by Stamatina Hasiotis
Restoration of Melbourne’s oldest Greek Church Evangelismos will continue into 2018 as work to clean up debris and restore the extensively damaged ceiling continues, according to members of the committee managing the project. Speaking to Neos Kosmos, Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) president Bill Papastergiadis confirmed the contracts to start the restoration…
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Purveyors of Oakleigh’s finest doughnuts, Yani and Nicholas Kabylakis talk to Neos Kosmos about doughnuts that ‘touch people’s hearts’ Working in the hospitality industry was never such a far-fetched idea for the Kabylakis brothers. Born in Oakleigh to a Greek Australian mother and Greek father who migrated to Australia when he was 13, Yani and…
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Fares Fair PTV, a coalition of Victorian university student associations, is working to secure student public transport concessions for full-time postgraduate students. The group claims the concession, which is available to postgraduates in all other states, would be beneficial as postgrads have the same limited earning capacity as undergraduate students. Graduate Student Association (GSA) president…
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Supporters of marriage equality have vowed to continue campaigning after the High Court gave a green light to the same-sex marriage postal vote. Campaigning for the “yes” vote started almost immediately after the decision was handed down on Thursday afternoon, with supporters handing out pamphlets outside the High Court and neighbouring Flagstaff railway station. But the verdict has stirred up…
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This Father’s Day, seven-year-old Max will buy three presents for his three dads. Kids at school often ask Max: “Where’s your mum?” Max says he doesn’t have one. Instead he has a “special lady” who helped his dads have him. “He knows there was an egg donor and there was a surrogate. We’ve explained the…
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When people ask Brett Eagleton if toddler Katie is his granddaughter, he laughs. Katie, who is 20 months old, is his first child. But 59-year-old Mr Eagleton is not fazed by what others might think about his age. “People see that our bond is very strong,” he says. The disability support worker married his long-term partner, Kim, when he was 51. Kim, 36,…
Read MoreWhen it comes to naming Melbourne’s new train stations, commuters are torn between the creative and the bleeding obvious. A competition to name the Metro Tunnel’s five new underground stations has prompted a wide range of suggestions, from the culturally significant to the contemporary (hello ‘Smashed Avo’ station). But Daniel Bowen from the Public Transport…
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Do you use your hand to cover your nose when you sneeze or your mouth when you cough? If so, you’re doing it all wrong. Infection experts say you should use your arm instead. New rules around coughing and sneezing suggest the best way is to use the crook of your arm, or inner elbow,…
Read MoreUpset Fitzroy residents have been petitioning against a large new development planned by Australian Catholic University that they fear will impact on the area’s liveability.
Read MoreTenants of a public housing estate in Collingwood are concerned for their security due to locks not being installed on the main security doors of the apartment blocks.
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