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Mr Abbott and his chief advisor met members of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria Board (GOCMV) on Thursday 18 October 2012.

The GOCMV thanked Mr Abbott for his bipartisan support of the recent Federal Government grant of $2M towards the new 14 Level GOCMV Cultural Centre to be built on Lonsdale Street. The GOCMV provided a quick synopsis of the progress of the project.

President Bill Papastergiadis and Board members Kostas Tsoubakos and Nick Parthimos then discussed a number of issues with Mr Abbott

which affect Greek Australians.

Mr Abbott stated that the issues and needs of the Greek Community that the GOCMV raised were reasonable and committed to further meetings between the GOCMV and Mr Abbott’s office and shadow cabinet to further pursue and articulate a position.

Generally, discussions centred around:Tourist Working Visa Agreement – Mr Abbott affirmed the Coalition’s support for the programme and considered it reasonable to work closely with the Greek community in Australia on its implementation. Australia already has such

arrangements with many other Western and some Asian countries and the Coalition supports the negotiation of a working holiday visa agreement with Greece

Community Funding – further work to be undertaken to more efficiently allocate government resources to specifically target those Greek Australians most in need I particular, considering the need for a case officer to assist with Greek Australian returning to Australia and additional funding of an employee dealing with the Antipodes Language and Cultural Centre.

Education – Mr Abbott was sympathetic to explore how the

Coalition can encourage the significant number of Greek speaking students to continue their Greek language education throughout their secondary schooling

It was a very cordial meeting, with the GOCMV inviting Mr Abbott to the Antipodes Festival next year.

Mr Abbott stated he was committed to assisting Greek Australians and noted that his ministry, with the shadow cabinet position held by Sophie Mirabella and the parliamentary secretary position held by Arthur Sinodinos, had the strongest and most senior representation of Greek Australian members for over 25 years.

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LOCAL NEWS

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Snapper season has certainly hit in a big way over the past week, with traditional queues and delays at many boat ramps, plenty of fish being weighed and finally some beautiful settled weather. And there’s more great weather on its way!

WESTERNPORT:NORTH ARM: Regular customer Peter Ferguson fished solo late Sunday afternoon in the North Arm of the Port. Peter fished the Quail Bank for some calamari before anchoring for snapper in the deep. Fishing the flood tide, Peter managed 7 snapper ranging 3.5 to 5.5kg’s. Fresh calamari was the top bait used.CORINELLA: The Corinella area has continued on strong with plenty of reports filtering through. This area is fishing very well on the last two hours of the flood tide with snapper from 2 to 7 kilos a common catch this week. Pilchards, Yakka’s, red rockets and scad have been the most consistent baits.TOORADIN: Despite all the hype surrounding snapper at the moment, customer Shayne O’Connor headed out from Tooradin in search of gummy sharks this week with his mate Jock. The boys were fishing in 5 meters of water on one of the bank edges when they hooked and landed a nice 5 kg gummy shark..REEF ISLAND: Some good whiting have been caught south of Reel Island this week. Customer Adam Peters fished Land Based last Sunday flicking pipi’s on a paternoster rig from the shore. Adam managed 9 whiting to 38cm fishing the run in tide.

PORT PHILLIP BAY:SORRENTO: Joe Farr from Joe Farr Fishing Charters has been having a Stella time around Southern Port Phillip this week with plenty of fish being caught. Joe reports that there are tons of garfish in the shallows which are responding well to a fine berley trail and silverfish baits. Anglers fishing from the piers are having good success. The calamari are in good numbers around Sorrento and Portsea but the whiting have slowed up a little over the past few weeks.FRANKSTON: Staff member David Kramer fished in 19m of water off Frankston last Sunday and found the bite only lasted 10 mins out of the 5 hours on the water. David reported all the boats in the area had buckled rods at the same time for 10 minutes, and then it was all over. Most fish went 3 kilos and took a pilchard bait.CARRUM: New recruit for Tackle World Cranbourne, Dougie Bauer hit the water last weekend and in 11m of water, landed thgis nice red that went 6.5 kilos. Dougie said the fish took an unweighted pilchard bait and was caught on the tide change just south of Carrum.Regular customer Tristian Cincotta fished with his mates Yots and Steve in 19 meters of water last Sunday. In magnificent conditions the boys managed 3 snapper to 4.5kg’s before moving deep off Mornington where they managed another red around 3.5kg’s. All fish were caught on pilchards.BLACK ROCK: Customer Peter fished around Black Rock this week with good success. Peter fished first light to land a few nice snapper using silver whiting baits. The fish were caught in 11 meters of water.P2: Daniel Mizzi sent us an email after having success off P2 this week. Daniel was fishing with his mates in 10 meters of water where they managed some nice snapper to 90cm on the tide change. Their success came from chopping the heads off the pillies and fishing the rest of the body whole.

