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FECCA calls out the outrageous 60,000 case backlog in visa appeals
The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) today labelled the 60,000 case backlog in visa appeals before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) as unacceptable. The Australian today reported that …
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Greece’s plans for diaspora vote: Going postal and the Danaids
“The people who guard the rainbow don’t like those who get in the way of the sun.” ― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal “Those who fear that the political system of …
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades to appeal Turkish plans for reopening of Varosha
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told reporters in New York that Cyprus intends to appeal to the UN Security Council over Turkish plans to reopen the ghost town of Varosha in …
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Love triumphs for English groom, called Thomas Cook, who got married on Rhodes despite Thomas Cook’s collapse
Not even the collapse of Thomas Cook could prevent Tom Cook and Amelia Binch from tying the knot in Rhodes on Saturday, 28 September. For a while, it was touch …
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Greek information session: Bridging the gap between high school and university
An information session targetted at high school students is set to take place at the Greek centre on Monday night. The event will give high school students information about the …
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Peter Polites: ‘Mortgage, success, houses, investment. These aren’t Greek values’
In creating Panos, the main protagonist for his latest novel The Pillars, author Peter Polites took inspiration from notorious gay right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos. At the beginning of the book, …
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Greek academics to deliver lecture on the rise of xenophobia, racism and the far-right
Prominent Greek academics Dimitris Christopoulos and Kostis Karpozilos are giving a lecture in Sydney on ‘Human Rights in the Age of Inequality: Xenophobia, Exclusion and the Myth of the Strong …
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NPL news: Coaching change at the Grange
Kingston City has appointed former South Melbourne coach, Con Tangalakis as the replacement for long-serving Nick Tolios, who departed the Grange at season’s end to take over at neighbouring Bentleigh …
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Christodoulou, Tsangas and Bitsikas on a mission to win gold for Victoria
Young footballer Con Christodoulou is a man on a mission, and that mission is to win gold for Victoria at the 2019 National Cerebral Palsy State Championships kicking off on …
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Drones made in Greece
Greece has entered a new era in the production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – the so-called drones. The MPU RX-4, the fruit of a Greek project to develop and manufacture …