Opinion
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Letter from a concerned mother: Modern Greek class cut mid-year
Dear Saturday School Co-ordinator-DET, I have children currently enrolled at Ashfield Saturday School of Community languages. There are currently 5 students enrolled in year 11 Modern Greek and less than 12 …
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Macedonia from Alexander the Great to Alexis Tsipras
To the uninitiated, the name dispute between Greece and FYROM seemed like a triviality – a curiosity at best. In the decades-long tug of war, the devil was always hidden …
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Diatribe: One people at the 32nd Lonsdale Street Greek Festival
“G’day,” a portly middle aged man sporting a grey, Fu Manchu-like goatee and wearing an eighties Bundaberg Rum t-shirt, approached me at the Epirus Cultural Stall during the Lonsdale Street …
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The gutsiest, ballsiest Greek women of them all
Is International Women’s Day really necessary? The very fact that the celebration exists is an oxymoron as we celebrate equality by singling out a gender – and this by its …
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Community language schools win big under Labor
Migrant communities will be the big winners under a Labor government, according to Chris Gambian, Labor Candidate for the multicultural Sydney seat of Banks, and himself a first generation Australian …
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Bill Shorten tells Greek migrants they “are the essence of Australian values” and makes three promises
Apart from food and other festivities, Greek Australians have come to expect visits by politicians at the Lonsdale Street Greek Festival and last weekend was no exception. Australian Prime Minister …
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Recycling crisis: State and national leadership and action urgently needed
Last February, China’s ‘National Sword’ policy to restrict imports of some recyclables set off a chain reaction that exposed how vulnerable our recycling system is. This crisis was decades in …
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North Macedonia is here – and yes, it will take a lot of getting used to
Here are five headlines that appeared on Tuesday 12 February: Neos Kosmos: ‘FYROM changes its name on signage – and celebrates’ Proto Thema: ‘FYROM signs taken down from government buildings’ …
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Prince Charles addressed audience in Greek – but is he one?
“I am so pleased to be able to welcome you all to St James’s Palace this afternoon,” said Prince Charles, in perfect Greek, at an event by the Prince’s Trust …
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Diatribe: Variations on a (musical) theme
It was an impromptu festive gathering of friends with musical pretentions that turned into an inebriated parody of virtuosity. One after the other, we proceeded to infuse with spirit of …