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Greek Sydney childcarer slashes fees to help parents and raise numbers

A childcare centre owner has reduced her prices by nearly half the average for similar services in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs to help her customers and increase occupancy rates that were …

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Popular Channel 9 travel show kicks off with visit to Greece

Greece is one of the destinations for the popular travel show “Travel Guides” that returns on Wednesday, 28 April, on Channel 9 and 9Now. The new series kicks off in …

A digger’s tale from Newport and Brunswick to Lemnos – The Anzac Voyage of Alec Holland

Alec Holland was sent as a reinforcement to a unit in which experienced tradesmen like himself were especially valued. An engineering support unit, the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train …

What ancient Greek handwashing can teach us about socio-economic inequality

COVID-19 poses massive challenges nationally and globally when it comes to socio-economic inequality. It has hit the vaccine rollout especially hard, threatening new and potentially more lethal variants, while low-risk …

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Gastroenteritis ripping through Victorian childcare

Cases of gastroenteritis are ripping through Victorian childcare centres with hundreds affected since the start of the year. The Department of Health has recorded 389 outbreaks of gastroenteritis since the …

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Cheque found in archives reflects Byron’s generosity and his influence in the Greek cause

When Lord Byron died in Missolonghi 197 years ago today (19 April, 1824), he was the poet superstar of European letters. His celebrity not only drew world attention to the …

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Waverley Social Enterprise: The next step is to cater for the Greek community

“See what we do and how it impacts the lives around us” Waverley Social Enterprise states, inviting all those interested, to two Open Days planned on their site in Notting …

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Israel and Greece sign $1.65 bn record defence deal

Israel and Greece have signed a record-breaking defence procurement deal, their largest yet, at $1.65 billion. Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday the contract, set to run for 22 years, …

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Živković brings PAOK to victory with 2-0 over Olympiacos

PAOK achieved a victory of great importance at Toumba Stadium during the derby against Olympiacos thanks to Serbian striker Andrija Živković, who scored the two goals in the 49th and …

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Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli” 40 years on: deftly directed and still devastating

With the release of the first-world-war film “Gallipoli” in 1981, director Peter Weir could finally shrug off the nickname he had laboured under since making his first films: “Peter Weird”. …

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