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Blaze near Ballarat destroys homes
Nino Bucci and Bridie Smith Homes near Ballarat were destroyed and seven people treated in hospital after an out-of-control grass fire swept through Snake Valley on Tuesday night
'Had a gutful': Ballarat man faces death in Bali
Karlis Salna A Victorian man who has been detained in Bali allegedly carrying a large quantity of drugs could face the death penalty.
University of Ballarat podcast
Special Promotion: The University of Ballarat brought Telstra on board to do an ICT assessment across both the staff and student bodies at the university.
Efforts to head off asbestos crisis under way
Peter Hannam Talks to head off an asbestos crisis linked to the national broadband rollout are under way as the government prepares urgent legislation on a new national asbestos register and telco giant Telstra...
Celibacy a factor in some cases, says Pell
Jane Lee Celibacy might be a factor in the high rate of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church, Cardinal George Pell has told an inquiry.
Pell makes admissions
Barney Zwartz Cardinal George Pell has admitted the Catholic Church had put paedophile priests ''above the law'', covered up abuse and moved abusers.
Betting blitz hits junior footballers on club website
Richard Willingham Junior footballers checking club's website recently were bombarded with betting ads.
Healing broken souls
Barney Zwartz After decades of desperate struggle to have the world take them seriously, survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy are beginning to live, in the words of survivor and advocate Peter Blenkiron, in a...
Church used 'blackmail, secrecy'
Barney Zwartz Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church gets covered up through a system of blackmail and 'sacred silence', according to the founder of the Broken Rites advocacy group, Chris Wilding.
Melbourne wildlife warrior improves the lot of imperiled primates
Ollie Milman From the air you can grasp the sheer scale of it. Palm oil trees, planted in neat lines, stretch as far as the eye can see, pushing the more chaotic Indonesian rainforest to the fringes.
Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling
Marika Dobbin Charles Areni was shopping alone in a city department store between Monday meetings when he realised he was being watched.
Students want sex education earlier
Amy McNeilage HIGH school students say they are not getting sex education soon enough and want topics such as puberty and pregnancy discussed in primary school, a Victorian study has found.
Outlook sunny as Geek wins ruling on job dismissal
Clay Lucas Workplace Editor He went on Beauty and the Geek to find his true love. He failed.
Judge's 'discomfort' with Pell request
Mark Russell A judge today said he had 'a sense of anxiety or discomfort' about a request by Cardinal George Pell for sensitive material relating to the trial of convicted paedophile and Catholic brother Robert...
Not just the church: 'smear' angers Pell
Rick Feneley SMALL blessings. At last, it's not all about the Catholic Church. This royal commission, says Cardinal George Pell, is ''an opportunity to clear the air, to separate fact from fiction … We object to...
Pell seeks access to trial file of paedophile brother
Steve Butcher LAWYERS acting for Cardinal George Pell have applied to a Melbourne judge to inspect a court file from a trial of convicted paedophile and Catholic brother Robert Charles Best.
Victorian man found dead in outback waterhole
Stephen Cauchi A Ballarat man has died after an outback New South Wales road trip turned to tragedy.
60,000 child car restraints recalled over injury risk
Sarah Whyte More than 60,000 child car restraints are being recalled after testing found them likely to fail in a collision and cause serious injuries.
A shot rang out and crusaders under the Southern Cross fought way into history
From a declaration of independence to a pitched battle between redcoats and diggers, the battle of the Eureka Stockade had it all, Peter FitzSimons reveals in this excerpt from his new book, Eureka:...
