Against all odds, 28-year-old Greek tourist Ioannis (Yiannis) Vidiniotis is walking again following a catastrophic spinal injury sustained at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach in Australia on New Year’s Eve. After striking a sandbank during a family vacation, Vidiniotis was given...
Greek authorities have arrested a 55-year-old Greek-Australian fugitive wanted for a 1999 murder in Sydney, ending a 27-year international manhunt. James Dalamangas, the target of a longstanding Interpol Red Notice, was apprehended in the Peloponnesian town of Aigio, near...
A major police investigation in Brisbane has led to 148 charges of rape and sexual assault being laid against a 74-year-old retired Greek-Australian doctor who had worked as a general practitioner (GP). At least fifteen former patients have already...
Peter Morris, the first Australian federal government minister of Greek descent, died on Sunday, April 26, at the age of 93. Surrounded by his family, the former Labor Party parliamentarian passed away peacefully, leaving behind a great political legacy...
For the first time in decades, the number of Greek-born residents in Australia has slipped below 90,000, falling to roughly 87,000 in 2025. This is a stark contrast to the nearly 140,000 recorded in the mid-1990s.
According to the Australian...
Archbishop Makarios of Australia made the statement that Orthodox Church services should be conducted in Greek to preserve national and spiritual identity.
With the striking words “If the Church loses its Greek identity, then we are in serious trouble. We...
A fossil stored in a museum collection for more than a century has revealed that giant echidnas once lived in Victoria, expanding their known range across Australia.
The specimen belongs to Owen’s giant echidna, known scientifically as Megalibgwilia owenii. This...
Newly documented ancient rock art in northern Australia is offering fresh insight into the long-lost Tasmanian tiger and its presence on the mainland.
The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, was a striped, dog-like marsupial that once lived across...
PM Anthony Albanese issued an official message marking Greek Independence Day 2026, honoring both the historic struggle of Greece for sovereignty and the foundational role the Greek diaspora plays in modern Australia.
Australia's PM Albanese honors a "Great nation born...
Australia and the EU have signed a long-awaited trade agreement focused on critical minerals, supply chain resilience, and closer economic cooperation, bringing eight years of negotiations to an end. Leaders on both sides are presenting the deal as a...
Australia has tightened biosecurity controls on a wide range of products from Greece after foot-and-mouth disease was detected on the island of Lesvos. The measure is already impacting import and export activities linked to Greece's livestock sector.
The Australian Department...
The heart of Melbourne was transformed into a sea of blue and white on Sunday, March 22, as thousands of Greek-Australians gathered for the annual parade marking Greek Independence Day. The event served as the grand finale of nationwide...
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis has postponed his planned official trip to Australia due to the escalating geopolitical crisis in the Middle East, it was made public on Saturday. The visit, originally scheduled to coincide with Greek Independence...
The legendary Patris ship united Greece and Australia in an epic journey between the 1960s and 1970s, transporting tens of thousands of Greeks Down Under.
In the late 1950s, as Greece sought to recover from the devastation of World War...
The Moomba Festival Parade, Melbourne’s largest community celebration, was marked this year by a dispute over the Vergina Sun, a Greek symbol, which a North Macedonian organization was planning to display in their procession, leading them to withdraw from...
