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New toxic inquiry needed
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Toxic legacy response a farce: spray hand
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The photographic mind – Michelle Dunn
Photographer Michelle Dunn is a commercial photographer and filmmaker, but her heart is resolutely in the creative
Crushed car reveals trauma’s harsh reality
SIMULATED CRASH SCENE: A man and woman are trapped. The driver is deceased, the woman critical.
Flashback Friday | Ballarat social snaps from May, 2009
Who can you spot on the Ballarat social scene in May, 2009?
Throwback Thursday | Ballarat sport in May, 2009
There's certainly a few familiar faces among this week's sport throwback gallery.
What did you wear? Wedding dresses through history
An exhibition at the Smythesdale Courthouse traces local and fashion history through wedding dresses.
On this day in Ballarat | May 25
Who appeared in The Courier on this exact day in years gone by?
Dairy: deregulation and disaster
Between legislation and levies, lobbying and neo-liberalism, the dairy industry is in part the victim of over-indulgent government ...
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Rebels galore in Country squad
BFL, CHFL line-ups
Leagues to pay their respects
Juniors off to school champs
North trio sets sights on clash with SANFL
Sovereigns impress in loss to leaders
Clunes coach gone, but contract feud lingers
Jared Tallent stages backyard medal ceremony | video
Throwback Thursday | Ballarat sport in May, 2009
There's certainly a few familiar faces among this week's sport throwback gallery.
Regional Focus
Hobart man missing in Brazil
TAS: Rye Hunt has been declared missing in Rio De Janeiro after disappearing from the city’s international airport.
Students hospitalised after eating ‘marijuana’ muffins
NSW: Four suspended after 'adverse reaction' to "muffins" eaten at school.
Wagga soldier charged with raping recruit on base
NSW: A soldier at the Kapooka army base has been charged with raping a female recruit on-base.
Fairfax Front Pages | Friday, May 27, 2016
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A plane was diverted from landing on a runway at Melbourne Airport on Thursday after the tarmac lights switched off ...
Australia cut from UN report on climate threat to avoid damaging reef tourism
The Turnbull government intervened to excise references to Australia in a United Nations report on the risk of climate change ...
Metro train driver hospitalised after calling for help during morning commute
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'Every woman's worst nightmare'
A County Court judge says a woman 'faced evil with such courage' after being subjected to what "globally ...
Climate policy report hailed by Greg Hunt written by former Liberal candidate
The lead author of a consultants' report hailed by Environment Minister Greg Hunt as supporting the government's climate ...
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Ballarat weddings 2016 | photos
View all of the wedding photos that appeared in Ballarat Bride magazine 2016.
What did you wear? Wedding dresses through history
An exhibition at the Smythesdale Courthouse traces local and fashion history through wedding dresses.
Eagles ball for a cause
A local football and netball club gets in behind Ballarat's Nursing and Health Services
Annual plea for help
The Salvation Army is hoping to raise $60,000 in Ballarat from this year's appeal
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Amber Heard files for divorce from Johnny Depp three days after his mother dies
TMZ is reporting that Heard has cited "irreconcilable differences" in her divorce petition filed just 15 months after ...
Rumours swirl in wake of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's split
Less than three months after their wedding anniversary, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's marriage is over. Now the ...
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What's happening in entertainment around Ballarat and district this weekend.
Patrick Holland tells rousing tale of Australia's last bushrangers, the Kenniffs
Patrick Holland shines a powerful light on Australia's last bushrangers.
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Is this why NSW childcare is the most expensive in the country?
The Auditor-General says the government has hoarded hundreds of millions in funding budgeted for the early childhood sector, ...
Is this the trick to exercising every day?
As an inconsistent meditator, who understands the benefits but doesn't find this enough to motivate me into action, ...
Disadvantage and destiny: how to help kids struggling with maths
There is a way to minimise the impact of a student's background, an expert says.
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It's OK to be a cry baby at bedtime, doctors say
Parents, cut yourselves some slack. Doctors say letting your child cry itself to sleep is no reason for ...
Game-changing HIV drug trial makes gay icon of health minister Jillian Skinner
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Australians take record number of domestic cruises in 2015: CLIA report
Australia's love affair with cruising remains strong with a record number of us taking a domestic cruise.
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