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Jobless rate ticks higher to 3.7 per cent in October
The official jobless rate lifted 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 per cent last month, as widely anticipated. A larger-than-expected 55,000 jobs were added to the economy, based on the monthly …
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Melbourne’s iconic world music venue Bar Oussou changes hands
The proprietor of much loved Bar Oussou, which has carved out a reputation for live world music in Melbourne’s inner-west has announced she has sold the business. Owner Mary Sitarenos …
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THI Australia announces $24,000 grant in memory of late Marianna V. Vardinoyannis to support Elpida Association
The Hellenic Initiative Australia (THI Australia) has officially announced a grant of $24,000 in memory of the late Marianna V. Vardinoyannis to the Elpida Association of Friends of Children with …
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Greek parliament sets up probe into train tragedy
Greece’s parliament on Wednesday set up a special committee to investigate the country’s deadliest train disaster that claimed 57 lives in February. A majority of 266 lawmakers in the 300-seat …
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Qantas guilty over treatment of virus-concerned worker
Qantas will face sentencing in a criminal court after a judge found the airline breached workplace health and safety law in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. SafeWork NSW …
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Greek police suspend officer after fatal Roma shooting
Greece’s police department on Wednesday said it had suspended an officer suspected of fatally shooting a teenage Roma boy, the second such incident in less than a year. The 17-year-old’s …
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Tony Maniaty hoping to “open our eyes to the beauty of Earth” in latest exhibition
Photographer Tony Maniaty is striving to display the wonder of life in his latest exhibition in what he hopes can be a step toward reversing Earth instead of contributing to …
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What Greeks think about the Polytechnic uprising 50 years later
Fifty years after the Polytechnic uprising, Kappa Research publishes the key findings from this year’s annual research. First, the importance and catalytic role of the Polytechnic in the evolution of …
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Tommy Lee shocked at price of cigarettes in Australia
Rockstar Tommy Lee has taken to social media to share his surprise about the price of cigarettes in Australia. The Greek American was in Australia for Mötley Crüe’s tour with …
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Cappadocia: Archaeologists discover huge mosaic with a Greek inscription on it “if you are healthy, enter”
A significant historical finding was revealed in the Incesu area of Caesarea during archaeological excavations. In the geographical centre of Turkey, a 33-room villa was found to have the largest …