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Anastero ta Palia: I remember the past
“Anastero ta Palia: I remember the past“. The opening words of a traditional Pontian song of mourning summarises the annual Greek Genocide Commemoration at the Marana Hall in Hurstville, …
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Chrysanthou denies breaching professional duties in taking on Porter case
Liberal minister Christian Porter’s defamation barrister has denied breaching her professional duties by acting for him despite having previously given advice to a potential witness in the case. Sydney high-profile …
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Department of Health responds to son’s denied plea to see his dying mother
Last week Neos Kosmos shared a story about a mother’s last wish to see her son before she died. Melbourne-born Angelos Giotopoulos has been living and working in Greece for …
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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 …