25 August 2010
Corrections Victoria has issued a harsh rebuff following reports that convicted serial rapist John Xydias (photo) took part in a competition dubbed “Prison Masterchef”. The story ran on The Age website on Tuesday morning, before it was corrected in the afternoon. “These reports are incorrect and Corrections Victoria is concerned about the impact this false impression could [...]
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23 August 2010
The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GCL) is offering $1500 in scholarships to two students of Modern Greek at Monash University in Melbourne. Greek-Australian Cultural League president Cathy Alexopoulos said the scholarships are an important way of promoting the league’s aims. “Part of our objective is to promote Greek language, and I thought this would be helpful,” she said. The [...]
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23 August 2010
Next weekend Melbourne will play host to a United Nations conference about world health, featuring two and a half thousand delegates, including current Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. And someone’s got to keep them entertained. Greek Australian Peter Mousaferiadis is producing the conference’s opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the opening night’s entertainment, called ‘In Melbourne, [...]
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20 August 2010
Nine Greek Australians will be candidates in the National Elections of Australia. Three of them are already members of the National Parliament and six of them are candidates for the first time. The three old members of the parliament are Maria Vamvakinou of the Labor party, Steve Georganas of the Labor Party and Sophie Mirabela of [...]
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19 August 2010
Greek American comedian Michael Kosta recently made his late night debut on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the funnyman has not looked back since. His popularity has escalated ten-fold, and he is doing both us and Greek America proud with major comedic appearances in various countries. His recent tour schedule has included Australia, and it [...]
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19 August 2010
As the Greek Australian population ages, more support around mental health care is needed, says Acting CEO of Fronditha aged care, Jim Scantsonihas. Scantsonihas said dementia is a big issue for Fronditha Care – formerly the Australian Greek Society for Care of the Elderly. “Because our population is aging, there’s a higher rate of dementia,” he said. “It’s [...]
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17 August 2010
Greek Australian cricketers head to Corfu in September for Corfu’s first Cricket Festival. Cricket is not a sport one readily associates with Greece, but it is on a good wicket on Corfu, where it’s been played since 1823. And this September, the newly-formed Australian Hellenic Cricket Council (AHCF) will be stepping up to the crease in Corfu’s [...]
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17 August 2010
Young Greek Australians will converge in Sydney next weekend, for the annual National Union of Greek Students (NUGAS) AGM, celebrating NUGAS’s 40th year. NUGAS National President Harry Mavrolefteros said the meeting will involve annual elections of the national committee, as well as a catch up on issues that are important to young Greek-Australian students. “Greek language is [...]
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