GREEK TRIBUNE
January 2015
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Australian News
New public dental clinic
to open in 2017
T h e
S t a t e
Government has
announced a new partnership agreement with
the University of Adelaide
to secure an integrated
public dental service and
dental school for the next
30 years.
The agreement was
reached following an
extensive proposal process, which was made
available to all higher
education providers in
June 2014 and resulted
in two high quality submissions.
Health Minister Jack
Snelling said the historic
partnership would deliver improved public dental
services for the community and better facilities for
students and staff.
“This agreement will
see the construction of a
new 90-chair dental clinic within the University of
Adelaide’s new clinical
building situated at the
SA Health and Biomedical
Precinct,” Mr Snelling
said.
“The new clinic,
expected to open in July
2017, will sit alongside
the new Royal Adelaide
Hospital and SAHMRI,
and will ensure dental
services are an integral
part of this emerging
health hub.
“The clinic will provide
state-of-the-art dental
SA Health Minister
Jack Snelling
facilities where students
can complete their training alongside skilled dental experts, and the public
can access high quality
dental care.
The University of
Adelaide Vice-Chancellor
and President Warren
Bebbington said the deal
would reinforce the university's position as a
national leader in dental
education and research.
“Clearly the State
Government values our
School of Dentistry, one
of the two highest-ranked
in Australia, and recognises the unique role that
the University of Adelaide
plays in providing public
dental care.
"The school will also
modify its current clinical
practice model to provide
an enhanced year-round
New Duck and quail hunting
open seasons announced
Due to significant
drying of wetlands and
reductions of waterfowl
numbers in the eastern
states, the duck and quail
open seasons will be
restricted in 2015.
The duck hunting season will open on Saturday
14 February 2015 and
close on Sunday 28 June
2015. There will be a total
bag limit of 10 ducks per
hunter, per day.
S u s t a i n a b i l i t y,
Environment and
Conservation Minister Ian
Hunter said the length
of the hunting season
and the bag limits were
based on research into
environmental conditions
and waterfowl numbers
across South Australia
and the South-East of the
country.
“Good climatic
conditions along the
Riverland, the Coorong
and Southeast in 2014
have provided habitat for
nomadic ducks travelling in from across eastern Australia,” Mr Hunter
said.
“The blue-winged
shoveler will be excluded
from the game list in 2015
because it remains a
species of concern to the
conservation and hunting
community, despite showing an increase in numbers in recent years.
“Hardhead ducks will
also be excluded from
the game list because
data shows that populations are below levels that
would support sustainable
hunting.”
The quail hunting season will be open across
the state from Saturday
4 April 2015 until Sunday
30 August 2015, with a
bag limit of 25 Stubble
quail per hunter, per day.
There will be no hunting in Bool Lagoon Game
Reserve or Bucks Lake
Game Reserve due to
environmental conditions.
In recent years, firearms legislation has been
changed and hunting
regulations have been
tightened to ensure all
duck hunters meet stringent conditions, including passing a waterfowl
identification test, using
non-toxic shot and complying with the Standards
for the Humane
Destruction of Birds by
Shooting.
All hunters with a
current open-season
endorsed hunting permit
are accredited under this
system.
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ADELAIDE
A taxi industry leader at the helm of the Greek Community
A Taxi industry leader is the
new President of the Greek
Orthodox Community of SA, following an election which took
place on 7 December at the
St Mary's College in Adelaide,
opposite the Cathedral of
Archangels Michael and Gabriel.
Speaking to the Greek
Tribune, Mr Gonis said his parents came to Australia from the
Peloponnesus region during the
mass Greek migration era, in
1956.
"Like many other migrants,
my parents worked hard to
make ends meet, often two jobs
and shift -work to provide for us
and to make a new life. Their
educational opportunities were
limited but they never ever gave
up in learning to speak English",
Mr Gonis said.
"My parents taught me the
importance of values, about
work ethic, above all to respect
others and to recognise and
appreciate differences in people
and in the world".
