Ballarat
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- Editorial
Premier, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars is no game
This week, Victoria was supposed to be hosting the Commonwealth Games. Instead, the state is counting the cost of another blunder.
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- Drugs
‘Uber drivers’: Why specialist nurses are spending hours ferrying patients across the state
Ballarat nurses are spending hundreds of hours driving clients to detox facilities in Melbourne, despite repeated calls for a facility in the region.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Broede Carmody
Fresh logs piled high in Wombat State Forest revive concern about removing fallen trees
The forest will become a national park next year, but contractors are now removing more timber from the forest than before the ban on commercial native logging.
- Bianca Hall
New targeted police search for Samantha Murphy
Police are undertaking a “targeted search” for the missing mum, nearly two years after her disappearance.
- Isabel McMillan
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- Private schools
Ballarat Grammar students cautioned by police over strappings
Senior students at the prestigious school have been cautioned against their alleged assaults on younger schoolmates as more legal action looms.
- Noel Towell
Homicide detectives investigate Ballarat baby’s death
The one-year-old boy was taken to hospital unresponsive by his mother and her partner last week.
- Isabel McMillan
Zebra and giraffe hides? Just another day at this 150-year-old family tannery
A regional Victorian tannery has been in one family for five generations. Brothers Bruce and Ross Greenhalgh are keen to retire – but that will be the end of the business.
- Carolyn Webb
Can only get two days away? Here are the best spots for a short break
Two days can seem like a lot more if you escape to a wellness retreat, or combine good food and wine with time in nature.