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Guilty plea for stabbing 5 y.o. girl
A 24-year-old Ballarat man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a five-year-old girl at Mitchell Park last year. Read more.
Mum pleads for car thieves to think, stop
A mother of five whose stolen car has been found stripped, dumped and destroyed in Snake Valley has pleaded with offenders to understand their actions are taking a serious toll on hard-working Ballarat residents. Read more.
Man’s car gets airborne in Cardigan
A 20-year-old man has escaped conviction after his car lost traction, became airborne and rolled 1.5 times along a Cardigan gravel road earlier this year. Read more.
Station parking under scrutiny
A local architect and commuter believes the right development at the Ballarat Railway Station could go a long way to solving Ballarat’s parking issues. Read more.
Ballarat Health Services cardiac care expands
While turning the first sod on Ballarat’s new cardiac catheterisation laboratory, Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy said prevention was still the best method. Read more.
Weather
The decent weather is long overdue but it seems it might eventually be coming this week.
State of the nation
Guilty plea for stabbing five-year-old girl
VIC: A 24-year-old Ballarat man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a five-year-old girl at Mitchell Park last year. Read the full report.
Why the complaint against Bill Leak’s cartoon was dropped
WA: A 25-year-old Mandurah woman has said she decided to drop her human rights complaint against cartoonist Bill Leak because he and his lawyers “weren’t going to cooperate with the conciliation process”. Read on.
Clover Moore threatens to halt $47m light rail payment
NSW: The City of Sydney Council has threatened to refuse to hand over $47 million to the Baird government for the city's new light rail line because it believes the project is failing to live up to what was promised. Read on.
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Barilaro tipped as NSW Nationals leader
NSW: He's the MP previously known for his rebellious streak and home-made lasagne.
But on Tuesday John Barilaro – known as 'Barra' to all on Macquarie Street - is the favourite to become NSW's next deputy premier. Read on.
New design unveiled for Australian embassy in Washington DC
NATIONAL: Australia's dilapidated embassy in Washington DC is set to be replaced with a $237 million environmentally sensitive building, maintaining a presence in the city's diplomatic precinct with a new contemporary design. Read on.
A look at the national weather forecast
A large high over SA is bringing clear and settled conditions to much of the nation. A trough over the north is generating showers and storms in the NT Top End and WA Kimberley, while drawing heat into the western coast. Another trough is producing a few showers in eastern NSW.
A fire warning was issued at 2.48am this morning, November 15, for the Central Wheat Belt, Great Southern, Inland Central West, South Coastal, South East Coastal, Gascoyne Inland, Goldfields, Eucla and Lower West Inland fire weather districts.
Check out the national weather radar here.
On this day …
In 1956, Elvis Presley made his acting debut in the premiere of the "Love Me Tender" movie.
In 1965, The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo" television show. The band performed "Get Off My Cloud."
