Opinion
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Children’s book launch an inspiration for community cultural activity across generations
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I made my way to the launch of the illustrated children’s book, Soumela and the Magic Kemenche by Dean Kalimniou. It was a cold day, …
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Who would send their children to a school without a gate?
It’s been a week since the pedestrian entrance to Alphington Grammar was taken down by the City of Yarra, and more than 500 children are going to school every day, …
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A Teal Wave and now what: another great reversal?
As the dust settles from the federal election, it is time to take stock and think about this changing political landscape. The continued decline of the primary vote of the …
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Archbishop Makarios shares message for National Reconciliation Week
On the 28 May, 2000, an unprecedented number of Australians (approximately 250,000 people) crossed the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and set the impetus for the substantive reconciliation of the Australian …
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Gene Pratt, the Hanzac Guardian
It is appropriate on this day that a HANZAC Painting was delivered. In 1942, the Battle of Greece and Crete was at its climax and the ANZACs were fighting for …
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Russia and China: Fighting on two fronts
Luciano Bosso recently wrote, “Answers to complex questions often have to be sought in the classics” to which we can add, to understand war and strategy, one must read and …
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The grief of losing a pet is very real
We lost our dog Leo on 4 May, 2022. Leo the Jack Russel gave us fifteen years of unconditional love. He fit in the palm of my hand when I …
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Paper tigers: Many once safe Liberal and Labor seats have dwindled
Something changed on the weekend and it was not just a government. The results, right across much of this country, sent a strong message to the major parties. Traditional Liberal …
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Vangelis – as Thucydides once said “The whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men”
An Argonaut of the Cosmos, Vangelis Papathanassiou departed from this life, a modern Jason from the land of the Argonauts of “little Greece”. A land which has given birth to …
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Paper tigers: Many once safe Liberal and Labor seats have dwindled
Something changed on the weekend and it was not just a government. The results, right across much of this country, sent a strong message to the major parties. Traditional Liberal …