether exuberant fans in Melbourne’s …
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$5.5b affordable housing investment in Victoria – biggest in the nation
No new cases in Victoria AstraZenaca can be requested for those that wish under 60 Border closers with NSW Sunday 27 June Acting Premier James Merlino said there were no …
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Running the virus to the ground may mean more lockdowns
Despite zero cases of COVID-19 recorded in Victoria on Friday, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton expects more cases and mask wearing to continue for some time. Prof Sutton said the …
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Victorian Minister Donnellan announces $7m for multicultural communications on COVID-19
Victoria’s Minister for Health Martin Foley on Tuesday acknowledged that Victoria’s fourth lockdown was “tough…very tough for Victorians.” Minister Foley said that “we’re all going to stick together to get …
An atheist at Greek Easter
My beliefs are inconsistent with my actions, I do not believe in god, yet I participate in Greek Easter Πάσχα. I attend the ecclesia – the body of citizens – …
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An interview with Steven Pressfield: Channelling Ares, the god of strife
Steven Pressfield’s latest book A Man At Arms is set in Jerusalem and the Sinai desert around the first century CE when Judea was under Roman occupation. Telamon of Arcadia …
Greek Revolution of 1821 was the foundation of international human rights
On March 25, 1821 a messy and bloody uprising by Greeks in an inconsequential province of the vast Ottoman colonial empire set the world on fire. Most important for the …