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GREEK TRIBUNE
February 2015
www.greektribune.com.au
Australian News
Passing of Professor
Graeme Hugo AO
One of Australia's
most distinguished
demographers, Professor
Graeme Hugo, has died
at the age of 68 after a
short illness.
Regarded by his
peers and students as
an academic giant, the
University of Adelaide
professor was also
director of the Australian
Migration and Population
Research Centre.
Professor Hugo was
named an Officer of the
Order of Australia for his
services to population
research in 2012.
Premier Jay Weatherill
has expressed his
sadness following the
death of Professor
Graeme Hugo.
“This is an enormous
loss to South Australia
and the nation,” Mr
Weatherill said.
“Mr Hugo was an
international thinker of the
highest calibre and was
greatly respected.
“I regarded him as a
friend and I am deeply
saddened at his passing.”
The Multicultural
Communities Council of
South Australia (MCCSA)
extends our condolences
to the family, friends and
colleagues of Professor
Graeme Hugo AO.
MCCSA President
Helena Kyriazopoulos
said “Graeme was a
devoted and outstanding
individual whose lasting
legacy will continue to
benefit the multicultural sector long into the
Professor Graeme Hugo
future”.
Over the years,
Graeme had worked
closely with South
Australia’s diverse multicultural communities and
his distinguished service
to population research,
particularly the study of
international migration,
population geography and
mobility on both national
and international levels
has been invaluable.
“He was a terrific personality, someone who
tirelessly worked in the
interest of our diverse
community. We have all
benefited from his work
one way or the other; he
will be sadly missed by
many.”
The photo, above,
was taken by the Greek
Tribune, several years
ago in the Riverland,
where the late Hugo carried out a demographic study on the region's
Greek community. More
recently he studied the
migration from other
countries.
Neil Andrew new Chair of the
Murray Darling Basin Authority
The former member
for Wakfield and Speaker
of Australian Parliament
Neil Andrew has been
appointed by the Federal
Government as the new
Chair of the Murray Darling Basin Authority.
Mr Andrew’s four-year
term will commence on
1 February 2015. He
will succeed the current
Chair, Mr Craig Knowles,
who announced in
October that he would
be stepping down from
the role when his current
term expires this month.
The Murray-Darling
Basin Authority, which
is established under the
Water Act 2007, comprises a part-time Chair, a
full-time Chief Executive
and four part-time
Authority members.
The Authority members draw upon their
collective expertise and
experience to oversee
implementation of the
Basin Plan.
The Authority is also
responsible for the operation of the River Murray
system and delivery
of Basin-wide natural
resource management
programmes on behalf of
Basin governments.
Member for Barker,
Tony Pasin, has welcomed the appointment
of Mr Neil Andrew.
“Mr Andrew has
considerable expertise
in both public sector
governance and irrigated agriculture, and
Chairmanship I’m sure
will signal to irrigators
that they are being listened to and that they
can have confidence that
the issues are understood and will be acted
upon in good faith" Mr
Pasin said.
Member for Chaffey
Ti m W h e t s t o n e a l s o
welcomed Mr Andrew's
appointment.
“I look forward to
working closely with Neil
as he continues to oversee the implementation
of the Murray Darling
Basin Plan under the
Murray Darling Basin
Authority”, he said.
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TSIPRAS REFUSES ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS SWEARING IN CEREMONY
Leftist social democrat Tsipras new Greek PM
Syriza, (Coalition of Radical
Left) who have pledged to roll
back austerity and renegotiate Greece’s mammoth debt,
swept to a stunning victory
in the country’s elections on
Sunday.
With 100% of the results in,
official interior ministry results
put Alexis Tsipras’s party on
36%, and 149 seats, just two
seats short of the 151 needed
to form a majority Government
in Greece's 300 member seat
Parliament.
The conservative New
Democracy of outgoing prime
minister Antonis Samaras, won
76 seats on 28%. The neo-nazi Golden Dawn party, had its
vote reduced significantly to
6.2% (17 seats). However it
still managed to gain third party
position. The remaining parties
to enter the Parliament are, the
"Potami" ("River") at 6% and 17
seats, the Communist Party of
Greece at 5.5% and 15 seats,
"Ïndependent Greeks" at 4.75%
and 13 seats and PASOK at
4.7% and 13 seats.
Tsipras forms coalition Government
"Radical Left" leader Alexis
Tsipras has been sworn in on
Monday as Greece's new prime
minister, becoming the youngest man to hold the post in 150
years.
