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Xenophon’s Quest to Bring New Legislation on Gambling Reforms
At a press conference in Melbourne last Thursday, independent senator Nick Xenophon announced alongside other independent members of government that he will be re-engaging in his quest to cap poker bet machines with $1 maximum limits and creating bans on...
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Yanis Varoufakis Offers Prime Minister Turnball Some Advice on Debt
Yanks Varoufakis, Greece's former finance minister, is quite the colorful character, and whether you love him or hate him, make no mistake, he offers up his unbridled opinion when he sees necessary.
Of late, Varoufakis has shared his thoughts reading debt and Australia...
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Greek-Australian Labour’s Georganas Reclaims Seat of Hindmarsh
Labour's Steve Georganas has a lot to smile about as the results of the Federal election 2016 clinched him the honor of reclaiming the Adelaide seat of Hindmarsh.
As there is more than 87 percent of the total votes counted...
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Seminar at Greek Centre Melbourne: Australia British Greeks’ Labour, Race and Hellenism in 1890s
There is an open seminar to take place as a part of a lecture series at the Greek Centre in Melbourne titled Australia British Greeks': labour, race and Hellenism in early Greek Australia, 1890s.
The presentation will tell the story...
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Gains and Losses for Greek-Australian Candidates in Federal Election 2016
The counting of votes in Australia's 2016 Federal Election is expected to continue on until the end of next week, but so far, there have been some gains and losses demonstrated for Greek-Australian politicians. Let's take a look at where they...
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Greek History and Cultural Seminar at the Greek Centre Melbourne on the Samian King of Moldovia
A Seminar on Greek History and Culture is taking place at the Greek Centre in Melbourne on July 7.
The open seminar titled Iakovos Vasilikos, the Samian king of Moldovia, will focus on Greek native, Iakovos Vasilikos, who was the King...
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Nick Xenophon: Open to Striking Formal Minority Government Agreement
Nick Xenophon is an independent Senator for South Australia and is the leader of the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) political party which is running candidates at the 2016 election underway at present.
On Monday, Xenophon told Guardian Australia that he is open to striking...
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Young Greek-Australian George Missailidis Goes to Hollywood Immersive
Twelve-year-old George Missailidis loves to act, dance and sing. The young Greek-Australian has recently been selected to attend the Dance Program at Hollywood Immersive this week in L.A.
In all a total of 15 teenage dancers from around Australia were selected....
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Church Concerned Safe Schools Anti-Bullying Program Promotes Gender Confusion
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has voiced opposition to a school program that aims to curb bullying among children.
The Church will be holding information sessions run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia to educate parents on the...
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Just Opened: Chef George Calombaris’ Hellenic Hotel in Williamstown
George Calombaris has expanded the reach of his Hellenic empire to Williamstown.
The Greek-Australian chef and restaurateur, is also a judge of the Network Ten series MasterChef Australia and already owns over a handful of restaurants in Melbourne.
Known to draw on his Greek and Cypriot heritage for...