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The state and federal government’s are set for a showdown over a $39 million rail upgrade to add a train service between Ararat and Ballarat.
Recycled plastic is being used instead of timber to provide a more environmentally friendly option for gardeners.
Celebrity horticulturalist Stephen Ryan was in Delacombe to debut a e-wood on Sunday.
A Ballarat mushroom farmer has issued a blunt warning to would-be foragers this season: pick at your own peril.
Regional news
NSW: Wollongong councillor Bede Crasnich has heard all the stories of a panther, or panthers, roaming the Illawarra escarpment and he’s not buying it. He’s offered to pay $5000 to anyone who can show him an Illawarra-caught panther. The big cat must be captured alive, and must be unharmed, he stresses.
VIC: Regional train lines will get a $1.45 billion funding boost as the Andrews government moves to shore up its support across country Victoria ahead of next year's state election...read the full story.
QLD: Police are still on the hunt for an alleged attacker, after two men were stabbed at a home in Logan on Saturday night. Police said a 22-year-old had an argument with the occupants of a Slacks Creek home and was ejected...read on.
NSW: The Wests Tigers and police are investigating an incident after Saturday night's match between the Tigers and Sharks at Leichhardt Oval in which a projectile was launched in the direction of the players. Fairfax Media understands the projectile was believed to be aimed at departing Tigers five-eighth Mitchell Moses.
National news
NSW: Maitland’s massive Groovin’ the Moo crowd was largely well behaved, police said, despite dozens of people being charged with drug possession at the weekend festival...read on.
NSW: A 40 year old man will face Taree Local Court charged with several offences following an alleged police pursuit on the Pacific Highway. The man was allegedly drink driving with four children and his wife in the car...read on.
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International News
►A former Illawara man killed in a head-on crash in France is being remembered by as an honest, hard-working guy who would do anything for anyone...full story here.
FACES OF AUSTRALIA
Gabrielle Smart has sage advice for all her peers.
Take up every opportunity you are offered, the Forster teenager says.
“Never think you are not good enough, ” she says.
The Year 11 Great Lakes senior campus student has returned from the UBS Young Women’s Leadership Academy full of enthusiasm, confidence and optimism for a bright future...full story here.