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Tony Abbott has seized on comments made by former Labor leader Kevin Rudd to predict that next year’s election campaign will be the “filthiest and most personal” in living memory.

Mr Rudd said the public was “deeply disappointed” with the way MPs on both sides of the political divide have behaved recently, and it was time for

more civility in the national debate. The former prime minister was himself the target of a fierce attack on his character by fellow Labor MPs earlier this year after he launched a leadership challenge against Julia Gillard.

The Opposition Leader has leapt on Mr Rudd’s latest criticism to continue his attack on what he describes as the

Prime Minister’s “politics of personal destruction”.

”I can fully understand why Kevin Rudd has called an end to personal attacks because, let’s face it, the most savage personal attacks of all are those that the Prime Minister and her ministers mounted on Kevin Rudd,” Mr Abbott told reporters in Melbourne.

Abbott predicts ‘filthiest’ election campaign

Tax office warns Australians to be on the lookout for email and phone scams

NOW is peak season for fraudsters attempting to scam thousands of Australians by sending bogus emails asking for their personal details. The Australian Tax Office said this month is one of the busiest times of the year with the end of the personal lodgement period on October 31, resulting in fraudsters coming out in force.

The ATO’s latest figures show in the first eight months of this year they have received more

than 6000 reports from the community relating to bogus emails and 4000 attempted phone scams. Fraudsters use the ATO’s brand to attempt to lure recipients to send them their personal information including their tax file numbers and date of birth. An ATO spokeswoman said they always see a significant increase in fraudsters at this time of year.

One of the most recent email scams appears to the recipient to have been sent from the ATO and congratulates them on qualifying for 2012 subsidy benefits.

It asks the recipient to “reply to this secure message with the following details’’ including name, address, tax file number, date of birth and phone number. The ATO has warned people to be “cautious of phone calls or emails suggesting you are due a refund or asking you to transfer money overseas.’’ They urge anyone to alert them to any suspicious behaviour by forwarding suspect email scams to [email protected] or phone 1800 060 062 during business hours.

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ALMOST 1000 people have died trying to enter Australia in the past decade - 27 of them while in Australian detention centres.

But none of the deaths in detention centres are recorded in the Australian Government’s deaths in custody records, sparking calls for greater transparency.

The Border Crossing Observatory, based at Monash University, has been compiling data on border-related deaths since 2000.

The group’s Australian Border Deaths records show 964 deaths have been recorded in that time, including estimates of passengers missing from shipwrecked vessels, believed drowned.

Of the 27 deaths in detention, two occurred in offshore facilities, four during apprehension or deportation and 21 in onshore facilities.

The Observatory’s Professor Sharon Pickering said while each of the deaths were related to the operation of Australian border controls, very few were considered deaths in migration custody and accounted for by the Government. Prof Pickering said given the rapid growth in the number of boats arriving in Australia and the lack of transparency of onshore immigration enforcement practices, the silence was increasingly problematic for policy-makers.

“It is common knowledge that people have died in Australian immigration detention centres and in Australian migration custody,”

Prof Pickering said.Prof Pickering called on the AI C to start counting deaths in migration detention centres as a part of their National Deaths in Custody Monitoring Program reporting for 2013.

Almost 1000 people have died trying to enter Australia…

CLOSE to $1 billion will be cut from private health insurance rebates and access to the baby bonus will be restricted as the Government struggles to refloat the sinking finances of the Budget launched just last May.

The surplus, forecast to be a slender $1.5 billion in the 2012-13 Budget, will now be just $1 billion. The Government is wrestling with a $22 billion fall in tax revenue, mainly caused by

declining company tax receipts and lower mineral prices.

The revenue shortfall for 2012-13 alone will be $4 billion.Mr Swan said that as part of cutting spending to cover the shrinking revenue, the Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebate, which costs $5 billion a year and is growing rapidly, would be reduced.

From April 1 the premium to which the rebate is applied will match the inflation rate measured

by the consumer price index, or at the prevailing commercial rate -- whatever is lower. This is expected to save $700 million over four years, and slow the expanding cost of the rebate which otherwise would increase by 6.3 per cent over four years. From July next year the Baby Bonus for second and third children will be slashed to $3000, a big drop from the current $5000 per child. This will save some $500 million over four years.

Other family benefits, such as parental leave and Child Care Rebates will be untouched. The states will also have to suffer to get the federal Budget in surplus. The premiers will lose a total of $765.4 million in specific purpose grants in 2012-13 alone.

The Government’s mid-year Budget assessment also has revealed a substantial shortfall in the mining tax. This will not affect the Budget bottom line but could

hamper the Government’s bid to meet its promise to cut small business tax which the mining tax was intended to fund.

Tax was expected to raise about $13 billion over four years, but this has been downgraded to just over $9 billion. This has been caused by the decline in mineral prices.

