Victoria

Australia is always suffering from uncontrollable fires during the summer season. Just five years ago, on a day remembered as Black Saturday, 173 people lost their lives in a Victoria fire. Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne has teamed up with Frankston Concrete...

The state seat elections of Oakleigh in Victoria, scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 29, have turned into a Greek battle. The district of Oakleigh in Melbourne is home to thousands of Greek-Australians who care about the community and want...

Australian media is far from happy with Greece's National Tourism Organization's (EOT) latest promotion video entitled "Visit Greece: Gods Myths, Heroes" in which an Australian landmark -- the infamous beach of the Twelve Apostles -- is featured. "The Greeks...

Many Greeks in recent years have decided to move to Australia. The financial crisis in Greece and the rise of unemployment has led them to migrate abroad. Australia is one of their top destinations, since it offers a large Greek community. Adding...

A Daniel Andrews Labor Party government will provide $100,000 each year during its first term towards the iconic annual celebration of Hellenic culture. The Greek Community of Melbourne's two-day Glendi in Lonsdale Street at the heart of Melbourne's Greek precinct...

The Labor Party of Victoria has promised to provide 60,000 dollars for the Greek Festival of Oakleigh, if it wins the upcoming state elections. Labor Party leader Daniel Andrews will make the relevant announcement himself this Sunday at the festival,...

Greek-based gaming company Intralot is abandoning its Keno and scratchies business in Victoria and suing the Australian State Government for millions of dollars in losses. In 2007, the Labor government in Australia granted Intralot a 10-year license in the...

The 60th National Convention of AHEPA Australasia concluded on Saturday, October 18, after a week in Australia’s premier wine region, the Barossa Valley. Over 60 delegates from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia joined to elect the 2015 National Lodge...

In a video message, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras thanked Victorian MP Nikos Kotsiras for his contribution in serving Hellenism in Australia. Kotsiras comes from Samaras' hometown Pylos, in the Messini region, in the Peloponnese, Greece. “The politician from Messini has offered a lot...

Greek-Australian company Structural Challenge, from the University of Monash in Melbourne, has been named best architectural company of the year in Victoria and Tasmania by the Australian Institute of Steel Construction. The company was awarded for a pioneering steel construction, not...