Mary Sinanidis
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Best of the best share their VCE stories
The moment of truth finally arrived for 50,723 VCE students in the state of Victoria on Thursday, 16 December. Peter Leon Frangos, dux of Melbourne Grammar School, waited for his …
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Greek voices in NSW local elections
On 4 December, 124 councils across NSW will be holding elections. Dozens of Greek Australians are among the 3,800 candidates vying for seats, eager to serve their communities while also …
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Scenes of ‘chaos’ described as St Basil’s tragedy unfolded
Christine Golding, whose mother, Efraxia Tsalanidis, passed away, described scenes of “chaos” in the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak at St Basil’s Home for Aged Care in Fawkner at the …
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Modern Greek Strategic Plan: Greek language isn’t dying in the Antipodes, it is just sleeping
The enthusiasm shown by early migrants to keep the Greek language alive has given way to lethargy, with less people speaking Greek in Australia than ever before. The Modern Greek …
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Relatives and staff point to the “circus” of St Basil’s Home for the Aged
Fingers are being pointed in all directions at the Coronial Inquest into 45 deaths at St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner. On Wednesday, the court heard about the …
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Court hears that “everything went bad” when St Basil’s staff were pulled out
A private aged care staffing provider told the Coronial Inquest on Wednesday that there was a struggle to fill shifts at St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner as …
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Greek Australian at the helm of Monash University’s push for the use of psychedelics to tackle mental health
After 50 years of stagnation in the development of novel, safe and effective treatments for targeted mental health disorders, Monash launched an end-to-end, cross-disciplinary centre to drive novel psychiatric drug …
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A new crop of VCE students give us cause to explore the past, present, future of Modern Greek in the Antipodes
The future of Modern Greek in the Antipodes is on shaky ground. After months of Zoom classes in English school, many parents – especially those with young students – are …
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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says there was “zero philanthropy” involved when creating a Pfizer hub in Greece
“If you are looking for Greek stories, I have a lot to tell and I’m not sure if some of these can be shared publicly,” Prizer CEO Albert Bourla told …
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St Basil’s relatives are “nowhere near healing” despite report acknowledging neglect
“I am nowhere near healing,” Klery Loutas told Neos Kosmos following the release of the Independent Review on the COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities on Melbourne Cup …