The number of teenagers who have taken up smoking, drinking alcohol and experimenting with drugs in Greece has increased in the past five years.

Awards given to ethnic communities in NSW have come under scrutiny, since the execution of last years awards by then premier Kristina Keneally.

Professor Iakovos Michaelidis, an expert in Balkan history from the University of Thessaloniki, will be presenting public lectures in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.

The pearling chief Nicholas Paspaley has teamed up with a Darwin property developer to secure a $200 million taxpayer-funded deal to build a detention centre.

The newly renovated Waterford Plaza was officially opened last Sunday, giving Perth a new shopping experience.

The PanAustralian Justice for Cyprus Coordinating Committee (PASEKA) will be holding their one-day national conference tomorrow at the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria.

Mike Sweet talks residential design with George Bourakis

As European leaders welcomed the new PM, they have asked that he and the interim Greek government concentrate on uniting and working together as a priority.

Adventurers James Castrission and his friend Justin Jones have finally arrived in Antarctica after bad weather saw them stranded in South America.

A national campaign against racism plans to enlist the help of high-profile Australians to stand in as community representatives.