Opinion
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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 …