The Government is also delivering changes to the way large companies pay their tax, moving from quarterly to monthly installments,

better aligning tax payments with the way businesses pay GST and making payments closer to when the income is earned, like wage and salary earners.

Mr Swan has vowed to protect the poorest Australians from the drastic spending cuts but higher-income earners, universities, employees who salary sacrifice and migrants have not received the same protection.

Wayne Swan delivers mid-year budget surplus of $1bn


GREEK NEWS

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Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said Greece has to “run fast” over the next few days to conclude an agreement with the troika over spending cuts and structural reforms as a number of contentious issues remain to be resolved before the country’s lenders disburse a 31.5-billion-euro loan tranche.

“We will go hungry if we do not get the next installment,” Stournaras told Parliament a day before coalition leaders were due to meet to discuss the measures.

“If we want to get the tranche before the state reserves run out then we have to run fast,” he added. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, PASOK leader Evangelos Kouvelis and Democratic Left’s Fotis Kouvelis are due to meet today to go over the 13.5-billion-euro austerity package and reforms, or “prior actions,” demanded by the troika.

According to sources, the troika has demanded that a clutch of restricted professions that have yet to be liberalized be opened by the end of the year. Athens and its lenders still have differences of opinion over labor reforms, particularly the reduction in compensation for sacked workers.

Sources said this has been narrowed down to a disagreement over how much employees who have worked at the same company for over 16 years should be awarded if the lose their job. It is also thought the two sides will negotiate a new, lower target for privatization revenues. Greece

will aim to raise 10 billion euros by 2016 and 25 billion by 2020.

The original target when the program started in 2010 had been 50 billion euros by 2015. The Greek government, however, is set to guarantee the

political independence of its privatization fund, TAIPED.

Greece has also examined the possibility of utilizing more than 80,000 real estate properties owned by the state, which could raise 20 to 28

billion euros over time.

Another matter that remains unresolved relates to the country’s civil service. The troika has reportedly dropped its demands for the immediate layoffs of 15,000 civil servants

but is said to be insisting on the sacking of at least 5,000 public sector workers by the end of the year – either through a labor reserve scheme or through permanent dismissal – with another 5,000 to go in the first quarter of 2013.

Pressure grows for loan deal

It appears that Greek employers are not seeking employees anymore, nor are the Greek unemployed – mainly young people – looking for work.

This is the sad conclusion reached by studying data compiled by the Manpower Organization (OAED) and major international job-seeking websites for the self-employed.

Such sites are platforms aimed at helping those seeking staff and those seeking work to get into contact.

Employers describe the job or jobs that a freelance professional would perform for them and registered professionals bid to land the job. Among the best-known platforms of this kind on a global level are Freelancer. com, Peopleperhour. com, Hireagreek. org (created exclusively

for employers abroad to commission Greek employees), RealWritingJobs. com etc.

A survey showed that many Greek freelancers have registered with these agencies and uploaded profiles but their accounts remain idle.

They do not chase up jobs, they do not systematically check for any new offers and tend to respond to job invitations tardily or not at all.

Worse, Greek freelancers appear to have little interest in jobs with a small payment. Therefore they snub jobs that fetch 50 or 100 euros – e. g. for the translation of a text, the fixing of a problem on a website etc – which then go to other nationalities – i. e. British, Americans, Germans or Indians.

The experiment lasted for about three months and the result was astonishing: Not a single Greek

freelancer responded to any of the job offers in a timely manner.

The only one who did respond was too late, as the job had already been given to a foreigner. The employer in this experiment proceeded to another step, since he preferred to give his jobs to Greeks: When he uploaded a job offer, he would alert Greeks who worked in that particular field,

i. e. for a website he would alert web developers and IT experts, for contracts he would contact lawyers and so on.

The result was not a single response. Not even a negative one. In contrast, the response from freelancers in other countries was impressive, as they had ensured they got e-mail alerts for any job offers uploaded.

Experiement shows that Greeks are reluctant jobseekers

Political parties expressed outrage after the head of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, Nikos Michaloliakos , performed a fascist salute during a speech to young supporters in Goudi, eastern Athens.

Manolis Kefaloyiannis of conservative New Democracy accused Golden Dawn of “trying to present the fascist tragedy of the country when it was under occupation as a fascist comedy.”

PASOK accused Michaloliakos of “exploiting the crisis and promising a Greece made of the stuff that led Europe to disaster.”

In his speech, Michaloliakos had said “some party members may greet like this but their hands are clean and they have not stolen.”

In a related development, an Orthodox bishop has received threatening phone calls after condemning Golden Dawn. Vergers at his church in Western Macedonia claim to have reported receiving several calls after Metropolitan Pavlos of Sissanion and Siatista called the party “uncivilized.”

Greece is spiraling into the kind of decline the U.S. and Germany endured during the Great Depression, showing the scale of the challenge involved in attempting to regain competitiveness through austerity.

