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Australia experiences ‘Victorian wave’, not second wave

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia is experiencing a ‘Victorian wave’ not a second wave on Wednesday morning shortly before Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews was set to announce the …

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Experts talk, Health Minister’s tears and grieving Greek families at St Basil’s with 11 deaths

The same people who experienced wars and turbulence are now the major victims of the battle against COVID-19. There are 763 active cases of COVID-19 in staff and residents across …

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Fronditha enacts COVID-19 outbreak management plan in response to positive case

Fronditha Care, a not-for-profit aged care provider caring predominantly for Greeks across Melbourne, is currently in a heightened state of vigilance after a staff member from its residential aged care …

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Theodoros Makridis was placed in St Basil’s three weeks ago and his family never saw him again

Theodoros Makridis, 92, had a long and full life but was placed in St Basil’s three weeks ago. On Saturday, he passed away but has still not been confirmed that …

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Victorian detectives’ fears over disappearance of Kerry Giakoumis

Police are still searching for South Australian man Kerry Giakoumis, 29, who went missing after travelling to Melbourne with members of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang on 5 June. …

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Melbourne’s Greek community devastated by nine deaths at St Basil’s Home for Aged Care

On Tuesday morning, Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos choked back the tears as she spoke about the distressing situation at St Basil’s Home for Aged Care in Fawkner and the …

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Victoria’s Premier cannot say he has ‘confidence’ in private sector aged care facilities as Jenny Mikakos holds back tears

Victoria has 430 aged care facilities of which 80 have been affected by COVID-19, some more severely than others. Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced 384 new COVID-19 cases overnight in …

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Federal aged care regulator’s threats, St Basil’s compliance and devastation within the community

Aged care has emerged as the weakest link in Victoria’s battle against coronavirus. Five of Australia’s six deaths on Monday were linked to Melbourne nursing homes as the national toll …

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My Life in Lockdown: Q&A with Professor Vrasidas Karalis

Vrasidas Karalis is known for his work teaching Modern Greek at the University of Sydney where he holds the Sir Nicholas Laurantos Chair in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. For …

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‘My friend received an airline refund. Why am I not eligible?’ A travel agent explains

I was contacted today week by a newspaper journalist who posed this question to me, as he was writing an article on why refunds seem to be months in coming, …

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