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Melomakarona and Kourabiedes: How these two Christmas sweets came to be
Melomakarona and kourabiedes are a traditional Christmas stapl The word melomakarona is a compound word meaning honey (meli) and blessed honouring of the dead (makaria). They are a traditional egg-shaped …
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Cabinet reshuffle sees Greek Australian stepping up as immigration minister
Alex Hawke becomes the second minister of Hellenic heritage to take up the immigration portfolio after Kastellorizian Nick Bolkas in the ’90s. The Liberal member for Mitchell (NSW), steps up …
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Parents of Lalor North Primary School Greek students lobby Minister
An open letter to Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino, is the latest move by Greeks parents of Lalor North Primary School students pushing for the reintroduction of a three-classroom system. …
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Victoria enforces hard border with Sydney and NSW Central Coast
As of 11.59 pm tonight, all of Greater Sydney and the Central Coast in New South Wales will be classified as a ‘red zone’ in Victoria’s ‘traffic light’ system. The …
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Greek-run Melbourne business scores two of the 10 Premier’s Sustainability Awards
Recognising Victorian leaders in innovative sustainable practices, the Premier’s Sustainability Awards, now in its 18th year, promote the positive change brought to communities, by “reducing emissions, increasing resilience to the …
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SYRIZA ‘happy’ for ‘good news’ on La Trobe’s Greek program
Greece’s opposition party, SYRIZA, sent a letter expressing their content with the decision for La Trobe’s Greek program future, giving credit to the GOCMV and other diaspora organisations for the …
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Girl power: Meet the Greek Australians awarded ‘First in Course’ in HSC exams
A rewarding and challenging journey has come to an end for around 75,000 Year 12 students in New South Wales, who received their HSC (Higher School Certificate) results on Friday. …
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Theo Theophanous: ‘If Albanese wants to survive he has to shift on energy’
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese appears to be on an electoral winner by adopting the 2050 net-zero emissions target. Scott Morrison has stated he will make no such pledge to …
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How Greek musicians weathered an economic crisis could help UK performers handle COVID fall-out
On the evening of Sunday 13 December, the president of the Greek Musicians’ Union stood in front of an empty auditorium at the Athens Music Hall, as thousands watched at …
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COVID-19 forces shift from flower power to classy veggie hampers
Perhaps the one positive thing that may come out of the upheaval that COVID-19 has brought to our lives is the fact that life and business can go on from …