The economy shrank 18.4 percent in the past four years and the International Monetary Fund forecasts it will contract another 4 percent in 2013 as Greece struggles to reduce debt in exchange for its $300 billion rescue programs. That’s the biggest cumulative loss of output of a developed-country economy in at least three decades, coming within spitting distance of the 27 percent drop in the U.S. economy between 1929 and 1933, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis in Washington.

“Austerity has been destroying tax revenue and therefore thwarting the intended effect,” said Charles Dumas, chairman of Lombard Street Research, a London-based consulting firm. “There’s no avoiding austerity, though, because these people have no borrowing power. The deficits are there.”

Greece’s restructured bonds have benefitted amid speculation that creditors are poised to release more bailout funds. Greek bonds maturing in 2023, which yielded more than 30 percent at the end of May, now yield about 16.4 percent. The next block of aid is slated to total 31 billion euros ($40.5 billion), mostly to recapitalize the nation’s banks.

Wage and pension cuts have heightened tensions in Athens and other Greek cities as the economy shrivels and an anti- foreigner party flaunting a swastika-like insignia won 18 seats in Parliament. Polls suggest Golden Dawn is the third-most popular party in Greece, backed by about 14 percent of the electorate. That pits it against Marxist-inspired Syriza, the main opposition grouping, in a standoff recalling that between Nazis and Communists in Weimar Germany.

“The experience of the 1930s says you need to stimulate the economy,” said Vassilis Monastiriotis, a senior lecturer in political economy at the London School of Economics. “The rise of the far-right in Greece isn’t something ephemeral that will go away when the crisis ends. And it’s very dangerous if the rise of the right causes relations with neighbors like Turkey, Macedonia, say, to deteriorate.”

The German economy contracted by about 34 percent between 1929 and 1933, the year Adolf Hitler became Chancellor, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden. Even after growth resumed in Germany beginning in 1934, it took until 1937 for output to exceed the level enjoyed in 1929, the data show.

Greece austerity diet risks 1930s-style depression: Euro Credit

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FEATURE

GrEEK fIlM fESTIVAl lAuNCH

The 2012 Greek Film Festival launch took place last Wednesday night at the Palace cinema Como.

Hundreds of guests made it to the opening night to experience the best of contemporary Greek films.

Palace cinema was overflowing with people for the opening nights screening of Antonis Angelopoulos’ Nisos 2 which kicked of the Greek Film Festival to a record crowd and continues to make an impact as sessions are selling fast.

The first Nisos broke box office records in 2009 and it is no wonder the second instalment Nisos 2 is a popular choice and crowd pleaser as the unexpected twists and grotesque situations continue.

The night was caped off with live music and Greek delicacies that were enjoyed by everyone.

“With such a great line-up of films it’s no wonder the Festival continues to pack sessions.

The full program is available online and tickets are on sale now through ticketing by calling 96622722 or online at www.greekfilmfestival.com.au.

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WaitressExperienced waitress seeks full time employment.

Ph: 0457 602 456. Anthi

Web Designer

Experienced web designer from Greece seeks employment.

Ph: 0430 319 395. Kiriakos

WelderExperienced welder seeks employment.

Ph: 0422 047 369. Andrew

WelderWelder with nine years of experience seeks full or part time employment.

Ph: 0421 641 434. Nick

WelderWelder in Oakleigh with 20 years of experience seeks employment.

Ph: 0452 179 451. Manos

Welder/Metal FabricationExperienced welder /metal worker from Greece seeks employment.

Ph: 0416 380 923. George

Welder/Metal FabricationZaxarias is looking for work as a welder

Ph: 9364 5244

Womens Clothing

Zaxaria is seeking people to work in the production of women’s undergarments.

M: 0418107171

Work/Part Time

Lady looking for part time work (9am – 3pm).

Ph: 0450 418 760. Sofia

Work

Lady looking for any type of work.

Ph: 0450 717 141. Vana

Work

Lady looking for full time employment.

Ph: 0422 412 516. Kleopatra

Work

Lady from Greece with a student visa seeks part time work.

Ph: 0467 472 127. Melina

Work

Zisis recently arrived to Australia is seeking any work

M: 04 7896 4486

WorkDimitra and George, are looking for any work ( for example in a fish and chip shop or café ) at all and preferably in Oakleigh or surrounding suburbs as they don’t have a car. Dimitra speaks excellent English but George can’t speak English well.

Dimitra can be contacted on 0459 396 952.

WorkNinos is seeking any work

M: 04 1416 8385

WorkKyriako, is seeking work as a mechanic and in construction.

M: 04 1416 8385

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EMPlOYMENT OPPOrTuNITIESBabysitter

Marianthi Lambrianou is seeking a lady who speaks fluent Greek to babysit her 17 month old daughter in Bulleen, 1-2 days per week from 8:00-3:30. Applicants should call Marianthi for further details on

M: 0477 694 665.

