Opinion
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The Religious Discrimination Bill: How it all went wrong
A close friend and colleague best described as a ‘religious progressive conservative’ has an interesting theory: that conservative governments are best placed to bring in controversial progressive reforms, and progressive …
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When the family catches COVID-19 – an immunocompromised mother recalls
Monday 3rd January 2022. My 19-year-old son wakes up and says his throat hurts. He feels like he is `coming down with something’. He was out all weekend celebrating NYE. …
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Minority Parties holding the balance of power is the worst electoral outcome
Voters beware. Decisions will be made by these new governments that will set the stage for the next decade and beyond to such things as our responses to climate change, …
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Diatribe: Griko, Greek and the psychology of language
Over the holidays, a mother heard my children and I speaking Greek to each other at the park. Introducing herself, and her child who spoke perfect Greek with an Athenian …
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Women spend triple the time than men on household work, yet domestic labour remains half the story
I’m sure there’s plenty of dads out there who call themselves feminists, proudly declaring that they did/do their fair share of domestic duties—nappy changing, dishwashing, laundry, cooking, etc.—and sit back …
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Don’t mistake the Ancient Greeks at the National Museum with the Parthenon Marbles
Just over thirty years ago the National Gallery of Australia together with the Museum of Victoria mounted a loan exhibition entitled Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum. The superb …
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Albanese’s election strategy: learning from friends and foe alike
As the federal election inches closer, it is interesting to see how the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader are trying to position themselves. For the Prime Minister, there is a …
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President of the Federation Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs of Melbourne & VIC sends open letter to Scott Morrison
The Federation the Greek Elderly Citizen Clubs of Melbourne & Victoria was established in1984. Its aim was and remains the dynamic representation of the Greek Australian Senior Citizens Clubs and …
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Diatribe: Between Scylla and Charybdis – Telling our own tale
The other day a friend was relating an experience he had in the 1980s. A university student, on his days off, he would assist his mother who was a cleaner, …
University of Melbourne’s Diaspora Studies Program is a coup for the Greek Community of Melbourne
Melbourne might be a multicultural entrepot and is always lauded as having the largest Greek population outside metropolitan Greece, but when it comes to Greek studies at tertiary level, it …