Theo Theophanous
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Rewriting history Is not a strategy for Cyprus
I hope that the comments made in relation to the Cyprus issue on the occasion of the 21st Anniversary of the rejection of the Annan plan by Retired Lieutenant General …
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Three key moves that set Albanese up for victory
Skilful politics within a democracy involves identifying and addressing major underlying influences on voting behaviours. There are three such influences affecting the federal election emanating from identifiable sections of Australian …
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Ensuring justice: The Victorian Integrity Committee must rein in IBAC overreach
Recently I wrote to the Victorian Parliamentary ‘Integrity and Oversight Committee’ (IOC) which has been tasked with reviewing the powers and functions of Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anticorruption Committee (IBAC) The …
Remembering Panayiotes Yiannoudes: A giant of the Cypriot Community and Greek cinema in Australia
Panayiotes (Peter) passed away on Tuesday 5th November 2024 with his family by his side. The entire Cypriot Community mourns his passing but also celebrates his life. Panayiotis was truly …
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Labor’s lost soul: How the ‘woke’ elite erased multiculturalism from the party
In 2009, I argued in a significant article in The Age that there was a “Race for Labor’s Soul” between a ‘politically correct’ or ‘woke’ Anglo elite that wanted to …
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Both sides of Cypriot diaspora must stand together
On July 21, 2024, Melbourne’s Federation Square was filled with more than 2,000 Greeks and Greek Cypriots and their supporters. The event was to commemorate the beginning of the brutal …
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Cypriots and Hellenes stand together 50 years after Turkish Invasion
For Cypriots the division of Cyprus is deeply and personally felt. Its Hellenic history dating back thousands of years is what Cypriots have in common with all Greeks, both in …
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Empowering oversight or overstepping boundaries? The dangers of expanding IBAC’s reach
I want to challenge the prevailing narrative in Victoria that our integrity bodies such as the Independent Broadbased Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) need extra powers to pursue inappropriate behaviour involving such …
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Caught between survival and sacrifice: Armenia’s struggle for peace
Imagine being the leader of a country whose people suffered an unimaginable genocide, then after occupation and domination by the Soviets climbed back to construct an independent democracy in a …
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Patmos: The intersection of faith, free will, and hope
Twenty-five years ago, I attended a conference on the holy Greek Island of Patmos. That conference was organised by the Greek Orthodox Church and brought together Members of Parliament of …