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Former Melbourne worker who returned to Greece, wins compensation case for 10-year-old workplace injury
A Greek resident and former Melbourne worker has finally caught a break from bad luck, having recently received lump sum compensation for a workplace injury he endured 10 years ago, …
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Missing girl Aliki Georgiou sought by Victoria’s police
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from Sydney’s east. Aliki Georgiou, aged 26, was reported missing in Victoria on Monday, 21 October 2019, when she …
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Greek Australian UQ student sues Chinese consul general amid death threat allegations
A University of Queensland (UQ) student and senate member, Drew Pavlou, has summoned the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Consul General in Brisbane to a court hearing on 22 November …
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Labor announces new multicultural affairs committee to better represent diversity
The Labor Party has announced the creation of a new caucus committee on multicultural affairs to help shape the party’s policies that affect culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians. The …
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Workplace watchdog says Calombaris’ fine for underpaying staff could have been higher
Following revelations George Calombaris’ company underpaid staff more than $7.83 million, the celebrity chef’s case is back in the spotlight. In a Senate estimate committee on Wednesday, it was heard …
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Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street reopened after bomb squad lock down
A main street in Melbourne’s CBD was shut down on Wednesday, as the bomb squad conducted a police operation. Police were called to Lonsdale St just before 2.00 pm. Greek …
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Greek Australian posts viral video of staff members throwing boxes down supermarket aisles
Woolworths staff at a Brisbane store were captured throwing boxes of food down supermarket aisles. Greek Australian customer Michael Langanis was shopping in the frozen section of the Banyo store …
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Exclusive interview with Arthur Sinodinos: Noble calling for a noble man
NSW Senator Arthur Sinodinos AO is leaving the Senate to take on Australia’s most significant overseas post, Ambassador to the United States. The fact that a son of Greek immigrants, …
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Pontians praise SA’s Koutsantonis for support of Syrian Kurds
Former South Australia Treasurer, Anastassios “Tom” Koutsantonis was praised for his speech in the South Australian parliament in which he highlighted the plight of the Kurdish people in the wake …
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Victorian Hellenic Police Association honours St Artemios, protector saint of law enforcement
Being a police officer is not an easy task, and sometimes it takes special strength and divine intervention to survive. For the past 20 years, the Victoria Police and Australian …