Australia
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Booster eligibility down to three months as new daily cases remain high
Updated: Following today’s government announcement, New South Wales residents will be able to access a COVID-19 vaccine booster three months after their second dose, Victoria announced a similar opening to …
Level 1 and 2 Greek Early Readers Resources freely available online
The University of Melbourne’s Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross Cultural Communication (RUMACCC) has released Level 1 and Level 2 readers in Greek, available for download free of charge. Greek …
Greek Story Time scheduled in a number of Melbourne libraries
The following libraries in Melbourne have scheduled Greek Story Time for this year: ♦ Monash: Oakleigh Library. Mondays school terms at 10.30am with Kiria Stella starting on 31 January. ♦ …
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A Greek soldier’s picture and second-hand stories stir memories of an Asia Minor catastrophe
Aunt Hrisanthi sat in her village house, in Nea Vrasna, on a hot summer’s day in northern Greece with a photo album on her lap. She caressed the album’s cover …
St Albans committee member resigns and former parish priest ordained into archdiocese
A member of the administrative committee of St Paraskevi in St Albans, Melbourne, has resigned according to Neos Kosmos sources. The resignation leaves six members remaining on the current committee …
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Australia records 58 more deaths as new daily cases remain high
New South Wales has recorded 29,830 new cases, with 2850 people currently in hospital with COVID-19 while ICU admissions were up slightly to 209. Sadly, another 36 people have died …
‘United effort to decide future of fading associations’ assets must start now’: Theo Thephanous
The process of what to do with the assets of Greek associations and brotherhoods facing difficulties because of shrinking memberships and financial difficulties should begin with a legal survey of …
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Bendigo & Delphi Bank’s Jim Sarris warns that Omicron infectiousness is gravely affecting business
As Omicron continues to spread with the Delta variant still hanging around, many Australian businesses have to shut their doors due to staff shortages, often not knowing when they can …
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Good Sheperd’s Avramopoulos applauds Federal Govt’s plan to ‘End Violence Against Women and Children’
Good Shepherd CEO Stella Avramopoulos has welcomed the release of the Federal Government’s Draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032. Avramopoulos has been working tirelessly to push …
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COVID-19 rips through Australia with QLD recording its highest infection numbers
As New South Wales‘ hospitalisations increase, health services warn that there could be more people affected seriously by the virus in the coming days due to the broad community transmission …