Australia
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Taxpayers beware of Australian Tax Office powers
The Commissioner of Taxation has recently released his 2017/2018 Compliance Programme. As with every compliance programme, the emphasis shifts and as with previous years, the ATO’s goals are about “being …
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SBS National Languages Competition is on and open to all ages
In an effort to encourage and celebrate a love of learning languages in Australia, SBS Radio is making its annual National Languages Competition open for all ages for the first …
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Hosting the Olympics could be on the cards for Melbourne
The last and only time Melbourne hosted the Olympics was in 1956. In more recent history, an unsuccessful bit was made by the city in 1996. But talk re-emerged this …
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Greek Australian developer wins Sydney home ownership after 20 years of squatting
Following the death of Sydney resident Henry Thompson Downie in 1947 who apparently did not leave a will, his property in Ashbury remained unclaimed. From 1947 until April 1998 when she …
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New migrants from Greece to meet in Oakleigh on Saturday
More than 20,000 people are expecting to visit Oakleigh’s Warrawee park this weekend, to take part at the annual Glendi, one of the most successful and popular Greek events in …
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Greek migrant’s body remains unburied four months due to bureaucracy
It has been four months since Anastasios (Tom) Angelopoulos’ demise at 93 years of age, but his funeral is still pending, due to what appears to be an intransigent bureaucracy. …
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FECCA raises concerns about wage theft
The issue of employment conditions of migrant workers was brought to the spotlight today by the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA). The national peak body representing Australians …
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James Gargasoulas to stand trial next week for Bourke St killings
James Gargasoulas, accused of murdering pedestrians on Melbourne’s Bourke Street in January, 2017 by running them down with a vehicle, has been found fit to stand for trial. Despite suffering …
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Matthey Guy pledges to make Evzones visit to Melbourne an annual event
The Liberal National party has vowed to financially support the Greek Presidential Guard to visit Melbourne every year to participate in Greek National Day celebrations if Matthew Guy is elected …
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Spiro Boursinos’ mourning mother wants answers
What Christine Boursinos is going through these days is any parent’s worst nightmare coming true. Her son Spiro – founder of popular music festival Earthcore – passed away while in …