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Australian senator Nick Xenophon has contacted the UK Home Office to clarify whether he holds a dual citizenship. The senator said he would publically reveal the documents he receives back from the UK government as soon as possible, predicting he...

South Australian crossbench senator Nick Xenophon says letters he sent to the Greek and Cypriot governments to renounce any possible rights to citizenship will “put the matter to rest”, after the government questioned his eligibility to sit in parliament. Senator...

The woman believed to be the eldest Greek in Western Australia - if not in the entire country - passed away on Monday, at the age of 110. Born in a small village in Kymi, Evia, on 30 November 1906,...

A research team at Monash University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, headed by Greek Australian Tony Tiganis, have discovered a critical piece of the obesity puzzle that could lead to revolutionary treatments for what is becoming a worldwide...

Federal MP Maria Vamvakinou has made an impassioned plea for the Turnbull government to rethink its proposed changes to Australia's Citizenship Act 2007. In a parliamentary speech on Thursday, Ms Vamvakinou described the government's intention to raise the bar for...

  The use of 3-D printing technologies in Victoria University of Wellington's Classics Museum has students using ancient Greek artefacts the way they were intended—from interacting with 3-D printed ancient objects to designing their own amphorae (storage jars). Dr Diana Burton,...

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has announced it will be hosting ‘One Greece 2017’, a series of events that will take place throughout October 2017 across five major cities in Australia. The aim is to harness the strength and resources of...

The contribution of Greek migrants to the introduction of barramundi to modern Australian cuisine is the subject of a story on the SBS website. According to the SBS report, Greek migrants along with Indigenous peoples helped put the particular fish...

Greece shone at the 10th National Travel Industry Awards that took place at the International Convention Centre, at Darling Harbour in Sydney on Saturday, according to a Neos Kosmos report. This year's Gala Dinner was attended by more than 2,000...

The desire to forge even stronger bonds with Greece was the message that a Greek Australian delegation sent during its visit to Athens. President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) Bill Papastergiadis, who led the delegation, proposed a series...