"I look forward to working
with the GOCSA and the broader community, to refocus our
strengths and energy. We must
strive to achieve common goals
and interests and to re-establish
our links with the community, in
particular engaging our youth",
Mr Gonis said.
Currently, Bill is working for
the South Australian Department
of Planning, Transport and
Infrastructure (DPTI) and is the
manager of the Accreditation
and Licensing Centre.
Bill has been awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia
(OAM) for service to the South
Australian taxi and transport
industry, and to the Greek community.
Other elected Executive
Committee members are,
Peter Ppiros (Vice President)
Andrew Stathopoulos (General
Secretary) Dimitris Dimopoulos
(Assistant Secretary) Carlene
Vasilakis-Starr (Treasurer) Steve
Angelis (Assistant Treasurer)
and members George Daniel,
Tony Marinos, John Ninos,
Paul Demetriou, Ismini
Spyroglou, George Vasilias,
Asterios Keliouris, Elisabeth
G e o r g a k o p o u l o s , Va s i l i o s
Kalaboyias, Elli Speis and Chloe
Germanos-Kourakis.
Elected Executive Committee
members are volunteers who
oversee the functioning of the
oldest and largest Greek association in SA, formed in 1930,
in the provision of a variety
of services to the local community. The Greek Orthodox
Community of SA, manages the
Ridleyton Greek Home for the
elderly, several Greek churches, the Olympic Hall in the City
and several smaller halls, runs
Greek language classes attended by hundreds of primary and
high school children, music and
dance academies and manages several community services
for the community including the
youth, the elderly and the disabled. The GOCSA also holds
Australian Multicultural
Council members announced
Federal Minister for Social
Services Kevin Andrews and
Parliamentary Secretary
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
announced the new members
of the Australian Multicultural
Council.
Mr Andrews said the
Government’s support for the
Council confirmed its commitment to a multicultural Australia
and to building a stronger
Australian community.
“The Council will advise the
Government on ways to sustain and support socially cohesive communities, to ensure all
Australians have the opportunity to participate, engage and
contribute to Australian life,” he
said.
“It will examine ways to further harness the economic and
social benefits of our Nation’s
cultural and linguistic diversity
and advise on how we can promote social cohesion by fostering the successful integration of migrants into the broad
Australian community.
George Str. Festival
A dance stage, chairs and
tables, live music and singing,
family atmosphere, food stalls,
dessert corners and drink bars
replaced trucks, cars and busy
clients on George Street at
Thebarton over the weekend
of 13 and 14 December as
the best Greek party came to
town.
All this as part of the 4th
George Street Festival which
yet again became the hub for
partying Greek-style, proudly presented by the Greek
Orthodox Community of South
Australia.
Saturday 13 and Sunday
14 December, the popular business strip turned
Hellenic drawing thousands of
Adelaideans who came along
to enjoy the best of Greek
food, culture and hospitality.
The two-day festival featured anything from popular
dishes and delicacies such as
saganaki, yiros, and pies, to
summer drinks, café frappes,
even fruit salads for the more
health conscious and an array
of traditional desserts.
On the entertainment side
of things, an array of dance
and music groups kept the
stage busy throughout the
weekend offering a cultural
experience like no other.
Greek dancers from the
Community’s Dance Academy,
“The Australian Government
is committed to ensuring that
all people have the opportunity to participate fully in our
society with a strong emphasis
on responsibilities as well as
rights.” Mr Andrews said.
“At the same time, it is
important for all Australians
to take pride in our common
citizenship and reflect on the
importance of being Australian.”
“The principles of citizenship remain an overriding loyalty to Australia and its people, a
shared belief in our democratic
process, respect for rights and
liberties of others and a commitment to uphold and obey
Australia’s laws.”
Senator Fierravanti-Wells
said Australia has been a great
multicultural success story and
advisory bodies such as the
Australian Multicultural Council
play a valuable role.
