Tag Archives | Julia Gillard

Prime Minister Gillard Supports Cyprus

“Australia stands unwaveringly by the Cypriot Republic,” said Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the Australian Labor Party, during a celebration in Melbourne to mark its holding of the rotating European Union Presidency in the last half of 2012. Talking about the bilateral relations, Gillard stressed that Australia stands solidly behind Cyprus [...]

Gillard Opens Aussie Door to Golden Dawn

The daily newspaper of Melbourne in an extended article titled, Ban sought on far-right Greek party, refers to the possibility of the neo-Nazi Greek political party Golden Dawn opening a local office in Melbourne. The newspaper relied on data from relevant reports of the British newspaper Guardian, of the party’s effort to gain international support. [...]

Sixty Australians Died in Greece in 2012

Sixty Australians Died in Greece in 2012

According to the Canberra Times & Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, more than 100 Australians died in Thailand and a further 60 died in Greece last year. The causes vary between the two countries. The deaths in Thailand were largely due to illness or accident, while in Greece they were from what [...]

Greek Freedom Marked In Sydney, Melbourne

Thousands of Greek Australians, and Australians of other ethnicities came together in Sydney and Melbourne on March 24 to mark Greece’s Independence Day holiday of March 25. In Sydney the event took place in the Central Park before Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Environment Minister Tony Burke, Opposition Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison, New South Wales (NSW) [...]

PM Gillard on Greek Independence Day

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will attend the Greek Independence Day parade in Sydney on March 24. Barry O’Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, will also honor Greece’s national anniversary. The celebrations of March 25 will begin at the Greek Orthodox Church of The Annunciation of Our Lady, where the Archbishop of Australia Stylianos will sing the [...]

Abbott Sides With Sen. Sinodinos

Australia’s opposition leader Tony Abbott said he will continue supporting Sen. Arthur Sinodinos, the Parliamentary Secretary and a former New South Wales Liberal Party President who has been charged with breaching rules by failing to declare six company directorships during his time in the Senate Justice Minister, for which he apologized. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus stressed [...]

Julia Gillard: “Likening Economy to Greece is Absurd”

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused Tony Abbott of being “grossly irresponsible” for likening the future fortunes of the Australian economy to that of crisis-struck Europe. The opposition leader backed comments by former Commonwealth Bank of Australia boss and Future Fund head David Murray that Australia risked a European-style economic downturn if debt was not [...]

35 years of “Care”

35 years of “Care”

In a perfectly organized event, the board of the “Care” association celebrated its 35th year. They honored the creators of the association for their devotion to third age. The “Care” association is the biggest employer in Australia with 400 employees plus volunteers working hard at each and every nursing home. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard [...]