Australia
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Parents of Lalor North Primary School Greek students lobby Minister
An open letter to Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino, is the latest move by Greeks parents of Lalor North Primary School students pushing for the reintroduction of a three-classroom system. …
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Victoria enforces hard border with Sydney and NSW Central Coast
As of 11.59 pm tonight, all of Greater Sydney and the Central Coast in New South Wales will be classified as a ‘red zone’ in Victoria’s ‘traffic light’ system. The …
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Greek-run Melbourne business scores two of the 10 Premier’s Sustainability Awards
Recognising Victorian leaders in innovative sustainable practices, the Premier’s Sustainability Awards, now in its 18th year, promote the positive change brought to communities, by “reducing emissions, increasing resilience to the …
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SYRIZA ‘happy’ for ‘good news’ on La Trobe’s Greek program
Greece’s opposition party, SYRIZA, sent a letter expressing their content with the decision for La Trobe’s Greek program future, giving credit to the GOCMV and other diaspora organisations for the …
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Girl power: Meet the Greek Australians awarded ‘First in Course’ in HSC exams
A rewarding and challenging journey has come to an end for around 75,000 Year 12 students in New South Wales, who received their HSC (Higher School Certificate) results on Friday. …
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COVID-19 forces shift from flower power to classy veggie hampers
Perhaps the one positive thing that may come out of the upheaval that COVID-19 has brought to our lives is the fact that life and business can go on from …
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Overseas travel won’t come until most Aussies are vaccinated against COVID-19, says Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg
A day after Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia’s borders would remain closed to international travel on an ‘industrial scale’ until the second half of next year, Treasurer Josh …
Lalor North Primary School ignores Greek parent calls for return to three-classroom bilingual programme
Despite the strong efforts of the parents and the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), Lalor North Primary School’s Greek Bilingual Programme will again be run on a two-classroom system in …
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It’s official! Greek language program to continue at La Trobe University
Following a commitment made by the Greek Community of Melbourne to provide both additional funding and assistance in increasing student enrolments, La Trobe University has agreed to continue the teaching …
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Consumers ready to come out and shop for Christmas, says RMIT marketing expert Con Stavros
RMIT University School of Economics Finance and Marketing expert Professor Con Stavros Stavros, who is also a media commentator on marketing particularly in relation to the intersection between technology and …