The 40-year-old broke with
tradition and took a secular oath
rather than the Greek Orthodox
religious ceremony with which
prime ministers are usually
sworn in.
Alexis Tsipras has struck
a deal to govern with a fellow
anti-bailout party – the right wing
Independent Greeks.
The combination of Syriza's
149 MPs and the Independent
Greeks' group of 13 will give the
Government a slim majority of
162 seats out of 300.
In a statement to reporters
as he emerged from Syriza's
headquarters on Monday morning, Independent Greeks leader
Panos Kammenos said: “I want
to say, simply, that from this
moment, there is a government.
The Independent Greeks will
give a vote of confidence to the
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
“The aim for all Greeks is to
embark on a new day, with full
sovereignty.”
While Syriza founds its
vision of a new Greece in
socialism, promising to write
o ff n a t i o n a l d e b t , h u g e l y
increase public investment in
services and the welfare state
and raise employment levels,
the Independent Greeks have
taken a more populist stance
by opposing immigration and
multiculturalism and calling for
a greater role for the Orthodox
Church in education.
Antonis Samaras: My
conscience is clear
The austerity imposed by
Greece's international creditors
has cut deep. Unemployment
has soared to 28%, and many
people who still have jobs
have seen drastic decreases in
wages, pensions frozen and the
retirement age pushed back.
After conceding defeat Sun-
The new Greek PM Alexis
Tsipras with Hellenic Republic
President Karolos Papoulias
day, outgoing Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras said his
conscience was clear.
"I got a country on the verge
of ruin. I was asked to try and
save it, and I did it," he said.
"Most people did not believe we
could stand strong, but we did."
However, he served just
over half of his term.
Bright future for recreational fishing in SA Sour grapes may
A new plan has been dev- great fishing spots, this plan
RecFish SA Executive
rot eventually
eloped to ensure the sustain- is aimed at ensuring South member and spokesperson
able growth of recreational
fishing in South Australia.
Agriculture, Food and
Fisheries Minister Leon Bignell
launched RecFish SA’s A Better
Future for Recreational Fishing
in South Australia 2014-2018.
The strategic plan has
been developed by RecFish
SA in partnership with affiliated
organisations including Recreational Fishing Committees,
angling clubs, the fishing tackle
industry and fishing media.
The document sets out
initiatives to improve recreational fishing into the future.
Minister Leon Bignell
welcomed the plan, recognising
the importance of the recreational fishing sector to the
State’s economy with more
than 236,000 South Australians
fishing recreationally in
2007/08.
“No matter whether you go
out and fish every weekend
or just wet a line during the
holidays in some of the state’s
Fr Marinakis
passes away
The Greek Orthodox
Community of SA lost one of its
most cherished members, father
Athanasios Marinakis who died
in Adelaide on 31 December
aged 83.
Father Athanasios Marinakis
was born in Athens in 1931.
He was ordained as a priest
in 1962. Initially he served in
Melbourne and in 1969 he
moved to Adelaide where he
joined the Greek Orthodox
Community of SA.
Father Marinakis served for
many decades at the Cathedral
of Archangels Gabriel and
Michael in Franklin street.
However, his services to the
community extended beyond his
church duties and offered settlement services to new migrants
who were settling into the community particularly in the '60s
and 70's. He also supported
the needy and those who were
faced with financial and legal
issues.
Father Marinakis was
appointed a Member of the
Order of Australia in 1988 for his
services to the Greek community.
His funeral was held on
5 January at the Cathedral of
Archangels Gabriel and Michael,
attended by hundreds of community members, representa-
Australians continue to enjoy a
high quality recreational fishing
experience,” he said.
“The State Government
supports recreational fishing
in South Australia through
funding for RecFish SA
and associated fisheries
management, research and
compliance programs.
“In last year’s State Budget
we allocated a further $3.25
million during the next three
years for recreational fishing
initiatives including an artificial
reef trial, a small grants
scheme, and improved access
to reservoirs for fishing.
“We’ve also started
work on designing a stock
enhancement program for
Murray cod in the River Murray.
“I congratulate RecFish
SA and their partners for
their great work to identifying
key opportunities to ensure
a sustainable future for
recreational fishing in our
state.”
David Ciaravolo said the
recreational fishing sector
provided enormous social and
economic benefits to South
Australia.
