Opinion
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Teal independents: What you need to know about the group reshaping Australian politics
Political parties that lose their way are first punished by their supporters, then by the electorate. When the Liberal Party dumped Malcolm Turnbull and sidelined Julie Bishop, it shifted to …
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Fronditha Care marks 45 years of service to the Greek community
With a commitment to build on its legacy Fronditha Care marks 45 years of service to the Greek community On April 26, 1977, six members of the then Australian Greek …
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Epic glory and modern war: from the walls of Troy to the defence of Kyiv
Simone Weil wrote her much-celebrated essay, “The Iliad or the Poem of Force” during the occupation of France by Nazi Germany. Her provocative assertion in the essay’s opening paragraphs that …
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Peter Patisteas OAM pays tribute to Kostas Paivanas
Kostas Paivanas joined Neos Kosmos the same year as our company Oasis, bought Griffiths Bros company. Kostas Paivanas found out and came along to our new headquarters. He stood inside …
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Zelenskyy’s address to Cyprus parliament ’embarassing, infuriating’
It was most embarrassing for Members of the House of Representatives, the President of the Republic and the Greek Cypriot nation to hear Zelenskiy addressing them last night and talking …
Letting loose the dogs of war: Dionysios Skylosophos
There is a section in the walls of the castle of Ioannina that locals always approach with conflicted feelings of awe and horror. For in a now fenced-off cave within …
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International Women’s Day: why we still need these conversations
The official United Nations’ International Women’s Day theme for 2022 of “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” encourages us to imagine a gender-equal world, free of stereotypes and discrimination. …
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The terrible logic of imperialism: Might makes right
In the first few days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Mayor of Knox County Tennessee and former professional wrestler, Glenn Jacobs, tweeted in response to public concern, “Historically, …
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Diatribe – the Ladies of 1922
As my great-grandmother would cook in the kitchen, she would point to the dish she was preparing and say: «Αυτά μας τα μάθνεσκαν οι Αούτσες» (These were taught to us …
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Kimberley loved for her loyalty
Kimberley Kitching was due to give the Fiona Richardson Memorial Lecture on 15 March. In 2017 when Fiona died, I wrote that in the rough and tumble of politics, you …