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Priestly predator a successor to Ridsdale
A former Ballarat paedophile priest who unleashed a 22-year reign of terror on 12 children across western Victoria has been jailed for more than 18 years. Read more.
Wilson to stand trial for threats
A man accused of organising a series of threatening letters to be sent to a number of Ballarat people has been committed to stand trial in the Victorian County Court. Read more.
Weather lashes the region
Extreme weather lashed Ballarat – leaving thousands of residents in the dark while Skipton remained on flood watch. Read more.
Showers, soup and support for the homeless
The student building at Federation University’s SMB campus has ample space, showers and a kitchen. Read more.
Rain delay for cricket season
Round one of the Ballarat Cricket Association has already been called off due to inclement weather. Read more.
Weather
13 degrees and showers today - but just look at the next two days!
Need a national news snapshot first thing? Well, we have you covered.
Regional
► Every day for the last year Renae Di Pietro is living with a miracle. Her one year old daughter Stella is constantly a bright shining star in her life. This Friday she will be a beacon of hope for hundreds of people gathered near the lighthouse at Flagstaff Hill during Light the Night. Read more.
► A former Ballarat paedophile priest who unleashed a 22-year reign of terror on 12 children across western Victoria has been jailed for more than 18 years. Read more.
► Australians spend more than $720 billion in groceries every year, but those born in the 1980s or early ‘90s are likely to be wasting about 20 per cent of their weekly food purchases. Read more.
► The day before Jodie Fesus disappeared, she and her husband had a heated argument in which she said their son was not his child, a court has heard. Read more.
► The NSW Environment Protection Authority has identified a “serious communication breakdown” had occurred between Hunter New England Health and a waste disposal company to allow two amputated legs to be dumped at the Summerhill tip. Read more.
► The first ever shipment of Northern Territory mangoes was exported to the USA last week. The mangoes were picked from Manbulloo Ltd’s Katherine Farm which is preparing for a two month harvest. Read more.
► The 2016 Bathurst 1000 race week will run from Thursday October 6 to Sunday October 9, with teams arriving on Wednesday, October 5, for the Driver and Transporter Parade. Read more.
► Superstar Geelong veteran Jimmy Bartel may have an uncertain AFL playing future but his commitment to a life-and-death cause remains clearly written all over his newly-shaved face. Read more.
► Matthew Lowe feels things other people don’t. When the 21-year-old from Mayfield stands next to a speaker, it reverberates inside of him. Literally. There is a small magnet implanted in his left ring finger. Read more.
National news
► The national suicide prevention helpline has introduced a new crisis category as it prepares to take more calls relating to the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Read more.
► National Australia Bank (NAB) has apologised to its customers after an outage on Tuesday evening affected online banking. Customers trying to log in to online banking through the NAB app received the error message: "Sorry, something went wrong. Couldn't connect to internet banking." Read more.
► Suspended jockey Danny Nikolic gave his girlfriend's betting account PIN to a Sydney-based gambler linked to an investigation into match fixing, so the punter could bet on rugby league matches, a tribunal has heard. Read more.
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International news
► Jakarta: A condemned Pakistani man has spoken of his suffering as his life remains in limbo more than two months after he was mysteriously spared from an Indonesian firing squad. Read more.
► Malaysia: A staffer for cabinet minister Christopher Pyne is among nine Australian men detained in Malaysia after they stripped down to their underwear at a Formula One race. Read more.
► Bangkok: The fate of nine young Australians who stripped to their Malaysian flag-themed swimwear at the Formula One racing track on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur will be decided amid heightened political tensions in the deeply conservative nation. Read more.
On this day
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