Dialogue
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French Trump-Brexit style electoral tsunami
Last Sunday evening most of my international friends were stunned by the electoral results of the first round of the 2022 French presidential elections. This was especially startling to them …
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Easter is full of meaning for Greek Australians in cross-cultural families
Like many Greek Australians, I am part of a culturally mixed family. My partner is of Spanish background. We celebrate Spanish Catholic and Greek Orthodox Easter as markers of our …
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Right move can see Albo win
Can Anthony Albanese from the Labor Left succeed where Bill Shorten from the Labor Right failed? Shorten faced a seasoned campaigner in Scott Morrison and lost despite a handsome lead …
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Diatribe – Return of the Evzones
From the outset one thing must be made abundantly clear: anyone visiting from the motherland should be welcomed with open arms by our community and treated to our famous Greek-Melburnian …
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Peter Patisteas OAM pays tribute to Kostas Paivanas
Kostas Paivanas joined Neos Kosmos the same year as our company Oasis, bought Griffiths Bros company. Kostas Paivanas found out and came along to our new headquarters. He stood inside …
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Why political gaffes matter
As we begin the official federal campaign, many have gone from excitement about an election to the realisation that we have six more weeks of this. From high-viz vests to …
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PM’s out of favour but Labor has work to do
In the lead-up to the last federal election I wrote that Scott Morrison was avoiding questions about dysfunction in the Liberal Party, stagnating wages, and higher living costs. His message …
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Zelenskyy’s address to Cyprus parliament ’embarassing, infuriating’
It was most embarrassing for Members of the House of Representatives, the President of the Republic and the Greek Cypriot nation to hear Zelenskiy addressing them last night and talking …
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Greeks and Ukraine, a diaspora story beneath the headlines
The Greeks’ presence on the northern shore of the Black Sea, what is now Ukraine and Russia, goes back millennia, even before the Classical Greek era. The Myceneans, one of …
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the Greek community promising recovery
The last few years have challenged our nation. Our Greek Australian community can be rightly proud of how they have met this test. From home schooling to disruptions to your …