15 March 2010
Immigration Minister Chris Evans (foto) has welcomed the final report of the Baird Review on the legislation governing international education. The Baird Report by Bruce Baird was commissioned by the Australian Department for Education to report on the legislation that governs international education in Australia. Mr Evans says that he is pleased with the support in [...]
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15 March 2010
Greek restaurants and cake shops have boomed with plenty of competition to keep each other vying for a spot on our taste buds. On High Street Northcote alone, consumers are spoiled for Greek choice with over 10 restaurants and coffee shops. Fairfield, Coburg, Fitzroy, Northcote, Thornbury, Brunswick and surrounding suburbs possess a heavy Greek base [...]
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15 March 2010
HE sounds and smells of traditional Greek culture drew record crowds to the Estia Greek Street Party yesterday. Traditional Greek cuisine sold out and red and white wines from the hillsides of the Mediterranean were flowing alongside traditional spirits such as ouzo, retsina and raiki. Nearly 8000 people lapped up more than just the atmosphere at the [...]
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15 March 2010
A record number of Greek Australians are candidates in the upcoming state elections in South Australia, which will be held on March 20. The largest number of the Greek candidates are running on a ticket with a newly formed party called Fair Land Tax (FLT) under the leadership of George Kargiotis. The FLT is campaigning against high [...]
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12 March 2010
The emerging risk of a possible exception of the Greek language from the new national schools’ curriculum currently being developed by the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) resulted in collective mobilisation of the Greek Diaspora. Politicians, academics, notable community members of the Hellenic Diaspora, and all Hellenes abroad have joined forces for the inclusion of [...]
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11 March 2010
The internationally regarded Greek community in Melbourne proves to be one of the largest and fastest growing communities in the world. With a new and extensive range of social and cultural groups emerging with the younger generation, the Greek community in Melbourne is now arguably stronger than it has ever been. With many community gatherings [...]
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11 March 2010
Local double bass player and modern art music composer Nick Tsiavos returns to the stage with the first of a two part concert series entitled Is this what you believe? Tsiavos will be joined at the Forty Five Downstairs by jazz saxophonist Adam Simmons, percussionists Eugene Ughetti and Peter Neville and soprano Deborah Kayser; musicians known [...]
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11 March 2010
A new institution for Greek students in Victoria is being born. It is the student film festival, bringing together classes or groups of students, or individual students, from different schools that teach the Greek language. It is each teacher’s responsibility to create a movie and participate in the competition. The central theme for this year [...]
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