Four-year-old Western Bulldogs fan Alira Dobell wants her heroes to help her be braver in hospital. Read more.

Ballarat City Council voted unanimously against a planned subdivision at Mount Clear due to environmental and safety concerns for nearby residents. Read more.

While the city’s peak commerce body has welcomed a $7 million upgrade to Mair Street, some frustrated retailers feel the changes could have a detrimental impact on local businesses and the future of Ballarat’s CBD. Read more.

A 31-year-old Uber driver who was caught attempting to import ephedrine from India to manufacture drugs in his chook shed has faced court in Ballarat. Read more.

An alarming number of drug-taking drivers have made the decision to get behind the wheel despite numerous warnings from police. Read more.

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Uber driver attempted to import meth ingredients for use in his chook shed

A 31-year-old Uber driver who was caught attempting to import ephedrine from India to manufacture drugs in his chook shed has faced court in Ballarat.

Bite into the Donald Trump burger at Burger Urge in Glendale

If you’re feeling the urge for a burger, Largs couple Katerina and Chris Schafferius have opened the state’s first Burger Urge at Stockland Glendale. 

Grief after deadly dispute leads to murder-suicide in Wangaratta

Sadness and disbelief has swept over a Wangaratta community struggling to come to terms with how and why a horrific murder-suicide happened in a quiet residential street.

Trauma-affected police officer asked colleague to investigate death before suicide

As former police officer Ashley Bryant stood on the platform above a waterfall on the NSW North Coast he made a final phone call.

It was about 8.30pm on December 16, 2013, when he dialled the number of friend and colleague, Detective Inspector Matt Kehoe.

Little's $340m sell out to Japan Post isn't taking Toll

That guffawing out of Melbourne you heard on Wednesday was the sound of former Toll boss, Paul Little, reading the news that the logistic's group's new owner, Japan Post, had slashed the value of the business it acquired in 2015.

Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW

You probably don't remember the exact time you last opened your refrigerator.

But an electricity smart meter will.

It will also remember the age and brand of your appliance and how it is being used in the home - and all conveniently in real-time.

Charge Duterte with mass murder, lawyer tells The Hague

A blackened body lies unidentified on a slab in a Manila funeral home, one of thousands of suspected extra-judicial killings, or EJKs, as they have become known in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

First 'Made in China' aircraft carrier unveiled

The first 'Made in China' aircraft carrier was launched in Dalian, China's major northern port closest to North Korea on Wednesday, as the more powerful USS Carl Vinson strike group headed towards Korean waters.

Trump's travel ban playing into hands of extremists: David Cameron

Donald Trump's attempts to prevent citizens of six predominantly Muslim nations from entering the US is helping the cause of extremists, former British prime minister David Cameron has declared.

There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.

1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon

1989 – The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cupqualifying match against Senegal.

2011 – The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.