Greek Australian

Greek-Australian journalist, political commentator and author George Megalogenis was shortlisted in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for his work on Australia’s Second Chance. The shortlist was announced by the Australian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley and it includes 21...

The South Australia Weatherill Labor government has decided to cut the Greek Language Maintenance and Development Program, which had been part of the curriculum in 16 schools across the area. The program offered a way for children of the Greek...

The Embassy of Greece in Australia is pleased to announce, on the instructions of the Diplomatic Office of the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, that deputy minister Ioannis Amanatidis will present the Work and Holiday Visa Memorandum of Understanding to...

Greek-Australian businessman John Poulakis, from Coburg, Victoria admitted to falsifying customs documents in order to pay less duty. The 57-year-old man who owns the high-end Melbourne-based men's clothing store Harrolds had been importing suits from Europe, undervaluing their original prices...

Greek-Australian Tom Poursanidis was sentenced to seven years in prison after he duped an elderly man from Melbourne out of 4.92 million dollars, over the course of eight years, reported the Greek Diaspora newspaper Neos Kosmos. The 52-year-old Greek-Australian builder,...

ABC is looking to replace its managing director Mark Scott and several names have been discussed in the process, including Greek-Australian Angelos Frangopoulos, who is currently the CEO of Sky News. The network board is looking to find a...

Greek passenger Kristina Antoniades was traveling with the Australian airline Qantas when she was asked to move seats, so that a married couple could sit together. The 35-year-old lawyer was travelling from Brisbane to Melbourne with her partner and...

Greek Australian professors Christos Pantelis and Dennis Velakoulis from the Neuropsychiatry Centre of Melbourne University decided to find a way to help Greek researchers overcome the difficulties created by the financial crisis. The lack of resources has led Greek...

Design Delta Architects (DDA) owned by Greek-Australian Demetrios Stavropoulos has undertaken the task of constructing Australia’s first Byzantine-style Greek Orthodox monastery on Mangrove Mountain near Sydney. Pantanassa Monastery was first established under the initiative of Archbishop Stylianos back in 1976....

The 5th Greek Student Film Festival, organized under the Melbourne Greek Film Festival came to an end with great success. A large number of students and parents attended the festival on Sunday afternoon, November 1, at the Palace Cinema...