Carer

AQA Qualcare is seeking Disability Support Workers/PCAs who are fluent in Greek to work with a client with a physical disability living in Preston. Duties inc. assistance with daily living, all aspects of personal care, transfers, community access, meal prep & household tasks. Shifts available are: Mon-Thurs: 7am-9:30am, Fri: 7am-12:30pm, Sat/Sun: 7am-9:30am, Mon-Sun: 9pm-10pm. Fully paid training & competitive rates provided! For further info or to apply please visit the employment section of the AQA website: www.aqavic.org.au and download and complete the application form.

Ph: (03) 9489 0777.

Carer

Guardian Network is seeking carrers for elderly people in all areas.

ph: 9819 7200, Sandra or George

Cleaner

Cleaner required for a home in Rosebud. 4 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday).

Ph: 0409 349 101 Konstantina

Cleaner

A cleaner, preferably a woman, is required after hours at a school in Northcote.

Ph: 0403 140 553. Maria

Cleaner

An experienced cleaner is required after hours at a school in East Doncaster.

Ph: 0401 519 305. Stathis

Cleaner/Domestic

Domestic cleaner required for full or part time work in Melbourne area. Must have own transport.

Call Niki on 0407 655 646

Cleaner/Domestic

A female cleaner is required for domestic duties.

Ph: 0415 645 572. Antonis

ChefAmalia is seeking a chef.

M: 0433 154 904

ChefA chef is required for a Hawthorn restaurant.

Ph: 9818 3312.

Chef A chef is required part time for a Greek restaurant in Werribee.

Ph: 0416 241 819. Dimitri

Chicken shopA lady is required to work in a Chicken Bar. The suitable person should have relative experience.

Call Achilleas Ph: 9852 4545

CleanersLouka is seeking 2 cleaners to work at a car yard in the area of Chelsea. The ideal candidates would be able to work after business hours (after 6pm) and would be a couple. For more information please call Louka.

M: 0417033135

Console OperatorsTwo Console operators required to work at BP Eastlink inbound in Scoresby- the largest site in Australia. Part to full time positions available and applications must be willing to work flexible hours and speak English. Please contact Arthur Kondos for more information

Ph: 9753 2924

Doctor

A medical clinic requires a licenced doctor who is preferably Greek.

Ph: 9481 2406. Kostantino

Driver

Maria is seeking a driver who must be able to read and understand English as he will be trained in any other duties involved with the position. The driver will be trustworthy and available to work between 11pm and 7am.

M: 0415 542 522

Excavator Operator

Excavator operator required for work in Geelong.

Ph: 0410 665 048. Vasilis

Florist

A florist requires the services of two women with experience in floristry to work at the store.

Ph: 0416 189 857 Kostas

Hairdresser

A hairdresser with experience in men’s and women’s cuts is required for a hairdressing salon in Burwood.

Ph: 9563 2340. Elio

Fast Food

A full time position is available at a fast food restaurant. Applicants must have experience in cooking and cooking with a grill.

Ph: 0419 521 505. John

Fish and Chips

An experienced Fish and Chips worker is required for a shop in St. Albans.

Ph: 9390 9622. Sofia

Fish and Chips

A woman is required to work at a Fish and Chips shop in Knox City.

Ph: 0415 150 433. Nikos

Fish and Chips

Peter is seeking someone with experience to work the grill at his fish and chip shop in Knoxville during afternoon hours. Applicants should call his mobile for further information

M: 0424 645 110

Labourer/Furniture

A part time position is available in a furniture store.

Ph: 9428 5830. Vicky

Labourer

Jim/Dimitri is looking to employ a man ata Tampon Factory in Bundoora. He is seeking a man over 40 to work part time Mon, Wed and Fri.

Ph: 9465 5033

Lady Ironer/Presser

A female ironer with experience in clothes pressing is required for work in Clayton.

Ph: 9551 4621. Despina

Manager

A female is required to help manage the restaurant at club ‘Dimokritos’ on High Street Northcote.

Ph: 9486 3988. John

Mechanic/Automotive

Mechanic with experience in European and prestigious cars is required for an automotive workshop in Reservoir.

Ph: 9462 3124. Nick

Mechanic/Automotive

Two experienced motor mechanics are required for a mechanical shop in Footscray.

Ph: 9528 6654

Mechanic/Automotive

A full time position is available for an experienced motor mechanic.

Ph: 0417 303 775. Minas

Mechanic/Automotive

A motor mechanic with a minimum of 5 years of experience is required at a work shop. Must have a driver’s licence.

Ph: 0425 822 500. Tasos

Music

A composer is required to create music for lyrics.

Ph: 9078 8574. Afroditi

Panel Shop

An experienced spray-painter and panel-beater is required in a Dandenong panel shop. An apprenticeship for a youth is also available.

