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Portarlington to host its first-ever Greek Festival by the sea
When Alexandra Dascarellos couldn’t make it to Melbourne’s Greek festivals because of her own makers markets, she decided to bring one home instead. “If the mountain won’t go to Muhammad, …
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Matthew Crosby unveils Falling Heads: A modern fable of conflict and communion
Matthew (Matt) Crosby and I have known each other for some time—our paths first crossed when, as director of Multicultural Arts Victoria, I worked with Crosby on a project involving …
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The return to Greece, four decades later
Growing up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, I was friends with many diverse Australians — and, of course, many were Greek Australians. My first trip to Greece was in …
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When kings return: Homer’s lesson for divided societies
The past few decades have seen a growing movement to promote the Greco-Roman Classics in charter schools, home school curricula, and some collegiate institutions in the United States. For Australian …
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Diatribe: Constantinople 1955 Pogrom – The case for Genocide
The memory of the Greeks of Constantinople stirs the heartstrings of our people. It evokes an ever absent presence, a community whose voices, though long silenced, continue to haunt the …
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Netanyahu: Israel will need to become ‘super-Sparta’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated their country will have to become more self-reliant, arguing they will need to turn into a “super-Sparta”. Netanyahu made the comparison on Monday …
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Troy reimagined: Ancient war, modern echoes
Troy, written by Tom Wright and showing at the Malthouse Theatre, is symbolic of all bloody conflicts between people bound by identity. Audiences are transported back to the 12th century …
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What would Keating have done? The Placido Domingo of economics and the capitalism–socialism divide
Few arguments in political economy are as perennial as the dispute over what is best for modern society – socialism or capitalism. The question is as old as the birth …
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Air Mediterranean – a Greek airline that facilitated a shady network between Athens and Damascus
An investigative report from European journalists has unearthed a shoddy network facilitating flights between Athens and Damascus in 2023, a time when no European flights were going to the Syrian …
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Yiannis Rerakis on the need for a new masculinity – a positive redefinition
For Yiannis Rerakis, life didn’t follow the script. Raised in a traditional Greek-Australian household where discipline, legacy, and silence often walked hand-in-hand, his journey toward manhood wasn’t marked by ease. …