Australia
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Young Greek Italian becomes Melbourne’s Junior Lord Mayor
Chloe Amalfi, a 12-year-old Australian student of Greek and Italian heritage has just become Melbourne’s Junior Lord Mayor, a title that she will carry for the next 12 months. She …
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Limnos-Gallipoli story comes to the Victorian Parliament
Wednesday 8 August witnessed a major event and an announcement further cementing Victoria’s commitment to the commemoration of the Hellenic link to Anzac. Victoria’s classically-inspired Queen’s Hall was the location …
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Political outrage over Senator Anning’s ‘final solution’ speech that praised White Australia Policy
The crossbench senator Fraser Anning caused uproar across the political spectrum with his maiden speech on Tuesday, in which he called for a return to the White Australia policy and …
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What the $289m US lawsuit against Monsanto means for Australia
A US court decision involving a $289m payout by Monsanto over claims linking pesticide Roundup to cancer, could have implications for the agriculture industry and lead to further litigation on …
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FFTN Giving voice to a generation caught in the middle
The Greek Australian women’s Food For Thought Network (FFTN) is hosting a panel discussion on the ‘Sandwich Generation’. Many Baby Boomers and Gen Xs are finding themselves, as the term …
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Campaign seeks to scrap ‘bloody annoying’ tampon tax
It’s been roughly two decades since the GST consumption tax was introduced, and the non-exemption of sanitary products, as they remain classified under the… “luxury” bracket, is still being debated. …
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Sky News head Angelo Frangopoulos cancels program that featured far-right extremist
Sky News faced a week of major outrage, after The Adam Giles Show featured an interview with far-right extremist Blaire Cottrell, who shared his opinions on immigration. The former leader …
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Taxi drivers accuse the government of throwing a lifetime of labour in the bin
Not many of us are sitting around the table when the meeting takes place, but the room is heavy with rage, disappointment, frustration for an “unprecedented injustice” that hasn’t happened …
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Rallying to raise awareness and funds for Kidney disease
One in three Australians is at an increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease, and George Papadopoulos is that ‘one’. “My dad has stage four kidney disease and is waiting …
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My Health Record: Should you stay in, or opt-out?
There have been mounting concerns from the public and privacy advocates surrounding the introduction of My Health Record, a digital database, which contains the medical record of every Australian citizen, …