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Letter: Support for all and a people’s economy
The virus- Support for all and a people’s economy It is generally acknowledged that Australia is facing an unprecedented deadly virus that so gravely impacts people’s lives and livelihoods. Although thankful for short …
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Could emotional memories of the coronavirus crisis trigger our future behaviour?
As we do whatever we can to stop the spread of coronavirus, we are being forced to change old habits and mundane daily acts, such as avoiding shaking hands and …
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An Open Letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on weakened diaspora institutions
Dear Mr Prime Minister, We were saddened and have great concern to learn that there was an intention by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General Secretariat of Hellenes Abroad …
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States of emergency: The economy, is it hibernating or dying?
My inspiration was Otter’s endorsement of Bluto’s rousing speech in Animal House; “I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” Is …
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Depictions of Saint George and the family icons
My family icon of Saint George has a legend attached to it. According to tribal lore, it hung in an ancestral home and I owe more existence to it, for …
Is it the Apocalypse? Here’s what Ancient Greek texts revealed
With streets deserted, hospitals full and morgues struggling to cope with the number of bodies, it isn’t surprising that some people are making comparisons with the apocalypse. The idea of an apocalypse, a time of catastrophic suffering, …
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Is the government’s coronavirus app a risk to privacy?
Few people can fault the government’s zeal in staring down the coronavirus and steering a path for Australia to emerge on the other side ready to do business again. Unlike …
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ECCV signs the Victorian Multicultural CEO network open letter to the Crisis Council of Cabinet on COVID-19
Chairperson of the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) Eddie Micallef confirmed that the ECCV has joined 29 other ethnic and multicultural organisations across Victoria in signing the Multicultural CEO …
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Despite a decade of health cuts, coronavirus death rates appear comparatively low in Greece
Greece, which has just come out of a ten-year financial crisis, appears at this stage to have been relatively lightly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. It is perhaps surprising that …
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Holy Week in the time of lockdown
“Today he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon a Tree, He who is King of the Angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns. He who …