Australia
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Technology helps but priests feel pain of separation from their flock
As one priest told Neos Kosmos on Monday, the Church has faced wars, invasions plagues and famines but the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a response that is …
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Greek community leaders meet with federal immigration minister
Leaders of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) and a representative of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia met with Acting Federal Minister of Immigration Alan Tudge to discuss issues …
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Victoria’s schools will operate from Term 2, but students will learn from home
Victorian students will be educated from home when Term 2 starts next week to ensure that physical distancing will help slow the spread of coronavirus. “School is going to look …
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Stranded Aussies on board the Coral Princess begin their journey home
It would have been journey that would have tested Odysseus but the 78 passengers who were on board the Covid-19 struck cruise ship, the Coral Princess, are finally beginning their …
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Australia coronavirus update: death toll at 34
As of today, Sunday 5 April, there are 5669 confirmed cases in Australia, 2580 of which in New South Wales. Four more deaths from Covid-19 in NSW, have taken the …
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Monash scientists find head-lice drug stops COVID-19 from replicating
The findings of a collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and the Doherty Institute went viral on Saturday as a familiar drug stops coronavirus from growing in …
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Temporary visa holders in Australia now allowed to access super
The Morrison government announced yesterday new arrangements for temporary visa holders and visitors in Australia. Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge said the new measures recognise the importance of the 2.17 …
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Victorian Government announces kinder support measures
Parents will be able to send their children to sessional kindergarten for free during term 2 and sessional providers will be given the funding certainty they need thanks to a …
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Scott Morrison tells visitors they are “lovely” but perhaps “it is time to make your way home”
Greeks in Australia on visas are caught in limbo as a result of the coronavirus crisis, but Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says that Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant …
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Covid-19 flip from running night clubs to delivering much needed medical gear
Two weeks ago Martha Tsamis and her staff were busy running a number of night clubs in Melbourne. Then Covid-19 and social distancing hit the scene and the hospitality industry …