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Mayor calls on community to celebrate International Women’s Day
Brimbank Mayor Councillor Georgina Papafotiou called on the community to celebrate International Women’s Day to help create a more inclusive and gender-balanced world . She said International Women’s day on …
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Men charged with restaurant attack on Greek Australian hold leadership positions in North Macedonian group
Three men have been arrested over an alleged bashing at a South Morang restaurant following a heated meeting at Whittlesea Council on 17 December, 2019. Dozens of members of the …
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Queensland classics academic and philhellene well remembered
The noted Queensland Philhellene Emeritus Professor Robert (Bob) Milns AM died on 20 February and his funeral was held at Hillstone, St Lucia in Brisbane on 27 February. Prof Milns, …
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Greek PM Mitsotakis signals alarm: “Turkey has become an official migrant trafficker”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Europe to take decisive action during a press conference with high-level EU officials. He said that the problems at Greece’s border are “no …
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Lonsdale Street upgrades and works near Melbourne’s Greek precinct
Melbourne’s municipality has released a section of Elizabeth Street in central Melbourne will be pedestrianised, under a finalised design for the southern end of the thoroughfare released by the City …
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Victoria takes action to fight COVID-19
Victoria’s Government is taking action to prepare Victoria’s health system for the continued spread of COVID-19. At present, there have been 33 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, including nine …
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House buyer referred to as “stupid Greek” in racist rant
Aris and Dimitra T, Greek-Australian lawyers and established family law firm partners, did not expect that they would fall victims to racism after making an offer on a property they …
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Australia’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities push for recognition of Turkish-committed Genocide
Last Tuesday, 25 February, representatives from peak bodies of Australia’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the launch of their “Joint Justice Initiative” in …
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Australian Associated Press to close in June
News of the closure of AAP newswire after 85 years of supplying content to national and global newspapers has sent shockwaves rippling through the media industry. AAP CEO Bruce Davidson …
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#IStandWithGreece hashtag gathers waves of support for Greece on refugee crisis
Social media users around the world are showing their solidarity to Greece in the border crisis with Turkey using the hashtag phrases #IstandwithGreece and #Greece_under_attack. Trending on social media, these …