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Register your pool and spa in Victoria this week or risk hefty fines
Mandatory laws which came into effect last year require Victorians to ensure the registration of their private swimming pools and spas. Lawyer Dimi Ioannou, principal at Maurice Blackburn, is reminding …
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Victoria eases restrictions from 1 June, including on gathering limits
A further easing of Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions will come in effect from the start of next month, Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Sunday, with a cautious message that “if community …
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Pressure grows for ‘saved’ $60 bn JobKeeper funds to be redirected to those left out
Since the miscalculated cost of the JobKeeper subsidy wage program was revealed on Friday, a wave of support from the Opposition and community representatives is backing the demand for the …
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10 points on why the return of the Parthenon Sculptures is a rightful demand
Recently, after a 2-month period of quarantine, the Acropolis was opened again to the public. The Acropolis Museum remains closed for the moment but the 11th anniversary of its opening …
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Government advice for small business in creating a COVID-19 safe workplace
The Australian Government is offering fact sheets, available in 63 languages, to multicultural business owners in order to support them in safely re-opening. Australia’s Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant …
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Melbourne’s Cypriots mobilise to collect food for people in need
It is now the second week now since a food collection point was set up at the Cypriot Community House at 495 Lygon Street in Melbourne and the donations have …
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Archbishop Makarios issues Battle of Crete message that highlights unbreakable friendships
The might of the German air force and 22,000 highly trained paratroopers fell on the island of Crete this day (20 May), 79 years ago. Ranged against them were troops …
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Cretan associations in Melbourne commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete
The 79th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete was kept small in Melbourne due to the COVID-19 restrictions. A wreath-laying ceremony took place at the Shrine of Remembrance. Wreaths were …
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‘There is no excuse for racism,’ says Peter Doukas, ECCNSW Chair
The peak body representing multicultural communities in NSW, the Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW (ECCNSW), expressed grave concerns over increased racism and hate speech directed towards minority communities. ECCNSW Chair …
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Victoria gears up to celebrate 200 years of Greek independence
Next year will mark 200 years since Greece began the struggle for independence and Victoria’s Organizing Committee of the National Anniversary is calling on the entire Greek community to take …