Community
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Fronditha Care leads vaccination of residents, workforce and volunteers
Fronditha Care is the first residential aged care provider of its size to vaccinate the majority of its 456 residents, 700 staff, contractors and volunteers against COVID-19. Fronditha Care was …
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Rockwood Cemetery remains open despite COVID following woman’s petition
When Angelique Jasli went Rockwood Cemetery at Sydney’s inner west to visit the grave of her mother, who passed away in 2015, she was turned away as NSW Health had …
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Greek Australians raise money to help Greece via fire appeals
Greek Australians dug deep into their pockets despite COVID-19 and the financial difficulties which the Pandemic has brought on the community. In just over a week, the fire appeal to …
Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee’s 2021 commemoration event cancelled
This year’s annual Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial commemoration has been cancelled. Under normal circumstances this year’s event would have been held on Saturday, 14 August 2021 at the Memorial at Lemnos …
Prof Cambitoglou’s $6 million bequest to University of Sydney Archaeology Institute
In 1963, the late Alexander Cambitoglou AO was the first Greek to be appointed to a professorship at an Australian university. A professor of the University of Sydney’s Classical Archaeology …
“Come to your Census,” say Effie and Fr Gerasimos, and invite Greek Australians to stand up and be counted
Millions of households will fill out their 2021 Census across the country today. Already, 10 million households have filled out their forms after the Australian Bureau of Statistics allowed people …
Co-ownership of Greek property: How to prevent the abuse of your rights
When it comes to joint ownership – an equal interest in a property with other owners – you may have a legitimate right. The way you exercise it in the …
St Anna in Gold Coast celebrates patron saint’s day ahead of lockdown
St Anna Greek Orthodox Church in the Gold Coast was able to celebrate the feast day of its patron saint on 25 July, just days before the COVID-19 lockdown was …
TV organisations need to fine tune COVID message to communities, says former news anchor George Donikian
The advent of COVID has shown up the need for a more inclusive, multicultural response in the media and in television in particular, if Australia’s many communities are to understand …
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Parks ranger Marcus Antonopoulos cherishes Aboriginal and Greek roots
Marcus Antonopoulos, 30, may have grown up in the Hampton area of Melbourne but beach life held little interest for him. He is animated by a love of the land …