After an agreement made between the Greek and Australian government, Australia decided to exempt Greek-Australians from the new changes affecting age pension or disability support pension recipients. The Federal Government’s announcement stated that annual welfare payments will be reduced depending on the time recipients spend abroad. More specifically, pensioners, single parents and other vulnerable groups, living [...]
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Thousands of Australians to Visit Lemnos on ANZAC Day
On April 23, 2012, Lemnos island will be full of Australian MPs and citizens to honor the Australians and New Zealanders soldiers who died in Greece during World War I. Some Greek expatriates, in cooperation with the Australians, have organized the trip to Lemnos – Victorian MP Lee Tsarlamis, the President of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of [...]
Controversial New Book About Greeks Being First Settlers of New Zealand
A new 378-page book to be released this weekend is causing a series of debates on the issue of the first settlers of New Zealand. According to the authors of the book, Maxwell C. Hill, Gary Cook and Noel Hilliam, “To the End of the Earth” reveals evidence that the Greeks, Egyptians and Spanish were [...]
Greek Tourist Robbed in New Zealand While Sleeping
A Greek tourist was robbed of her cash, passport and airline tickets in a home after she befriended locals in the Bay of Islands. The woman, in her 40s, was due to leave tomorrow after a month-long journey of a lifetime around New Zealand. But on Thursday morning her favourable impression of Northland was shattered [...]
Greek-owned Cargo Ship Rena Breaks Up off New Zealand
A stricken cargo ship which caused New Zealand’s worst ever maritime disaster has broken in two, raising fears of further pollution along the North Island coast. The Greek-owned Rena, caused an oil leak after it ran aground in October. Environmental campaigners are worried many more of the ship’s 1,400 containers and their contents will be [...]
Greek Fashion Travels To New Zealand
The Greek crisis has not eliminated all business opportunities. As long as there is enough talent, willingness, quality and passion for what one is doing, then everything can flourish even in the most adverse circumstances. This is what New Zealand TV persona Jacquie Hudson believes about Greece. And more particularly about Greek fashion. The Good [...]
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 17 Indigenous Find New Place to Camp But Still Boycott Paniyiri Festival
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05 / 17 Michael Spartels is 2012 ‘Kastellorizian of the Year’
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05 / 17 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Dance to the Rhythm’
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05 / 17 Singapore Airlines to Suspend Services to Abu Dhabi, Athens
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 16 Greek-Australians Exempt from Pension Cuts
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05 / 16 Greek Studies in Australia Gains $450,000
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05 / 16 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Identity in the Sand’ Concert
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05 / 11 South Australia Greek Consulate Forced to Reduce Work Hours Due to Staff Shortage
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05 / 11 Book Released in Australia On the History of Greeks in Asia
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 10 AHEA Organizes 2012 Hellenic Language Awards in Maroubra
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05 / 08 Melbourne Grammar School Opens Its Doors After Renovation
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05 / 10 Public Lecture on the History of Greek Cafés to be Held in Australia
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05 / 08 Boite-style Musical Performances By Greeks To Be Held In May
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05 / 08 Businessman Calls on Greek-Australian Community to Send Greece Medical Aid
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05 / 09 Greek Illustrator Draws the Titanic for National Geographic
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 09 Australia Remembers Writer Nikos Kazantzakis
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