“I am pleased that we
(RecFish SA) have been able
to come up with a plan which
identifies steps to help ensure
a sustainable future, maintain
access, improve experiences
and enhance opportunities for
recreational fishers,” he said.
“Areas we have focused on
include resourcing, enhancing,
and increasing angler input
into the management of our
recreational fisheries. The
other key area for RecFish
SA, to come out of the plan,
is to expand engagement at
the grass-roots level with
recreational fishers and we
have a new constitution on the
way to facilitate this”
The plan is available to
download at www.recfishsa.
com.au/strategic-plan
Last season, the wineries cut the
wine grape prices by up to 50 per cent.
This season, growers knew for quite
a while now, that the prices would
continue to decline. In fact, the prices
paid by the wineries at the moment
are not covering the cost of production
and one wonders how are many of the
Riverland growers still in business...
On top of everything else, the midJanuary rains of up to 60mm in the
Riverland region, have resulted to
some botrytis (bunch rot) infections.
A serious rot outbreak is imminent,
particularly if there is another significant
rain event in the next month or so.
Community Life
Historic Photo: The late Constantinos Maniskas (seated, second from right), General Secretary of the Historic Executive
Committee of the 1960 era. Also in the photo, the late President
Milton Hatzivasiliou, the late Fr. Stylianos Stenos and the late
office secretary Antigone Vassos
tives of the State Government
and Opposition, representatives
of many Greek community associations and other individuals
who respected Father Marinakis
and acknowledge his contribution to the South Australian
community. Father Marinakis will
be survived by his wife Angeliki
and his three children, Gerry,
Diamanti and Panayiota.
Historic community leader dies
Another prominent member of
the Greek Orthodox Community
of SA, Constaninos Maniskas
passed away on December 13,
2014. He was 90 years of age.
Constantinos Maniskas was
born in Castellorizo, Greece, in
1925 and migrated to Adelaide
with his parents in 1927 aged 2.
During the Second World War,
he joined the Royal Australian
Airforce and took part in many
missions in the Pacific Ocean,
fighting on the side of the allies
against the forces of the fascist
Axis.
After the war, he joined the
Greek Orthodox Community
of SA, the only Greek Orthodox
Community association in South
Australia at the time. He was also
an active member of the Olympic
Soccer Club.
During that time, Maniskas
completed an economics degree
and was later appointed at the
Australian Taxation Office.
In 1960 when the conflict
broke out between the Greek
Orthodox Community of SA and
the ecumenical patriarchate
of Istanbul, Maniskas was the
General Secretary of the GOCSA
committee which was "excommunicated" because they refused to
meet the demands of the church
hierarchy.
Constantinos Maniskas loved
the country where he lived as well
as the country where he was born
and he honoured both. He served
the GOCSA actively for 70 years
and during the difficult years of
the mass migration, he was one
of the strongest supporters of new
migrants from Greece and Cyprus
trying to settle in Adelaide.
His Funeral was conducted
on January 7 in the Cathedral of
Michael and Gabriel.
Greek Tribune
"Παροικιακό Βήμα", Φεβρουάριος 2015
Cultural, social and political events in South Australia
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At the Greek Orthodox Community of SA (GOCSA) blessing of the waters
ceremony at Henley Square, were, from left, the Community President Bill
Gonis, Paul Caica MP, Attorney General John Rau representing Premier Jay
Weatherill, Steve Siotis who retrieved the cross, Charles Sturt Mayor Angela
Keneally, former MP Steve Georganas and David Ridgway MLC representing the Leader of the Opposition Stephen Marshall .
The Governor of South Australia Hieu Van Le and Mrs Le,
attended the Blessing of the Waters Festival of the Greek
Orthodox Community of South Australia at Henley Square.
Mr and Mrs Le also attended a similar event held by the
Greek Archdiocese at the Glenelg Jetty on the same day
LEFT: The blessing of
the waters ceremony on
the Henley Jetty, by the
Metropolitan of Adelaide
Chrysostomos.
RIGHT: The Governor of
South Australia Hieu Van
Le and Mrs Le and the
Chair of the South Australian Multicultural and
Ethnic Affairs Commission Grace Portolesi met
with GOCSA volunteers
who were preparing
loukoumades at the
Henley Square.
RIGHT: Children of the
GOCSA Dance Academy performed at the
Blessing of the Waters
Festival at Henley
Square.
