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Honouring sister-city relationships
Marking a Victorian first, the state’s inaugural sister-cities forum was held on Wednesday 18 July, in a gathering designed to pay tribute to the concept of sister-cities and showcase the …
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Renowned Australian plastic surgeon heads to Greece to help fire victims
A renowned Australian plastic surgeon is set to fly to Greece to assist Greek surgeons treating and operating on victims from the tragic fires in Attica. Dr John Greenwood departs …
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Outcry over insensitive cartoon poking fun at Greek tragedy
As people in Greece are still recovering from the bush fires that took the lives of over 80 people and left another 180 injured in their wake, a cartoonist from …
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Councils unite to campaign for pokies reform
Mayors from five councils across Melbourne united on Tuesday morning to publicly launch the ‘Alliance for Gambling Reform’. Moreland mayor John Kavanagh, Whittlesea mayor Kris Pavlidis, Darebin mayor Kim le …
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Manningham strives for an inclusive society
In a bid to make the City of Manningham a more welcoming and inclusive community, the council is seeking out feedback from locals. By embracing disability, ethnicity and culture, language, …
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Fotis Kapetopoulos appointed EO of ECCV
Former Neos Kosmos English editor Fotis Kapetopoulos has been appointed executive officer of the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria. “On behalf of the ECCV board, I’m delighted to welcome Fotis …
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New push for Nick Falos cold case
More than 15 years have passed since Greek Australian grandfather Nick Falos (also known as Nikolaos Falieros) was last seen. It was 8.30am on Friday, 14 March 2003 when the …
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54 per cent of permanent migrants own or are buying a home in Australia
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data indicates that over half of Australia’s permanent migrants own or are buying their own home. “This is a wonderful …
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Steve Georganas to move seat to Adelaide
Following the recent Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) redistribution, current sitting Hindmarsh MP, Labor’s Steve Georganas will nominate for the seat of Adelaide. ALP State Executive opened nominations for Federal preselections …
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FECCA: Family migration is integral to the successful settlement of migrants in Australia
The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) continues its efforts in promoting family migration as a means to ensure the continuing success of Australia’s multicultural society. FECCA Chairperson …