“Leaders from Australian
business and civil society, all
with an interest in multicultural policy, comprise the new
Council,” she said.
The Council members are:
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
C h a i r, D r B u l e n t H a s s
Dellal OAM, Ms Helena
Kyriazopoulos, Ms Faiza
Rehman, Mr Vasan Srinivasan
and Ms Charlotte Vidor.
Members will serve threeyear terms on the Council.
The new Chair, a former
Adelaide resident, Dr Ozdowski
has served as the Australian
Human Rights Commissioner
and Disability Discrimination
Commissioner from 20002005. He has also headed
the Office of Multicultural and
International Affairs in South
Australia for five years, and
since 2006 is the President
of the Australian Council for
Human Rights Education.
Helena Kyriazopoulos, of
Adelaide, is an Access and
Equity Unit Coordinator for
Alzheimers Australia and is currently Chair of the Multicultural
Communities’ Council of South
Australia.
a large number of social and
cultural events and celebrates
all the important national and
religious events on the Greek
calendar. To do all that, the
GOCSA, has a work force of
several hundred permanent and
part time employees.
Opposition MP
visits the Riverland
Hosted by Member for Chaffey,
Tim Whetstone, Shadow Minister
for Higher Education, Science and
Information Economy, Families and
Child Protection, Social Housing and
Volunteers and Youth, Ms Rachel
Sanderson has conducted a two-day
tour across the Riverland and Mallee
on 15 and 16 December where she
met with higher education providers
and volunteers and discussed issues
around youth, families and homelessness. Barriers to volunteering and the
increasing demand for social housing
across the Riverland and Mallee were
discussed during the visit.
Community Life
Amongst the official guests at the George Street Festival, were,
the Minister for Multicultural Affairs Zoe Bettison, David Pisoni MP,
Matt Williams MP, the Speaker of SA Parliament Michael Atkinson,
Minister Jennifer Rankine and GOCSA President Bill Gonis
a Bollywood Dance group and
Ukrainian dancers took spectators on a multicultural journey with their music, dance
routines and colourful costumes.
Meanwhile Acropolis Live
band set off the party by playing popular Greek tunes on
both days.
All the way from
Melbourne, singer Kaliroy
The newly elected President of
the GOCSA Bill Gonis
along with Angelo Tzovaras
palying the clarinet were
the highlight of the Festival
as they performed non-stop
Greek hits drawing dance
enthusiasts to the dance floor
until late in the evening.
On Saturday night the official opening started just after
6.30pm with a number of official guests attending.
Amongst them, The Hon
Zoe Bettison, Minister for
Multicultural Affairs representing the Premier
of South Australia Hon
Jay Weatherill, The Hon
Jennifer Rankine, Minister
for Education, The Hon
Michael Atkinson, Speaker
of the House of Assembly
and Member for Croydon,
Mr David Pisoni, Shadow
Minister for Multicultural
Affairs and Member for Unley,
Mr Matt Williams, Federal
Member for Hindmarsh, Mr
Norman Schueler, representing Ms Grace Portolesi,
Chair of the South Australian
Multicultural and Ethnic
Affairs Commission, Mr John
Trainer, Mayor of the City
of West Torrens, Mr Steve
Georganas, former Federal
Member for Hindmarsh and
the Community newly elected
President Mr Bill Gonis.
On Sunday afternoon
members of the Festival’s
organising committee conducted the raffle draw where
one lucky winner became
$1000 richer after winning the
first prize which was an anonymous cash donation.
The Festival wrapped up
on Sunday night after a successful weekend where thousands of people went through
its doors having enjoyed the
best Greek event of summer
in South Australia.
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The Greek Orthodox Community of SA held its annual Christmas Dinner,
at the Olympic Hall, dedicated to the volunteers and supporters of the
Community. At the dinner were, from left, the Speaker of the South Australian
Parliament Michael Atkinson, David Pisoni MP, Mayor of West Torrens John
Trainer and the new President of the GOCSA.
