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Bert Birtles, his love of Greece and ‘Exiles in the Aegean’
It is fair to say that Melbourne poet, journalist and social activist Bert Birtles harboured an enduring fascination for Greece. He named the poetry journal that he founded in 1935 …
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Diaspora voting rights to reinvigorate democracy
In July 2019 I met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis and discussed the issue of postal vote from Diaspora. The Prime Minister assured me that he would achieve an outcome for …
Archdiocese of Australia responds to criticism over $6.5 million purchase
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (‘Archdiocese’) makes the following comments in relation to the purchase of a property by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust (‘Consolidated Trust’) …
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The link between branch stacking and the “people’s will”
The Victorian Labor is in the throngs of a crisis by the allegations of massive branch stacking following revelations by The Age and 60 Minutes. Three state Labor ministers have …
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Global protests stir memories of the wronged Greeks of Constantinople
The torch has been lit for ‘black lives’. The world is in protest and people around the world have taken to the streets as indigenous populations have amped the quest …
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Papastergiadis to address to Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday evening online
COVID-19 got in the way of Bill Papastergiadis addressing the Delphi Economic Forum directly in Greece but as with the most of the world, life carries on electronically and the …
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‘My life in Richmond’, living near an injecting room
For 21 years I have lived in a suburb which is colloquially referred to as having the “David Jones of drugs” and in a street within the non-affectionately known “golden …
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Understanding Labor’s branch stacking, and why it is a problem for the whole party
Victorian Labor, the jewel in the party’s crown, has been thrown into crisis by the allegations of massive branch stacking. A third state Labor minister has now left their position …
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China and Australia, post COVID-19 ties
Each time I discuss Greece’s success in containing coronavirus and that Greece has in fact, proven it can be the exception to the European rule (of blunder and failure), people …
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‘Black’ Africans and the Ancient Greeks
As a result of George Floyd’s murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, there have been calls to decolonise the academic fields of Classical and Byzantine Studies. …