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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 …
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Koulla Roussos remembers Easter Saturday of 1974
In 1973, when I was 5 years old, my parents decided to leave Darwin and resettle with five children back to their island home. This move was to have profound …
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Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge wishes Greeks a Happy Easter
Orthodox Easter is a joyful time for people of Christian faith – a time families and friends get together to celebrate one of the most important days of the Christian …
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Lessons from history: Massive spending in a crisis brought bloody consequences in ancient Athens
The jump in federal spending in response to the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic is not a new idea. Nearly 2,500 years ago, the people of ancient Athens had a …
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How to avoid a coronavirus debt crisis? Issue a new type of government bonds linked to GDP
The range of forecasts about how the coronavirus will affect the world economy is so wide that you question their usefulness. For example, the IMF predicts that the UK will …