How are the Greek people coping with draconian
Government measures to beat
the country’s economic crisis?
Here is a book that delves
deep and discovers more
than sandy beaches, delectable food, wines and salads. It
exposes the passions, feuds
and exuberance of the islanders of Paradisaki. It charms,
captivates and maybe even
shocks the reader as it looks
in on the warm, earthy inhabitants and joins in the fun,
the laughter and the tears. It
cheers them on as they fight,
using all their wits to survive
the political climate.
The story follows Apollo
and Hortensia, two island
donkeys owned by the sadistic Aristides whom Apollo has
named Arsie. The reader sees
everything through their eyes
NEW BOOK
Straight from the Donkey’s Mouth
as they go with Arsie on his
rounds, the rabid tax evasion,
the manipulation of EU grants,
every tactic the islanders
can think of as they struggle
against new taxes that have
wiped out their savings and
mortgaged their future earnings. But will Apollo be able
to save himself and Hortensia,
and another farmer from
Arsie’s cruel plans?
It follows Peter and Serena,
newcomers amongst the
islanders, an English couple
who are drowning in a sea of
bureaucracy as they try to start
a business. Will they make it?
This is a story about a serious, current situation – but it
is told with a light touch and
a hefty sprinkling of humour.
GREEK ORTHODOX
COMMUNITY OF SA
Greek language for
mature aged students
The Community has successfully provided instruction in the Greek language
to mature aged students
over the past several years
and is pleased to continue
to offer classes for those
interested in learning and/
or improving their language
skills in Modern Greek.
The following classes
will be offered in 2015:
Advanced Level Group every Monday, 6:30 – 8:00
pm, starts 2th February
2015
Intermediate Level
Group - every Wednesday,
6:30 – 8:00 pm, starts 4th
February 2015
Beginner Level Group every Thursday, 6:30 – 8:00
pm starts 5th February
2015
Should you wish to study
the Greek language, we
invite you to complete and
forward a student enrolment form that can be
downloaded from our website:
www.gocsa.org.au to the
Schools Coordinator.
For further information or
clarifications, please contact the Schools Office on
82314307 or at himot@
gocsa.org.au.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER
AUSTRALIA DAY 2015
Today, across our continent, families and communities will celebrate the
ties that bind us, the values that sustain us and
the nation that we have
become.
Modern Australia has
an Aboriginal heritage, a
British foundation and a
multicultural character.
On Australia Day, we
honour our ancestors
who were custodians of
this ancient continent; we
pay tribute to our forefathers who enshrined freedom, fairness and unity
in Australia’s Constitution;
and we reaffirm our commitment to make Australia
a beacon of hope and
optimism in an uncertain
world.
To be an Australian is
to win the lottery of life!
We can’t rest on our
laurels and all have a part
to play in sustaining a
nation that is strong and
prosperous, free and fair.
Today, thousands of
new Australian citizens
will take the pledge to
live our values and join
our team, following in the
footsteps of our first modern migrants who arrived
on 26 January 1788.
This year we will commemorate the centenary
of the Gallipoli campaign.
I hope all Australians will
participate in some way.
We will also continue
working towards completing our Constitution
by recognising the first
Australians. A spirit of
generous inclusion has
always marked our nation
at its best.
Today, we celebrate
the history that has made
us who we are; the country that we love and the
values and institutions
that underpin it.
I wish all Australians a
happy Australia Day!
The Hon Tony Abbott MP
Prime Minister of Australia
CYPRUS in a DEEP ABYSS
LEFT: Steve Siotis posing for the Greek Tribune
with a big smile after
successfully retrieving
the cross from the Henley waters.
By Eleni Trataris Cotton
“Greek Tribune”, February 2015
That is because it is in the
nature of the Greek people
never to lose hope and never
to be defeated. Whatever the
physical reality is, their hearts
and minds fly free, always
ready to meet the challenges
of a new day.
This tail delves deeply into
the lives and passions of the
inhabitants of the Greek island
of Paradisaki. Among them
are an English couple, Peter
and Serena, who are struggling through a sea of bureaucracy to make a living. Two
donkeys, Apollo (brown) and
Hortensia (grey) belong to the
sadistic Aristides, whom they
have named Arsie, and they
tell the readers what goes on
under cover of darkness.....
Times are hard, the politicians are famed for their corruptive practices and taxation
is stripping the population of
their savings, their earnings
and their jobs. But are they
downhearted? Are they listless
and defeated? No, not at all!
