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Greek Taxi Drivers Start Packing their Bags for Melbourne

According to a Herald Sun report some days ago, Greek taxi drivers have responded positively to the invitation of covering vacant positions of drivers in Melbourne. The most attracting salary of $4,000 rings like heaven in the ears of the debt-crippled Greeks, who are fighting against the fifth consecutive year of recession. The Greek-Austarlian owner [...]

Australia to Accept More Migrants

According to official figures, Australia has accepted 167,000 migrants last year and by the end of the next 4 years the annual intake numbers will top 200,000. The new data published recently bring Australia one step closer to reaching its dream of a “big Australia” population of 36 million people by 2050. Four months ago [...]

Professor Papastergiadis’ Lecture on Contemporary Migrants

Contemporary migrants have nothing in common with post World War II migrants, supports Professor of Cultural Studies, Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne Nikos Papastergiadis. The professor delivered a lecture to the Greek community of Melbourne on “The future of Multiculturalism and International Migration”. In his lecture, Mr. Papastergiadis claimed that the migrants [...]

Two-day event in central Athens for Greeks interested to move to Australia

Australia decided to allow free entrance to the Greeks who plan to migrate due to the economic crisis but under numerous and strict conditions. After a preamble of the Greek community in Melbourne which recognizes the needs and perspectives which are created and tries to help those who want to go to Australia, the Ministry for Immigration [...]