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Four Greek-Australians won seats in the Australian Parliament. The Greek Labor MP, Maria Vamvakinou was elected in the seat of Calwell in Victoria. In the Senate, Nick Xenophon was triumphantly reelected in South Australia, while Senator Arthur Sinodinos, who has...

The Greek presence in the Australian parliament may be less after Saturday's election. It is almost certain that Steve Georganas, MP of the Labor Party in the Hindmarsh seat of Adelaide, will not be elected. The Greek Labor MP, Maria...

This is the first time in the history of Australian politics that the government formed by the new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, may include two Greek ministers, Athanasios Synodinos and Sophia Panopoulou - Mirabela. The new Prime Minister may assign...

In the September 7 federal election for the 150 House of Representatives and the 40 Senate seat vacancies throughout Australia, 18 Greek and Cypriot Australian candidates from all political parties are asking for the vote of the Australian people. In...

Greek-Australian senator Nick Xenophon continues to be in the political foreground, as the campaign for the elections of September 7 peaks. This time Xenophon and the Victorian Democratic Labor Senator John Madigan paid $ 5,366 each in order to buy...

South Australian independent Senator, Nick Xenophon, is one of the most powerful  politicians of the Australian political scene, as his vote determines whether a draft law is rejected or voted. Xenophon, who was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Greek...

A storm of political reactions have been triggered by the federal government's decision to grant five million dollars to soundproof St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Thebarton of Adelaide, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox Community of Adelaide and...

Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, of Greek descent, appealed to the Supreme Court of Malaysia, demanding the removal of the decision with which he was banned from entering the country. Senator Xenophon claims that the government’s decision to...

On Feb. 16, the Malaysian authorities prevented Senator Nick Xenophon from entering the country, as according to them he posed "some form of security threat" and so had to be deported immediately. According to the Herald Sun, Senator Xenophon was...

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce will go through a special Senate inquiry by the end of the month after recent developments and the respective proposal of the independent Greek-Australian Senator Nick Xenophon.  Joyce will be asked to provide explanations for...