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Ben Silvester
Victorian state correspondent
Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.
'Perfect storm': data reveals Australia's youth self-harm crisis
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'Perfect storm': data reveals Australia's youth self-harm crisis
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Victoria's public hospitals punished for revealing massive deficits
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Victoria's public hospitals punished for revealing massive deficits
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'Terrible governance': federal MP lambasts state government planning changes
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'Terrible governance': federal MP lambasts state government planning changes
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Australia faces a 'tsunami' of insolvencies, but does it actually matter?
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Australia faces a 'tsunami' of insolvencies, but does it actually matter?
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Revealed: Ballarat the best place in Australia to run a business
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Revealed: Ballarat the best place in Australia to run a business
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Revealed: The riskiest suburbs and towns in Australia to run a business
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Revealed: The riskiest suburbs and towns in Australia to run a business
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Regional Victoria is Australia's worst performing housing market
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Regional Victoria is Australia's worst performing housing market
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Is the Ballarat Base redevelopment keeping pace with growth?
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Is the Ballarat Base redevelopment keeping pace with growth?
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Health services hit hardest by regional housing crisis
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Health services hit hardest by regional housing crisis
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Financial 'train wreck' forces rural hospitals to make deep cuts
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Financial 'train wreck' forces rural hospitals to make deep cuts
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