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This week, Echo Helvetia takes you on a journey to Sydney. Adrian Plitzco witnessed the official 1st of August festivities at the Swissotel. The colourful evening was organised by the Swiss General Consulate.

The Australian Punk Rock band The Go Set performed at the German Day Out.

The second German Football League is one of the best second leagues worldwide. That's what some experts think, at least. Niels Büngen, with a preview of the 12/13 season.

German Mozart expert Reinhard Göbel leads a concert series in Melbourne. For more than 30 years, he was the conductor of the Ensemble Musica Antiqua of Cologne.  

Hartmut Veith is an artist with German background and he has an exposition in the Chinese Museum in Melbourne.  

A farewell, a welcome and an honour - it all happened during one night in Melbourne and SBS was there to capture the moment.  

Most Australian winemakers are not happy with Julia Gillard's new CO2 tax. Not so, David Bruer in South Australia.

Researchers say Australians could be losing millions of dollars to overseas online gambling operators offering an illegal service.  

South African Oscar Pistorius is one of the most famous but also controversial Olympic athletes.  

At the age of 57 Karin Lutz decides to set up a production company for independent films.  

On Sunday, 5th of August, SBS Radio (German) will start a new reading with Anke Richter and her bestseller "Was scheren mich die Schafe. Unter Neuseeländern. Eine Verwandlung". It's a 12-part series, every Sunday, until late October.

Echo Helvetia is your weekly magazine for the Swiss community in Australia. 15 minutes in Swiss-German, with Christian Froelicher.

We open our phone lines to find out which Olympic disciplines are the most popular ones.

Yiddish is often considered as a language doomed to vanish from the face of the Earth.

The waiting is over. After weeks of cold and rainy weather, summer has finally arrived in Germany.