Opinion
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Sing a song for eurotrash
Yanna Terzi did not make it to the Eurovision Song Contest finals. For the national debate, this constitutes some kind of insult. It is not the first time it has …
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The Eurovision Code
I don’t know about you, but I am incensed but not unduly astonished at the poor reception afforded by Europeans to Greece’s worthy contribution to the Eurovision song contest. In …
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Budget 2018: Budget repair has to wait when a national election looms
Malcom Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition government is so serious about trying to win the next federal election, it has finally abandoned its previous fiscal orthodoxy about the need for “budget repair”. …
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Will the Eurozone come to a final deal with Greece over the latter’s debt?
“In a couple of weeks’ time, a group of international debt inspectors will land in Athens, where they will gain access to the Greek government’s accounts and pore over its …
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On bin scabs and libraries
Most nights I read to my daughters from a rather tattered and worse for wear storybook by Georgia Tarsouli, entitled Στης Μαμάς την Αγκαλιά. It has been in my custody …
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Legalising property before selling it in Greece
When it comes to real estate in Greece, no transaction can take place unless a civil engineer issues a certificate that the property does not have illegal constructions or parts. …
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Monash Council’s proposed smoking ban: freedom of choice in a free market is good
I believe the Monash Council’s Footpath Trading and Access Policy 2018 draft review will ban all outdoor dining smoking anywhere in the City of Monash. This has the potential to …
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Letter: A fair go for pensioners
I write on behalf of the Fair Go for Pensioners Coalition of which the Federation of Greek Australian pensioner clubs – some 100 with over 20,00 members, and the Ethnic …
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Turkey Targeting Greece – again
With the illegal seizures and occupation of northern Cyprus in 1974 and the Syrian city of Afrin this March — with virtually no global reaction — Turkey apparently feels unchallenged …
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Greek boys will be Greek boys
I bullied a person once. I was about 14 years old at the place where my family would usually spend summer vacations; I was swimming with a bunch of friends …