Ph: 0438 008 111. John

Pastry Factory

Greek Pastry factory seeks a person to work full time withy good remuneration

Please call Iakobos M:04 0696 7197

Plumbers

Experienced plumbers are required by a South Melbourne company.

Ph: 9690 6048. Dimitri

Re-Stumper

Kostas is looking for 1 or 2 experienced re-stumpers to work for him.

Any enquiries, please call Kostas: 0411 741 230.

Sandwich Hand

An experienced sandwich hand is required at a South Melbourne delicatessen.

Call 9699 4125 or 0412 840 707 for any enquiries.

Sandwich Hand

A female is required in the Melbourne CBD area to prepare sandwiches, salads and focaccias.

Ph: 0402 925 107. Doukisa

Sandwich Hands

Four people are required in sandwich preparation.

Ph: 0402 925 107. Doukisa

Shop Assistant

A part time position is available for a young shop assistant at an Altona Gate carpet store.

Ph: 9325 1112. Dimitris

Souvlaki ( Gyro) Bar

A Souvlaki ( Gyro) Bar is looking for someone with experience, working in a similar environment.

Hellen or Nick on 9670 6284 or 0433 413 688

Tyre Fitter

Joanna has a position available for a tyre fitter in Campbellfield. He must be fit as there is heavy lifting involved. He must have good knowledge of the northern suburbs and the city and have a car drivers licence. Must have at least some experience in fitting tyres on trucks.

Fax Applications to Att: Joanna; F 9308 9237

Waiter

A female is required for kitchen and serving/waiting duties at club ‘Democritus’ in Northcote.

Ph: 0408 591 711. John

Waiter/Souvlaki Bar

A full time or part time position is available in a Mentone souvlaki bar. Waiting duties are a requirement of this position.

Ph: 9585 8005 Anesti

Waiters

Waiters are required for casual weekend work at Stars International reception in Preston. RSA certificate holders are preferred.

Ph: 0411 877 222

Fronditha Care-Position 1

Fronditha Care is seeking an experienced social worker (or related social sciences) to work in the role of CACPs Supervisor.


Fronditha Care is seeking an experienced social worker (or related social sciences) to work in the role of Volunteer Coordinator.


Fronditha Care is seeking an experienced social worker/counsellor to work as the Carer Support Coordinator in the Eastern Region.

Please contact Aliki Kyrkou at Fronditha Care for further information on any of these positions. 9495 2308 or 0407 829 593.

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WEEKLYHOROSCOPESAllow me to introduce myself. My name is Michael, and welcome to the fascinating world of astrology and the place to read your free horoscopes! For years, decades and centuries human-kind has turned to the heavens, God’s handiwork, for answers and guidance in their lives! Supplied by: www.astrology-online.com

HOROSCOPES

Don’t neglect these problems; deal with them once and for all, then move on to more pleasurable tasks. Payoff all your debts before you go out and celebrate. Minor health problems could result through exhaustion. Competitive games will be your forte.

You will be able to work with fine detail this week. Romance will develop if you get involved in social events that deal with children. This is a great day for a family outing or just a drive. Opportunities to make money may interfere with your personal plans.

They may cost you dearly. Entertain in your home and make aesthetic enhancements that will please those who reside with you. You can mesmerize anyone you meet with your cultured attitude and outlook. Keep tabs on your spending.

You may be able to impart knowledge that’s innovative to those searching for a new angle. You can make or break your personal relationship this week. Compromise may be necessary. Your tendency to take on too much will end in fatigue.

Your passionate mood will be well received by your mate. You could experience delays in shipments or mail, and should be careful while traveling. Sudden romantic encounters will set your head spinning. Relax I and enjoy what you’ve accomplished when you’re finished.

Do your own thing. Take the time to help old friends or relatives who have had a stroke of bad luck. You have more than enough on your plate already. Opportunities will come through long term investments.

Do not expect too much from others. Organize your day to avoid any setbacks that might ignite temper flare-ups. You may be likely to have difficulties with females. You may want to get involved in some kind of creative group.

23 Sept - 22 Oct

23 Oct - 22 Nov 23 Nov - 20 Dec 22 Dec - 20 Jan 21 Jan - 19 Feb

PISCES

20 Feb - 20 Mar

ARIES

21 Mar - 20 Apr

LIBRA

SCORPIO SAGITARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS

Make changes in your domestic scene. Take the initiative and go after your goals. You are best to work at home, clearing up overdue projects. You can accomplish a lot if you deal with other people’s money or possessions this week.

Your tendency to vacillate will drive everyone crazy. Enlist the aid of family members and consider the feelings of your mate. A lot has changed and so have you. Too much talk might lead to hassles.

You may have a problem with someone you live with if you don’t include them in your gathering. Overindulgence could lead to problems with digestion. You will be overly sensitive when dealing with your personal life. Brunch, a long walk, or a quiet dinner will secure your position in the relationship.

