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Hatzistergos appointed as new Chief Commissioner in ICAC
The Hon Paul Lakatos SC, District Court Judge and President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal, along with the Hon Helen Murrell SC, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court …
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Maria Vamvakinou appointed Migration Chair
Labor’s Federal Member for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou missed the opening of the 47th parliament as a result of contracting COVID-19. Ms Vamvakinou returned to parliament this week following her recovery, …
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Carla Zampatti scholarship to promote future designers
Fotis Kapetopoulos, then head of the Multicultural Arts Professional Development program (MAPD), now a journalist with Neos Kosmos, recalled his time with the late Carla Zampatti AC on a delegation …
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Diligent Development demands extra $150k to finish Leanne Stavrou’s dream home
Leanne Stavrou’s family was left devastated after they were given two days to agree to a staggering $150,000 increase for their dream home, before the developer invoked a termination clause …
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Dimopoulos to get secret payout after being injured in bungled police raid of LGBTQI bookshop
The man who sustained dreadful injuries during a botched police raid of an LGBTQI bookshop has received a confidential settlement, despite Victoria’s anti-corruption taskforce clearing officers of using excessive force. …
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St Basil’s managers forced to answer coroner’s questions about deadly COVID outbreak
Kon Kontis the former St Basil’s chairman and Vicky Kos the director of nursing home lost their Supreme Court bid to avoid giving testimony to the state coroner. The two …
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Eleni’s fall from grace: minister sacked by Perrottet after anonymous bullying complaints from staffer
On Friday, media revealed that an anonymous complaint had been made by a staffer from Ms Petinos’ office, alleging bullying. The fair trading minister who is responsible for workplaces safety, …
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Albanese: Indigenous Voice to Parliament is about “common decency”
The prime minister’s address to Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday was met with a standing ovation from the crowd. Anthony Albanese unveiled the wording of a draft referendum …
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Dalidakis: “You may have been writing my obituary”
“Instead of doing this interview, you may have been writing my obituary,” Philip Dalidakis said over the phone. “And it’s not Jewish-Greek fatalism” laughed the former Victorian government minister, “this …
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Nola Karapanagiotidis, the first Greek Australian woman to become County Court Judge
The County Court of Victoria officially welcomed newly appointed Judge Nola Karapanagiotidis on Thursday, the first Greek Australian woman to become a County Court Judge. Newly sworn in Judge Karapanagiotidis …