Australia
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Health Minister Greg Hunt “wanted to go to Greece too” but abandoned plans due to COVID-19
This week’s Newspoll showed 73 per cent of Australians agree “international borders should remain largely closed until at least mid-2022, or the pandemic is under control globally”, and this included …
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Exclusive interview with aspiring PM Anthony Albanese: An Italian man from a “Greek neighbourhood”
“The Liberal budget is a missed opportunity” Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a big spending budget. Half a trillion dollars aimed at navigating Australia out of the COVID-19-induced recession. The …
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Melburnians take a shine to Metamorphosis exhibition
On Wednesday, the Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) went on to the streets of Melbourne to gauge people’s reactions to this year’s Antipodean Palette 2021 exhibition entitled “Metamorphosis” which is …
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Injury-plagued Spartans fall but need to recover against St Bernards
It was a wet, windy Saturday on which the Hawthorn Spartans suffered another defeat, this time against the team that was immediately above them on the log University Blacks with …
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Melbourne take unbeaten run into Round 10 against the Crows
Most of the Round 9 games proved to be close-run affairs last week but there were exceptions with old Coast Suns being swamped by Brisbane by 73 points last Saturday …
Matt Pillios is the estate agent to the stars in Melbourne property market
In just the six years since Matt Pillios decided to become a real estate agent, he has been linked with celebrities and AFL stars who want to buy or sell …
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Shocking story of sexual harassment: “I suffered in silence for more than 40 years”
It has been over 40 years since Greek Australian Kathy Skettos, 53, fell victim to sexual harassment in the hands of a family ‘friend’ in NSW, but she says the …
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Surveys show Aussies are reluctant to get the COVID-19 jab, while 3 in 4 support international border closures
A new survey has revealed that the public are reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Federal Government remains committed to reopening Australia’s borders, however a survey by the Sydney …
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ECCV welcomes pro bono legal advice in migrant and refugee advocacy work
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) has announced a new partnership with leading national law firm, Moray & Agnew, who will be providing pro bono legal advice to ECCV …
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Labor’s Multicultural Engagement Taskforce report: less “buzzwords”, more essence and grit
Multiculturalism has become quite a “buzzword” in Australia recently, bandied around by pollies to celebrate the diversity of Australia while traipsing from one photo opportunity to the next and then …