Your creative input will be appreciated by your boss. Be prudent and don’t be led down the garden path. Your passionate nature may make you jealous if your mate has been too busy to take care of your needs. You could have a tendency to spend too much on your home or entertainment.

Don’t let your partner put you down. Concentrate on yourself or your work. Exhaustion combined with overindulgence could result in minor health problems. Your temper could get the better of you if you confront personal situations.

TAURUS

21 Apr - 20 May

GEMINI

22 May - 22 Jun

CANCER

23 Jun - 23 Jul

LEO

24 Jul - 23 Aug 24 Aug - 23 Sept

VIRGO

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A One car endlesly needs repair to exhaust - it’s causing pollution (4,4)

B Hollow building block mostly made of B? (5)C Occasional party had by temporary staff (6,6);

Press, if touring Ross, would discover what you’re doing (5)

D One could go on a spin, being relatively sober (5)E The King is leaving Queen - that’s fishy! (5)F Courage brew mostly fresh ales with a head (12)G Groups gain eminence with this producer (9)H Greet Eastern Rastafarian leader familiarly (5)I Within the Latin translation of... (5)J ...1. John, “I relent” wrongly becomes “I

require” (Pilate, in speech) (8)K They’re up for a party (5)L Flash sort of conductor (9)M Associatin’ with unpleasant person and

causing trouble (6,2); Matchstick finally having gone out, possibly making fire with this? (9)

N The blackness of inferior rubber? (9)O Where the French set off by boat (9)P The Puppy of the Baskervilles (1915) and

The Young Man and the Sea (1955)? (8)Q Live fast (5)R Steps taken by bell-hop? (4-5)S What MPs in the House would have been for

Guy Fawkes (7,7)T Incredibly, one can teach without a student

in this college (9)U Let go one French worker (6)V Destructive potato blight finally eradicated

with injection of nitrogen? (9)W Voiced question showing unfamiliarity with

sewing kit - thus making a bloomer (7,7)X Get cross with man who’s a believer (4)Y The old article by Lamb (4)Z Last ball gets hit back by English opener?

That should be “belted” (6)

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KOUZINAPRAWN KATAIFI WITH SAFFRON AOLIServings: 10Prep time: 5 minutesCooking: 30 minutes

Ingredients- 16 large king prawns- 1 packet of kataifi pastry- 3 cloves of garlic- Teaspoon of sea salt- Juice of one lemon - Two egg yolks - One pinch of saffron- 3/4 cup of vegetable oil- 1/2 cup olive oil- One cup of shelled unsalted

pistachios - Salmon roe

Method:• Clean and remove head and

vein from prawn.

• Separate kataifi and roll prawns in pastry until covered with tail exposed.

• Fry each prawn until golden brown in a fryer and set aside on kitchen paper to drain.

• For saffron aoli place garlic, saffron and salt in food processor and start to process slowly, adding oil in a slow stream to emulsify.

Note: if too much added at once aoli will split.

• When aoli has taken all the oil add lemon juice and set aside.

• Blend pistachios and sprinkle prawns with a small amount and finish with roe.

• Serve prawns with aoli and lime wedge and enjoy!

DID YOU KNOW?The word “tragedy” is Greek for “goat-song” because early Greek tragedies honored Dionysus, the god of wine, and the players wore goatskins.

Tragedies were noble stories of gods, kings, and heroes. Comedy or “revel,” on the other hand, were about lower-class characters and their antics.

MEDDIUM VERY HARD

1 Grant given to convent school (12)8 Some food suitable for a tosser? (7)9 See 311 Have great affection for pop singer and his

fanatical following (7)12 High fliers from British university taken on by

financial speculators (7)13 See 19 ac14 Fruit obtained by interbreeding conker with

mallow regularly (4-5)16 Arrangement of locks which requires no key (9)19,13 Relative’s against any one producing 21’s

work (5,5)21 Audibly tick off writer of 19 ac 13; 3 9; 26;

and 3 (part 1) 6 (7)23 Broadcast “The Jazz Singer?” (7)24 Evangelists chiefly refer to part of the Bible:

that’s obvious (7)25 Conveyance by van (7)26 Goneril, Regan and Cordelia for example in

21’s work (5,7)

1 Set of cutlery from cafeteria (7)2 Where Lawrence went to drink cold coffee (7)3,9 Article by revolutionary bishop takes on

leaders of orthodox church in a measure - 21 wrote it (3,6,7)