Minister Tom Koutsantonis, Professor for Modern Greek
studies at the Flinders University Michael Tsianikas and
Chief Justice Chris Kourakis attended the reception given
by Premier Jay Weatherill at the Stamford Plaza Hotel to
farewell the Greek Counsel General Christos Maniakis
Grivas who is due to return to Athens in mid January
LEFT: Minister Zoe Bettison, Steve Georganas,
Premier Jay Weatherill,
Cypriot Community
President Chris Ioannou,
West Torrens Councillors Arthur Mangos and
George Demetriou and
the President of the
Pan-Macedonian Association George Genimahaliotis at the farewell
reception for the Greek
Counsel General.
As Greek population
around the world gears up for
Christmas, the most popular food website in Greece has
translated hundreds of its tastiest recipes and launched cooklikegreeks.com. You can find
Melomakarona, Kourabiedes,
Vasilopita and many more traditional Christmas recipes that will
please everyone and bring the
taste of Greek Christmas to your
kitchen.
“There isn’t a Greek family that doesn’t love the taste of
home, and cooklikegreeks.com
brings all those colours, flavours
and recipes right into their kitchen, no matter how far away they
are,” says Stella Tsala, of cooklikegreeks.com.
Authentic Greek recipes
are guaranteed, as they are a
direct translation from Greece’s
favourite foodie website sintag"Find an agreement
amongst yourselves (concerning the resumption of the
negotiations) and then call on
me". This was the statement
made by the UN SecretaryGeneral's Special Advisor
on the Cyprus problem Mr.
Eide after his meeting with
President Anastasiades.
This statement can also be
interpreted as the end of the
international organisation's
efforts for a resumption of the
inter-communal talks.
There is no doubt whatsoever that the suspension
of the negotiations was provoked by Turkey's illegal
actions against the Republic
of Cyprus. Furthermore,
there is no doubt that
Turkey through its provocative actions is aiming to
turn the issue of natural gas
from a sovereign right of the
Republic of Cyprus to a problem between Greek Cypriots
and Turkish Cypriots. The
statement of Turkish Prime
Minister Mr. Davutoglu was
clear "The Greek Cypriot
side (he means the Republic
of Cyprus) is attempting to
monopolise the exploitation of the island's natural
resources".
Quite rightly therefore the
President and all the political
forces rejected the possibility
espareas.gr, a unique platform
built entirely by a dedicated and
growing community of Greeks,
cooking in their own homes and
then sharing their recipes and
photos on the website.
“These are real recipes
from real people,” says Stella
“Grandma’s secret recipe is right
here, but we also have hundreds
of modern Greek dishes as well,
so there is something for everyone’s plate.”
The Greek diet, also known
as the Mediterranean diet, is
famous as one of the healthiest
diets in the world; with numerous medical studies showing it
reduces heart disease, obesity
and related illness.
“You don’t have to be Greek
to enjoy eating healthily,” says
Stella, “and through the website
our community of home cooks
can help and inspire you.”
Austerity curbed human rights
in Greece, report says
Austerity measures adopted as a result of the economic
crisis have adversely impacted human rights, including
the rights to work and health,
according to a report released
last week by the International
Federation for Human Rights
(FIDH). The report was published together with the
Hellenic League for Human
Rights (HLHR).
Based on research conducted in January 2014, the
report noted that national
and international institutions,
including the EU and its member states, had ignored the
impact that certain policies
were bound to have on society
during the crisis.
The report’s conclusions
reach beyond Greece, and
apply to other south European
states that have been assist-
COMMENTARY ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CYPRUS
And Now What?
By Stefanos Stefanou - Member of the Political Bureau of AKEL,
former Government Spokesman
of the natural gas becoming
an inter-communal problem.
They also correctly supported
that negotiations cannot take
place with threats and blackmails being issued.
There is unanimity up to
this point. Form then onwards
the disagreements begin as
is the case every time, when
the "we won't" end and when
we must undertake initiatives
by submitting concrete proposals.
