Dialogue
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France and Greek crises could be like quicksand
Mainstream governments are facing difficult times. For the last two years, there has been an avalanche of crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed governments worldwide in a precarious position. In …
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The hidden history of the Parthenon
It is a natural Austro-Hellenic knee-jerk reaction to cry appropriation, with regard to the National Gallery of Victoria’s latest projected installation of its Architecture Commission series, in this case, a …
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When migrant swallows return
Kyra Koula and her daughter Anastasia have recently returned to our antipodean climes after their long-hoped for summer sojourn in the motherland. Separated from her own mother in the village …
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Maybe the grass is greener
I love community sport. I remember the nerves I felt before a race at little athletics and the joy of playing footy with friends at high school. Sport also kept …
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Greek language education in Victoria at a crisis point
Indeed, we are at crisis point. The front page headline in Neos Kosmos two weeks was ‘Teacher Shortages reach crisis point’. Every principal that I have heard from is struggling …
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Greece in a new deal to bring back 161 ancient treasures from US
Greece has struck a deal for the eventual return from a US billionaire’s private collection of 161 ancient Greek artifacts dating from more than 4,500 years ago. Greek Government spokesman …
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What has Albanese got right? Reform and Boredom
This week, Anthony Albanese and his cabinet completed their first hundred days in government with his approval ratings remaining high. At the beginning of August, Newspoll found that Mr Albanese …
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Father’s Day – time to memorialise
Time creates chasms in memory. Mnemonic landscapes become difficult to define and past lives become increasingly opaque. On this Father’s Day when my son gave me my presents, they became …
Red night
As the night wore on, the temperature in Athens was hot, with lots of wind. During the night, I couldn’t sleep well because dogs in my neighbourhood kept barking since …
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Diatribe: Ionikon
In 1911, 11 years prior to the Asia Minor Catastrophe, Alexandrine poet Constantine Cavafy penned the hauntingly beautiful poem «Ιωνικόν» or Ionian. At that time, it would have impossible to …