Australia
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Local council land in Melbourne’s north being offered up to deliver affordable housing
Melbourne’s Merri-bek council has announced that it is urging the Victorian and federal governments to use local council resources to tackle the affordable housing crisis. Local resources include council-owned land, …
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Suspect pens statement to ‘clear up’ mushroom deaths
A woman who cooked a meal suspected of killing three people and leaving another in hospital fighting for life has penned a statement to police to “clear up the record”. …
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University launches flying car course, no pilots needed
Australian software engineers will be invited to level up their ambitions with the launch of a course in flying cars. Melbourne based RMIT partnered with Udacity to launch a “nano …
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Essential workers stranded amid national housing crisis
Australia would grind to a halt without them but essential workers can barely afford to put a roof over their heads. Early childhood educators, nurses and aged care workers in full-time …
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Huge haul takes 300,000 illegal vapes off the market
More than 300,000 illegal vapes with a street value of $10 million have been found in a warehouse in Perth, the largest seizure of the products in Western Australia. Health …
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Wages and jobs on economic agenda for the week
The economic spotlight this week will be on wage growth and jobs. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its wage price index on Tuesday. CommSec economists expect a modest …
Ancient Greek notions of well-being and kefi are pillars of success in business
Fotini Kypraios, the Chair of the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HACCI), underscored the role of “community, family values, hard work.” However, she added the Greek “beautiful, untranslatable” …
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Greek Community of Melbourne: Yes vote for First Nations Voice to parliament
On Monday, August 28, at 7pm, the Greek Centre (GCM) hosts Sheena Watt MP, Yorta Yorta woman and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. According to the GCM Board’s …
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Dimopoulos calls on Hellenic virtues to guide Greeks to the Yes Vote
Women For Yes, this Sunday, August 13 at 2:00pm an agora of ideas in the Athenaeum Theatre (by women in favour of the Yes vote, in the upcoming national referendum …
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240 million-year-old fossil unearthed by Mihail Mihailidis rewrites history of Triassic Amphibians
A breathtaking fossil, uncovered by a retired poultry farmer, has garnered the attention of experts who have identified it as a previously unknown amphibian species from the Triassic era. This …