4 Lozenge obtained from doctor by Greek character (5)

5 Copper gets stuck in large chimney, the sucker (7)

6 In speech, observe Fool following 3 (part 1) in 21’s work (7)

7 Enterprise, for example, requiring mostly clever chaps to work - including one egghead (5,7)

10 Break up with girl, treating emotions extremely casually (12)

15 Company briefly gets involved with dodgy stereos - and protects fence? (9)

17 Swimmer in frozen water flounders perhaps (3-4)

18 Leaders of society paraded here to hold a ball in olden times (7)

19 Not knowing where outspoken girl is leading (7)20 US city’s manufacturing plant (7)22 Makes one cross? (5)

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SPORT

rOuNd 3 rESulTSMelbourne Victory - Adelaide United 2-1

Newcastle Jets - Central Coast Mariners 2-1

WSW - Sydney 0-1

Perth Glory - Melbourne Heart 2-0

Wellington Phoenix - Brisbane Roar 1-1

lAddEr1 Adelaide 6pts2 Perth 6pts3 Newcastle 6pts4 Wellington 5pts5 Brisbane 4pts6 Central Coast 3pts7 Melb. Heart 4pts8 Sydney 3pts9 Melb. Victory 3pts10 Western Sydney 0pts

rOuNd 2 fIxTurESNewcastle Jets vs Melbourne Victory

Adelaide United vs Wellington Phoenix

Brisbane Roar vs Western Sydney

Perth Glory vs Melbourne Heart

Melbouren Heart vs Central Coast Mariners

Sydney FC vs Perth Glory

The fate of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has been sealed, with world cycling’s governing body deciding to back a life ban for doping and strip him of his record seven Tour de France titles. The International Cycling Union (UCI) said late last night that it supported the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decision to erase Armstrong’s entire career after August 1998. UCI president Pat McQuaid called the scandal “the biggest crisis” the sport had ever faced and said Armstrong deserved to be “forgotten in cycling”.

Earlier this month the US body released a devastating dossier on Armstrong, detailing over 202 pages - and with more than 1,000 pages of supporting testimony - how he was at the heart of the biggest doping program in the history of sport.

The revelations, including evidence from 11 of Armstrong’s former team-mates, plunged a sport which has been working hard to rid itself of its murky doping past into crisis.

Armstrong stripped of Tour titles, banned for life

Last Friday night proved Ange Postecoglou did a few things wrong in the first fortnight.

It also proved Postecoglou was big enough to swallow his pride and admit he was wrong. Not through a public apology or the press, but via his team selection against Adelaide United and his team’s tactics.

He made six changes from the side that was thumped 5-0

by Brisbane Roar, the most telling of which was recalling Tando Velaphi for young goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas. The other was the role in which he deployed Mark Milligan. Returning from Socceroos duty, Milligan started off as one of the two holding midfielders, but was given a licence to roam.

By Postecoglou’s standards it was pragmatic, but necessary, after the players’ confidence was

battered following a turbulent opening two weeks.

This is why the first half was a game of Mexican standoff.Going into the sheds at halftime having not conceded, the Victory players breathed a sigh of relief, regrouped and were more offensive in the second. Adelaide was gifted its goal after Billy Celeski’s bizarre handball, but Milligan’s equaliser came within three minutes, which was

crucial. Marco Rojas’s goal was more Victory - a well worked passage, with Archie Thompson sending in a delightful cross from the right that bamboozled Nigel Boogaard.

It was a mixed bag of emotions at the final whistle - elation from the 19,174 fans, relief from the Victory players. Postecoglou played it down at the press conference, but he was mightily relieved, too.

George Stamboulidis was not only one of ten invitation only Victorian State SAP players to play against the NZ touring team of highly internationally rated Coach Wynton Ruffer (Best Oceania player of the Centurty) but was also chosen Captain by his Coach, Ivan Jolic.

There are about 120 players selected from about 800 trialists initially and that is an honour and achievement in its own right.

Howerver to be selected to be one of the 10 by “invitation only” is not only very exciting but a clear acknowledgement of George’s talent from Football Federation Australia (FFA).

The boys won 12-2 with George scoring a wonderful goal.

THE fuTurE Of SOCCEr, GEOrGE STAMBOulIdIS

Smiles for Victory

and Ange...

A-LEAGUE boss Damien de Bohun says the competition continues to make unprecedented gains in the sporting market after three weeks of the new season.

Crowds and television ratings have soared on the back of high-profile recruits Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and Shinji Ono, with gate attendances up 51 per cent on last season’s average, and Fox Sports ratings up 37 per cent on the same time last year.

“Public interest in the A-League has been at an all-time high and it was fantastic to see the sold-out crowd at the first ever Sydney derby on Saturday night,” de Bohun said. “On the back of the Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets match and the first Melbourne derby, average crowds have increased by over 50 per cent on last year’s total.

“The other thing that is important is the nearly 40 per cent increase we have seen in our television broadcasts.”

Last weekend’s round-three fixtures drew an average of 82,000 viewers, with both the Sydney derby and Melbourne Victory v Adelaide games drawing 102,000 each. Also, Central Coast have already reported huge interest around their round-five match against Sydney.

ANZ Stadium officials anticipate a crowd of more than 25,000 for Sunday’s first A-League match at the ground, between Sydney FC and Perth.

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