The story tells of their exceptional courage, their pursuit of
fun and festivities, the tragedies and the heartaches and
their refusal to be beaten.
Will the people outwit
the state and its draconian demands? Will Peter and
Serena get their licence to
operate a business? Will
Apollo and Hortensia be
able to save themselves and
Eleftheris, a kind farmer, from
Arsie’s evil plans............
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GREEK ORTHODOX
COMMUNITY OF SA
Greek High School
Classes in 2015
Dear Parents, Guardians,
and students,
We are happy to
inform you that in 2015 the
Community will be offering the
following classes in Modern
Greek at secondary school
level.
High School Class for
Year 7 - Year 9 students Saturday, 9:00 am – 12:00
noon (From 7th February
2015 @ Adelaide High
S c h o o l , W e s t Te r r a c e ,
Adelaide)
High School Classes
for MODERN GREEK
CONTINUERS: SACE
STAGE 1 and STAGE 2;
available to all eligible Year 10
- Year 12 students - Saturday,
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
(From 7th February 2015 @
Adelaide High School, West
Terrace, Adelaide)
We invite parents who
would like to enrol their
child(ren) in one of the above
secondary level classes in
2015, to visit our website at
www.gocsa.org.au and either
use the on-line enrolment or
download a student enrolment
form, complete, then return
to the Schools Coordinator at
[email protected]
For further information
or clarifications, please contact the Schools Coordinator
on 8231 4307 or email us at
[email protected]
“Come…come said the
spider to the fly. Let me
wrap you up in a cocoon
and I will poison your soul
and then devour your body
bit-by-bit until there is no
more”.
And so Cyprus finds
itself in a political cocoon.
The Anastasiade's government honeymoon is
over and the country is in
a worse political dilemma
than ever before; it’s as if
we are jumping from one
frying pan straight into
another. Except for empty
promises, the government
has been unable to avert
the social and economic disaster that’s looming
across the country. Duped
by friends and foes it keeps
making errors of judgment and falls straight into
political traps; traps that
will possibly destroy the
Republic as we know it.
Politicians act similarly to the allegory of the
frogs: Frogs happily swim
in a pond ignorant of the
fact that outside forces are
gradually increasing the
water temperature until
they become so lethargic
and bloated, they have
no more strength to jump
out to save their skin and
are therefore scorched to
death.
Cyprus finds itself in
similar murky situations
with no room to escape;
government failure (or
refusal) to foresee the barrage of traps set for them
by outsiders has brought
about the present disaster
– not forgetting our homegrown corruption big time
and petty-Kommatokratia.
Adding to our problems, the decision by Total
Energy to withdraw its gas
exploration form our AOZ is
also sending mixed political
and economic messages to
the world; it was certainly
not an economic decision!
No company invests millions to simply walk away.
A b a n kru pt n ati on ,
Cyprus today, it’s in a
deep political abyss and
cocooned into a state of
boil.
As expected, outsiders are now tightening the screws against
Cyprus for the abolition
of the Republic – a two
state-solution it’s the ultimate goal! Unless the
government starts to put
the country’s interests
first beyond political party
dogmatism and introduces an active offensive policy there is no hope in the
world out of the present
abyss, but for that to happen Cyprus needs statesmanship!
The nation may well be
asleep but it’s certainly not
dead yet!
Andreas C Chrysafis
Paphos, Cyprus
Russia continues to seek
Cyprus military base
Moscow is interested in
a potential agreement with
Cyprus for military facilitation on the island, the
country`s Ambassador in
Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy
has confirmed. President
Anastasiades is expected
to visit Moscow next month.
According to the Cyprus
News Agency, Osadchiy
said that at the present
stage, Moscow`s consultations with the Cypriot
Foreign Ministry concern
the preparation of bilateral
agreements to be signed
during Anastasiades` visit.
It was reported last
year that the Russian military were given full use of
a Cypriot airbase and the
main port at Limassol.
In January 2014, the
Ministry of Defence in
Nicosia said the use of the
Paphos airbase would be
only used for ‘emergency
scenarios’ and humanitari-
President Anastasiades will
visit Moscow in February
an missions, but the move
highlighted growing co-operation between Russia
and Cyprus.
As it stands, a Russian
presence in the region is
only made possible by the
survival of the Assad government, with Moscow still
hanging on to their personnel from the naval base in
Tartus.
(source: CNA)