Australia
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Plane refuellers strike threatens to disrupt flights
A 24-hour strike by workers who refuel Qantas and other international airline planes at Melbourne Airport is threatening to disrupt flights. The industrial action from 4 am on Wednesday to …
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Man who posed as cop jailed over ‘pure evil’ rapes
Ten months before Theodoros Tsalkos posed as a cop to kidnap and rape two girls in his car, he abducted and assaulted another female while driving a taxi. However, it …
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Trial over: Vic to stick with drug-injecting facility
A Melbourne drug-injecting facility will continue to operate indefinitely after a controversial trial that divided locals. The Andrews government opened the supervised injecting room at North Richmond in June 2018 …
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Voice support drops as coalition ramps up concerns
A member of the Indigenous voice working group says the coalition is “playing games” over the way in which the referendum will operate. The comment came as a special Newspoll …
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Another rate hike expected to fight stubborn inflation
The Reserve Bank is tipped to hike interest rates for the 10th time in succession and inflict further pain on already-stretched Australian households. The central bank will make a decision …
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Sophie Cotsis, Effy Alexakis and Violet Roumeliotis discuss Australian-Greek women in leadership roles
The Greek Festival of Sydney presents an evening dedicated to Australian Greek women in the fields of politics, social services and the arts to celebrate International Womens’ Day with Violet …
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Georganas MP inaugurates Ledra building at St George College in Adelaide
Steve Georganas MP officially opened the Ledra building refurbishment at St George College on 3 March as part of the Federal Government’s contribution of $406,700 through the Capital Grants Program …
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Helen Zahos named ‘Woman of the Year’ at the Heart of Women Awards 2023
Greek Australian nurse and humanitarian Helen Zahos was named ‘Woman of the Year’ at the Agape Foundation’s Heart of Women Awards 2023 were held at Southport Sharks on the Gold …
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Makarios issues statement condemning “extremely distasteful” joke aired on ‘The Project’
Archbishop Makarios of Australia issued a ‘statement of disapprobation’ on Saturday, 4 March in response to a joke about Jesus Christ made by comedian Reuben Kaye on Channel Ten‘s program …
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Temperatures soar as heatwave hits NSW
Sydney is set to experience its hottest day in two years with temperatures soaring to 38 degrees in the city as a heatwave bears down on NSW. Fire authorities are …