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244,765 immigrants caught in Australian citizenship limbo
Two years have passed since Labor MP Julian Hill, member for the Victorian seat of Bruce, started pressing Peter Dutton for reasons as to why there were huge delays in …
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Greek Australian Con Samaras fronts court accused of killing US woman he met online
American woman Tamara Ann Turner, 49, died from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen after she had been abandoned at the Mildura Base Hospital in June 2016. Her 50-year-old …
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Language used by Senator O’Sullivan normalises racism
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) today expressed disappointment at the language used by Nationals Senator Barry O’Sullivan during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra. During the hearing, …
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Here’s what Orthodox Greeks do to honour the dead
Banksy may well be Greek bearing in mind his famous quote that states that “you die twice. One time when you stop breathing, and a second time, a bit later …
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My yiayia, the Greek widow and a journey into the grieving process
Like most third-generation Greek children growing up in Australia, Dr Georgia Rowley Panagiotopoulos was raised in a Greek family environment with her grandparents ever-present in her daily life, back in …
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Australia’s immigration levels hit record highs for 2018
Australia’s population growth pace of 1.6 per cent is the highest in the developed world, and is double that of the United States and United Kingdom. The Australian Bureau of …
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Greek Australian publisher Theodore Skalkos dead, aged 87
Theodore Skalkos, the publisher of The Greek Herald had a stroke on Tuesday. He was rushed to the hospital and died soon after. Mr Skalkos had played a pivotal role …
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Council of Europe denounces Greece in damning report on conditions in migrant camps
Greece has often been denounced for the “inhumane and degrading” conditions of migrant camps, and the latest report by the European Committee’s Prevention of Torture (CPT) is as damning as …
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Immigrants are not welcome worldwide, and Greece tops the list
At a time when international mobility is hitting record highs, few countries around the world have stated that they want more immigration. The Pew Research Centre, a non-partisan fact tank, surveyed …
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Ode to the Greek language in Australian Parliament [VIDEO]
“The Greek language is the Queen of all languages.” These are the words that federal MP Steve Georganas used during his speech on the importance of the Greek language last …