Who does the stalemate
and deadlock suit? It suits
and favours all those seeking or those whose interests
are served by the partition of
Cyprus, Turkey first and foremost. For Cyprus, partition
forebodes new adventures
and the possibility of the
blessing of natural gas being
transformed into a curse.
Consequently, the Greek
Cypriot side cannot limit
itself just to what it rejects. It
must, or better still, should
already have undertaken initiatives for creating the preconditions for the resumption
of the negotiations. If this in
the end is not attainable, at
least no one should apportion
responsibilities on it for ensuing developments.
In view of this critical situation that has evolved, AKEL
has urged the President of
the Republic to formulate and
submit proposals which decisively nullify Turkey's allegations and at the same time,
to channel the international
community's initiatives in the
correct direction. AKEL has
submitted to the President a
package of concrete proposals for the fulfillment of two
goals:
First, the need to strengthen and substantiate the
Greek Cypriot side's position
that it is ready, with the solution of the Cyprus problem,
to cooperate with the Turkish
Cypriot community for the
management of the natural
resources and to share the
revenues that will stem from
their exploitation.
Second, to underline our
side's readiness, with the
solution of the Cyprus problem, to cooperate with Turkey
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A MESSAGE FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER
A lot of good things
have happened in 2014.
The boats have
stopped, the carbon tax
is gone, red tape is being
cut, free trade agreements have been finalised and the largest roads
programme ever is now
underway.
Since the end of last
year, over 160,000 new
jobs have been created
– and this is helping families and small businesses
right around Australia.
But we’ve also listened
to the Australian people.
This week, we
announced changes to
ensure that Medicare is
sustainable for the long
term while also protecting
the vulnerable.
GPs will have the
option of charging those,
like me, who can afford to
pay up to $5.
But bulk billing will
be protected for children
under 16, for pensioners,
concession card holders,
veterans, and for people
in nursing homes and
other aged care accom-
modation.
Te n y e a r s a g o
Medicare was costing us
$8 billion, it's now costing
$20 billion. In a decade,
it will be costing us some
$34 billion.
That’s why the
Government is acting now
to protect Medicare for
the long term.
We’re also acting to
improve child care and
parental leave.
Australian families are
doing their best to juggle
work, family life and child
care.
So we’re developing a
comprehensive plan that
will both deliver a parental
leave scheme which really helps families as well
as deliver more affordable
and more accessible child
care.
The Government is listening and it’s delivering.
Our policies are creating jobs, helping families
and bringing the Budget
back under control.
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister
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“Greek Tribune”, January 2015
ed financially due to the recession.
Strict targets for deficit
and debt reduction set by the
country’s lenders were accomplished through cuts to public
expenditure, including in the
healthcare sector, “without any
consideration for the need to
preserve minimum levels and
meet minimum core obligations
with respect to those rights,”
said the report.
Meeting financial targets
also led to major cuts in the
public sector’s employment as
well as to unemployment in
general.
The report also highlighted
the rise of neo-Nazi Golden
Dawn and the government's
decision to shut down public
broadcaster ERT in summer
2013.
in the field of energy and natural gas.
U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e
President of the Republic
instead of opting for a
pro-active policy that will
give the initiative of actions
to the Republic of Cyprus
has opted for inertia which
harbours dangers. The
President didn’t even dare
proceed to the self-evident,
that is to say to put forth the
very important convergences that were agreed by
the former President of the
Republic Mr. D. Christofias
with Mr. Talat and Eroglu on
the critical issues of the maritime zones, natural resources (including that of natural
gas) and the distribution of
the federal revenues (including the revenues from the
natural gas).
At this very crucial juncture for the Cyprus problem
the President of the Republic
has demonstrated fearfulness. However, developments are worrying and the
prospects menacing. The
President is called upon to,
even at this stage, to assume
his responsibilities and do
what he himself on various
occasions likes to declare: to
be useful, instead of popular
- before it is too late.
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