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Western Bulldogs community camp hits Ballarat | Photos, Video
Officially, Western Bulldogs have opened their Mair Street kennel so everyone in Ballarat can learn exactly what the club is all about. And it is more than football. More here.
Accused who fled crash in custody
A Ballarat man who allegedly fled a two-car collision on Saturday evening has been refused bail. More here.
Funding cuts to hurt regional family violence victims
Victims of family violence in the Ballarat region will be among the hardest hit if funding cuts to key services go ahead. Victoria’s only specialist women’s family violence legal service and helpline will have a $200,000 federal funding cut from July 1, which will force the organisation to stop vital family violence services used by many regional women. More here.
Dogs get a feel for Eureka
Chris Maple is all too familiar with Eureka Stadium and hopes the Western Bulldogs can build the AFL’s newest venue into a home away from home. More here.
Best could die in jail: court
One of Ballarat’s most notorious Christian Brothers, pedophile Robert Best was likely to die in jail, a County Court judge has said. A court heard on Monday the hypocrisy of Best, 76 was "breathtaking and gobsmacking", exacerbated by his religious affiliation. More here.
Regional
As far as the Port Kembla steelworks is concerned, the bad times are now in the rear-view mirror, according to BlueScope CEO Paul O’Malley.
All year 12 students will have to study grammar and dramatically improve their writing skills as part of the most significant changes to the state's HSC in decades, which will see fewer topics studied in favour of "less breadth and more depth" in all subjects.
Victimes of historic sexual abuse at Bathurst’s St Stanislaus’ College will receive a formal public apology on June 16.
Head of College Dr Anne Wenham announced the date for the apology following the sentencing of disgraced former priest Brian Spillane in the District Court last Thursday.
National News
More than 7000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia part-time staff are owed millions of dollars in unpaid superannuation entitlements, according to legal advice.
Has the Apex gang been mortally wounded, less than a year after a brawl at Moomba thrust them into the spotlight?
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane appeared to suggest as much during a press conference on Sunday.
It started as an embarrassing joke. Shane Barnbrook accidentally swallowed a chicken bone while eating dinner and knew it had to come out.
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International news
Victorian man Thomas Keating has pleaded guilty before a Thai court to a charge of reckless driving causing death over a tragic jet-ski crash that killed his partner Emily Collie.
You couldn't make this up. Well, yes you could.
It's true. Which is to say, it's false.
We're talking about Donald Trump. Of course.
Fresh from composing his own poll to prove that the mainstream media really, really dislikes him and is awfully unfair – and to make a bunch of money as a poll sideline, naturally – Trump has taken to inventing terrorist attacks in small Scandinavian countries.
North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur has denounced Malaysia's investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, and insisted the man poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport last week was not him.
On this day | October 10
362 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria.
1431 – Joan of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy.
1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule.
1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
The faces of Australia: Catherine Richards
University of Newcastle engineering graduate Catherine Richards has described winning a scholarship worth $200,000 as a “life changing opportunity” to address global concerns about resource sustainability. Read more.