Dialogue
Why do people try to drive through floodwater or leave it too late to flee? Psychology offers some answers
New South Wales is currently in the grip of one of largest flood events in decades. The NSW SES is helping thousands of people evacuate and has received more than …
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Lee Tarlamis speaks at Parliament on Greece’s legacy and international interconnections [VIDEO]
Earlier this week, Lee Tarlamis OAM spoke in Victoria’s Parliament about this year’s commemorations marking the Bicentenary of the Greek War of Independence and the establishment of modern Greece. Mr …
Power comes with a higher bar of moral scrutiny
Justice — it is appealed to by disaffected peoples, by minorities rediscovering their voice in the new world of identity politics and by nations seeking to address perceived historical wrongs. …
Response to Boris Johnson’s comments about the Parthenon Marbles
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has contacted the international associations for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures to inform them of the positions expressed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and …
Should we reinvent the ancient Greeks?
Robert Dessaix is one of the great Australian writers. His travel books are masterpieces of warm and inclusive observation. His 2008 book Arabesques is, like the works of the great …
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Workings of Ancient Greek and world’s first computer unravelled by UK university team
The riddle wrapped in a puzzle as to how the world’s first analogue computer worked may have been unravelled by a University College of London (UCL) Research Team that includes …
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Dreaming that Greece might still be free
Last Wednesday, the 17 March, the City of Moreland, home to one of the most historically significant Greek communities in Melbourne, held a Greek Bicentennial Day Celebration and Flag Raising …
Speak Greek in March and savour Hellenism all year around
Why should I speak Greek in March? What’s so special about speaking Greek? What’s the purpose of speaking Greek in March? How can a little campaign initiated in 2015 by …
Provoking China is not in Australia’s national interest
The federal government has given Victoria until tomorrow (10 March) to explain why its Belt and Road Initiative deal with China should not be ripped up. Power to cancel the …
Wise women: Six ancient female philosophers you should know about
When we conjure up ancient philosophers the image that springs to mind might be a bald Socrates discoursing with beautiful young men in the sun, or a scholarly Aristotle lecturing …