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Heavy monsoon season drenches northern Australia
Saturating monsoon rains continue to move across Australia’s north with far north Queensland on flood alert as heavy falls of up to 300mm hit the region. A deep tropical air …
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Temperatures soar as heatwave hits NSW
Sydney is set to experience its hottest day in two years with temperatures soaring to 38 degrees in the city as a heatwave bears down on NSW. Fire authorities are …
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Mitsotakis asks collision victims’ families for forgiveness as 12,000 protest outside parliament
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of victims of Greece’s worst rail disaster, which killed 57 people and has sparked widespread outrage. “As prime …
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Greek station master jailed pending train crash trial
A Greek railway employee has been jailed pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster …
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Ouzo Festival: Defying hot weather, Melburnians enjoyed ‘ouzo under the trees’ (Photos)
You don’t need to hail from Mytilini to appreciate a good ouzo, and attendance numbers at Melbourne’s Ouzo Festival on Sunday speak to this. Crowds defied the hot weather to …
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‘Albo, I brought you some halloumi!’: Melbourne Cypriots hold third annual festival
Melbourne’s third halloumi festival had a great turnout over the weekend. But this year’s event was fraught with solemn undertones in the aftermath of Greece’s fatal rail crash. At the …
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PM Albanese amongst thousands marching to support Pride
More than 50,000 brightly-dressed people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday morning in support of pride and recognition of the long fight for equality for the LGBTQI community. …
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Bourdaniotis’ Evzones exhibition at the War Museum in Athens
Marking a world first exhibition, a series of photographs taken by Greek Australian photographer based in Sydney Nick Bourdaniotis will be on display at the War Museum in Athens this …
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First victims of Greek rail disaster buried; Story of twin sisters among tragic narratives emerging
Demonstrators held more rallies on Saturday to protest the causes of Greece’s worst-ever train disaster, as the first of the crash victims were laid to rest. Thousands of protesters have …
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WHO ‘still working to identify origins of COVID-19’
The World Health Organisation is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general says, after a US agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic …