According to a survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the level of disabilities within the Greek Australian community dramatically increased between 2003 and 2009. Just under one in five Australians born in Australia (about four million people) are facing a disability, according to reports in 2009. The dominance of disabilities in the Greek-born [...]
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Andrew Demetriou on List of Most Powerful Australians
According to the economic newspaper ‘The Australian Financial Review’, Andrew Demetriou of Greek origin is on the list of most powerful people in Australia. Demetriou is the chief executive of the Australian Football League (AFL), that is the most famous sport in Australia giving Andrew Demetriou political, economic and cultural power. AFL’s championship includes 17 [...]
Greeks Lodge Protest Against Sydney Morning Herald
After the strong opposition of members of the Greek community in Australia against an editorial article in an Australian newspaper, demanding the exit of Greece from EU and the Eurozone, the Intercommunal Committe of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Australia (S.S Wales) has been added to those who are against this publication. In a letter [...]
Scholarship for Research Project in Greece
The ANU (Canberra) and Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens are offering a scholarship for a student or scholar from the ACT to work for 2 to 12 months on a research project in Greece. Receiver of the scholarship will be able to conduct research in these five areas: the archaeology, history, and [...]
Yianni Agisilaou Comes to Wit Large
Wit Large is a smart comedy room which happens on the first Saturday of every month above Gleebooks bookshop in Sydney. It specialises in political, nerd-core, and hipster comedy, and has hosted some of the best comedy minds through its doors, including Wil Anderson, Kitty Flanagan, Lawrence Leung, and Danny Bhoy. After Wit Large’s sell-out [...]
“The Slap” Premieres October 6th
A new TV series, The Slap, goes to air on ABC TV on October 6. Itʼs based on Christos Tsiolkas bestselling novel of the same name about what happens when a group of friends attend a barbeque and one of the men slaps another personʼs child. The group of friends are then forced to choose [...]
Australian Cricket Club Awaits Greek Cricketer Spiros Goustis
The Sunshine Heights Cricket Club is looking forward to the 2011 / 2012 season with the arrival of Greek International cricketer Spiros Goustis adding a unique dimension to the season ahead. Goustis learned cricket on one of Greece’s premier Islands, Corfu. He arrived in Melbourne on Monday, ready to fulfill a lifelong dream to play [...]
The Peak Interviews Diplomat and Poet Georgios Veis
Indonesian magazine, “the Peak”, interviews diplomat and poet Georgios Veis at his roomy, yet intimate Menteng, Central Jakarta residence on the day the Greek government reaches a crucial moment in its contemporary history. In the interview titled “a Commonsense View of the World” the Greek ambassador to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, and to the Association [...]
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 17 Indigenous Find New Place to Camp But Still Boycott Paniyiri Festival
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05 / 17 Michael Spartels is 2012 ‘Kastellorizian of the Year’
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05 / 17 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Dance to the Rhythm’
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05 / 17 Singapore Airlines to Suspend Services to Abu Dhabi, Athens
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 16 Greek-Australians Exempt from Pension Cuts
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05 / 16 Greek Studies in Australia Gains $450,000
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05 / 16 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Identity in the Sand’ Concert
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05 / 11 South Australia Greek Consulate Forced to Reduce Work Hours Due to Staff Shortage
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05 / 11 Book Released in Australia On the History of Greeks in Asia
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 10 AHEA Organizes 2012 Hellenic Language Awards in Maroubra
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05 / 08 Melbourne Grammar School Opens Its Doors After Renovation
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05 / 10 Public Lecture on the History of Greek Cafés to be Held in Australia
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05 / 08 Boite-style Musical Performances By Greeks To Be Held In May
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05 / 08 Businessman Calls on Greek-Australian Community to Send Greece Medical Aid
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05 / 09 Greek Illustrator Draws the Titanic for National Geographic
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 09 Australia Remembers Writer Nikos Kazantzakis
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