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| UpdatedA former Hunter Valley priest accused of child abuse has died just weeks after charges against him were reinstated.
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| UpdatedAnne Young will never forget the night when more than 20 weak and tired horses arrived at her property last April, but today many of them are strong enough to be re-homed.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, gordon-3345, ballarat-3350
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Twelve months on from a bushfire which swept through almost 5,000 hectares west of Ballarat, residents say they are more prepared than ever to face the fire season.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, rural, community-and-society, mental-health, scotsburn-3352, ballarat-3350, clarendon-3352
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| UpdatedLukas Carey allegedly defrauded Ballarat Council of more than $130,000 with the help of his partner, and solicited thousands of dollars in secret commissions, according to court documents.
Topics: local-government, courts-and-trials, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, vic
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| UpdatedA 90-year-old Mallee farmer is in the midst of harvesting his last — and best ever — crop, after years of drought, floods and everything in between.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, wheat, grain, people, chinkapook-3546, mount-gambier-5290, warrnambool-3280, bendigo-3550, ballarat-3350, horsham-3400
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Bushfire victims of last year's Scotsburn blaze near Ballarat, which destroyed 12 houses and tore through 4,000 hectares of land, band together to sue one of their neighbours for damages.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, bushfire, scotsburn-3352, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000
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The high rate of overdose deaths in Victoria prompts calls for a change in regulations around overdose 'antidote' Naloxone.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-use, health, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
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| UpdatedUp to 150 jobs will be made redundant, after Kirkland Lake Gold announces it will cease underground mining at Stawell, in western Victoria.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, stawell-3380, warrnambool-3280, ballarat-3350
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Victorian authorities have successfully prosecuted the first of six shearers they allege were depicted abusing sheep in a video released by animal welfare activists in 2014. Read More
Topics: agricultural-policy, wool, sheep-production, animal-welfare, horsham-3400, hamilton-3300, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280, mount-gambier-5290
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| UpdatedVictorian authorities have successfully prosecuted the first of six shearers they allege were depicted abusing sheep in a video released by animal welfare activists in 2014.
Topics: agricultural-policy, wool, sheep-production, courts-and-trials, horsham-3400, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280, mount-gambier-5290
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| UpdatedMelbourne's White Night festival is expanding to the regional centre of Ballarat next year to "spread the wealth" of the multi-million-dollar event, organisers say.
Topics: contemporary-art, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, ballarat-3350, vic
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Sue and Dave Hillier's twin girls are both autistic and have intellectual disabilities. The couple still has to care for the twins as though they're children, and they're concerned about what will happen when they're no longer able to do it.
Topics: carers, disabilities, health, community-and-society, hamilton-3300, australia, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280
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| Updated"We've seen the other kids in the town go off to university and get jobs and get married. We've still got our 24-year-olds doing the same thing. I'm still showering, packing lunches." Sue and David Hillier still have to care for their twin girls, who have intellectual disabilities, as if they're small children.
Topics: disabilities, hamilton-3300, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280
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Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog brings a number of fraud charges against a former employee of the Ballarat City Council.
Topics: local-government, corruption, ballarat-3350
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| UpdatedIf the success of one Victorian farm is anything to go by, the native Australian flower market is blooming.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, flowers, horsham-3400, harrow-3317, warrnambool-3280, ballarat-3350
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| UpdatedOne of two men who gagged and killed an elderly war veteran before stealing his service medals in Victoria's west attended the victim's funeral and spoke to his family, a court hears.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, ballarat-3350, vic
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Is Dave Morgan the face of an Australian grain industry rebound?
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, grain, rupanyup-3388, ballarat-3350, horsham-3400, warrnambool-3280
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| UpdatedWestern Victorian grain farmer rebounds from two years of drought and a broken neck, harvesting bumper crops.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, grain, wheat, rupanyup-3388, horsham-3400, ballarat-3350, warrnambool-3280
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Student paramedics in Ballarat have been learning the importance of effective communication during a simulated blast exercise.
Topics: emergency-planning, health, university-and-further-education, education, ballarat-3350
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