Australia
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Hot chocolate rapist gets 13 years
Greek-Australian man Harry Barkas, 48, has been sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison.
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Government backs down to teacher boycott
The Federal government has blinked first in the Mexican standoff with
teachers over their scheduled boycott of NAPLAN tests this week.
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DFAT unmoved by riots
Australia’s travel advisory for Greece has remained unchanged despite recent riots and protests in Athens.
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Haramanis rejects Rudd’s mining tax
Greek Australian former mining magnate Kerry Harmanis has come out
strongly opposing the government’s proposal to tax mining companies a
super tax of 40 percent.
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Australia will weather Greek crisis
As the 16 nations of the eurozone hold emergency meetings in response to the Greek financial crisis, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australia’s economy will weather the storm
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Greece a reminder of GFC: Rudd
Rudd warns that the Greek events reveal that the Global Financial Crisis is not over
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Global Greek politicians support Modern Greek
The World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association has added its voice to the many being raised in support of the inclusion of Modern Greek in the national curriculum.
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Greek owned cafe caught in wrangle over city lease
Popular Bourke Street cafe, Sweet Mama’s Cafe has been evicted from its Melbourne council owned premise to make way for large youth fashion chain, Globalize.
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More super, less tax, simpler for business
The Rudd government announced yesterday a sweeping set of tax reforms as part of the Henry Tax review.
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Austerity bites in Oz
Teachers from Greece working in Victorian schools face major cuts in entitlements