SBS Macedonian - СБС Македонски

Residents of fire-affected towns on Victoria's Great Ocean Road have been allowed back to their homes (sun) to inspect the damage for the first time. A total of 116 homes have been lost. - На жителите на градчињата долж Great Ocean Road во Victoria, погодени од пожари, за прв пат им беше дозволено да се вратат во нивните домови за да ја проценат штетата. Вкупно 116 домови беа уништени.

Macedonian carers from Sydney socialising beautifly on a recent trip to the monastery "St Petka" in Kembla Grange.Many of them can really sing.Listen to them and see for yourself... - Македонски грижители од Сиднеј прекрасно се дружеа на неодмнешна екскурзија до манастирот "Света Петка" во Кембла Грејнџ.Многу од нив знаат убаво и да пеат.Слушнете ги и уверете се сами...

A memorial to the victims of the Lindt Cafe siege will feature hundreds of floral boxes laid into the footpath of Martin Place  - Во спомен на жртвите од опсадата на кафетеријата Линд во Сиднеј ќе бидат поставени стотици цветни кутии на пешачката патека на Мартин Плејс

Kelly Kozaris is Mrs Macedonia and an entrant in this year's Mrs Globe Pageant, held by the WIN Foundation, with finals set to be held in China this December. All entrants are heavily involved in programs and activities through the WIN Foundation and will be competing for an opportunity to undertake welfare work in the countries they represent. In Kelly's case that's Macedonia.

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Кели Козарис ја носи титулата Mrs Macеdonia, и е учесничка во Mrs Globe Pageant, нетпревар за жени во брак кои се ангажирани во разни активности и програми за заедницата. Кели, заедно со други 70 надежни конкурентки, ќе отпатува за Кина, каде во Декември ќе се знае победникот. Наградата вклучува добротворна работа во земјата која се претставува, а во случајот на Кели, тоа е Македонија.

The Macedonian School Council of NSW held a Professional Development Day for primary and secondary teachers of Macedonian language.Interview with The President of the Macedonian School Council of NSW, Z.Mihajlova  - Македонскиот Просветно-Училишен Одбор одржа Ден за Професионално Унапредување на учителите по македонски јазик во основните и средните училишта.Интервју со Ж.Михајлова, Претседателка ПУО на НЈВ

Police are closely monitoring online hate speech, amid fears Friday's deadly shooting outside a police headquarters in Sydney could spark revenge attacks. Radical groups have used social media to call for retaliation on Muslim communities and mosques. But NSW Police say the shooting death of a police accountant by a 15-year-old boy can't be allowed to split the community.  

- Полицијата тесно следи говори на омраза, поради стравувањата дека смртоносното стрелање во петокот пред една полициска станица во Сиднеј би можело да предизвика одмазднички напади.Радикалните групи ги користат социјалните медиуми да повикаат на одмазда врз Муслиманските заедници и џамии.Но, во Нов Јужен Велс Полицијата вели дека од убиството на еден полициски сметко-водител од страна на 15-годишно момче, не смее да се дозволи да ја подели заедницата.

Chamber Proceedings- House of Representatives (Part 2), Luke Simpkins MP for Cowen, delivering his 4:35" speech in the House of Representatives, in which he calls upon the Federal Government to recognise the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name.   Macedonia "Tonight I wish to raise a matter of great importance to many of my constituents and in fact many people around the country. It is rare that I take exception to our governments foreign policy because I think that on all the big issues the Foreign Minister and the executive as a whole have gotten the calls right. The issue I speak of, is that of the failure of successive Federal governments to call the Republic of Macedonia by its constitutional name. On every occasion that the name issue comes up with those Australians of Macedonian heritage, and there are more than 100,000, they feel insulted by this countrys continued use of the term, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Yugoslavia itself ceased to exist some 20 years ago and our country continues to be locked in the past. The question then becomes why? There is no doubt that both sides of politics are ultimately fearful that this one issue will somehow galvanise the Australian Greek community into a block vote against whoever makes this change to recognise the Republic of Macedonia. Both sides are wrong. Those of Greek heritage are pretty much like every other ethnic community of second generation or more heritage in this country. They are not locked into some false and paranoic belief that somehow Australia officially uttering the words Republic of Macedonia will somehow lose territory of the Hellenic Republic. Australians of Greek heritage have bigger issues in their lives than this and they vote like any Australians on issues that really affect them, such as the economy and opportunities for them and their families. Of course there are a handful of Australians of Greek heritage that do contact MPs talking about how many votes would be lost by whoever made such a change, but it remains a handful and despite the talking, there are not enough people that would vote only on this issue to affect the result in a single electorate. It is tragic that literally a handful of nationalists can exert such power as to control the foreign policy of this nation. Of course that is not the reason given why Australia is against doing the right thing on the name issue. Officially our biased position is to stand with a very small group of nations, a group that does not include our traditional allies of the United States, the United Kingdom or Canada. This small group excuses their biased pro-Greek position, by talking about the need to remain committed to the UN-sponsored process that aims to achieve a mutually accepted agreement over the name issue. This is of course a smoke screen that is good for hiding behind for a perceived domestic political advantage. Our position is wrong on many counts. Firstly, that stated objective can be achieved by maintaining the reference to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the UN and in multilateral fora. Secondly it does not take any notice of the outcomes over the last almost 20 years. Those outcomes have been minimal and despite very big concessions on the Macedonian side regarding borders and even changing their flag, the Greek side insists that the name Macedonia cannot be in the name of the country at all. Former Greek Prime Minister Samaras said in the past that all they have to do is to ensure there is no agreement at these UN sponsored talks and Albanian nationalism and other economic instability resulting from economic problems will see Macedonia fall apart. I would remind the Parliament that in vetoing Macedonias entry to the EU and NATO, the International Court of J…

Report from Macedonia with Brane Stefanovski 9 February - Извештај од Македонија со Бране Стефановски 9 февруари·Нивото на реките кои поплавија големи подрачја во Македонија се повлекува·Денеска почнува санација на штетите од поплавите·Две нови лица се уапсени во акцијата „Пуч ·Македонското знаме се бори за најубаво знаме во светот

The momentum for a change of leader of the Liberal party appears to be waning. There's strong support from within Cabinet for Tony Abbott, and uncertainty whether anyone is prepared to challenge him for the position.  - Импулсот за смената на лидерот на Либералната Партија се чини дека се намалува.Има силна поддршка од рамките на кабинетот за Тони Абот, а неизвесно е дали некој е подготвен да даде предизвик за позицијата.

With the worst bush fires South Australia in more than 30 years contained at last, attention has turned to recovery. The state and federal governments have announced financial support for those who have suffered.  - Пожарите во Јужна Австралија се под контрола. Овие пожари се сметаат за најлошите во последните 30 години. Федералната и Државната Влада ветуваат финансиска помош за настраданите.