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  A Ballarat police officer who was stabbed while on duty in 2013 has been awarded with one of the force's highest awards – the Victoria Police Star. Read his ...

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• Family pleads for help to find missing Ballarat woman Dianne Stevens - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Family pleads for help to find missing Ballarat woman Dianne StevensPostedNovember 27, 2015 11:30:30 The family of a missing Ballarat woman are pleading with her to make contact with police.Dianne Stevens, 54, has not been heard from since she left her Brown Hill home about three weeks ago.She was last seen in a green Toyota RAV 4, registration TNA-323, with an overnight bag.Her sister Sandra said the family was desperate to know her whereabouts."It's totally out of character for her, we've ..

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  A fund has been established to help the Ballarat family to take Madison on a holiday to help her forget her ordeal. Ms Hastings, who since the attack on Sunday ...

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• Victoria girl who was stabbed in the face in Ballarat recovers in hospital | Daily Mail Online

  

  Pictured: The brave little girl recovering in hospital after being stabbed multiple times in the face for 'taking a man's pencil'... as her mother recalls cradling her covered in blood after the attackA young girl, 5, who stabbed in regional Victoria is recovering in hospitalMadison's mother Samantha Hastings shared a new photograph of the girlShe said she hadn't left the hospital since the stabbing to be with MadisonMs Hastings described the horrifying moments following the stabbing'I didn't re..

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• HUGE PROFESSIONAL FIELD CHASING GOLD IN IRONMAN 70.3...

  

  BALLARAT, Victoria(Friday 27 November 2015) – A mass professional field of 42 athletes will head to picturesque Ballarat, all chasing gold IRONMAN 70.3 Ballarat, an historic gold mining city in Victoria.Leading the charge on the December 13 race will be event ambassador Luke Bell and former IRONMAN World Champion Pete Jacobs.Melbourne based Annabel Luxford will take on Yvonne Van Vlerken (Netherlands) and Beth Gerdes (USA) in the battle of Ballarat.After claiming the world title in 2012, a ..

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• More than $23 million owed in unpaid fines | The Standard

  

  Ballarat's mukti-million dollar debt problem: $23 million owedByAMBER WILSONNov. 27, 2015, 8:45 a.m.VIC: A mega $23.65 million in unpaid infringements is owed by 14,000 residents of one regional city.Gotcha: Seventeen shoppers in Ballarat on Wednesday returned to the car park to find their wheels had been clamped. Picture: Kate HealyA MEGA $23.65 million in unpaid infringements is owed by 14,000 Ballarat residents, the Victorian Sheriff’s Office has revealed.The figures were revealed as a major ..

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• Reporting for GVBR duty!

  If it's almost the end of November then it must be time for the annual phenomenon which is the Great Victorian Bike Ride. This is the 32nd time the ride has been held, and it'll be my seventh time spending nine days pedalling around regional Victoria. In the past, I've joined the ride as it's travelled throughGippsland, trekked through the flat country up aroundSwan Hill, and made its way along theGreat Ocean Road. And while the ride has taken in Central Victoria in the past, th..

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• Prime Dispatch Edition 93

  

  Friday 27 November 2015, 2:20pm Not Surprising – one of ten horses to barrier trial or jump out this week!!!I Am Invincible – Surprise Me 2013 We have certainly had another busy week with a dozen horses either jumping out or running in official trials this week.  These include Atalanta Miss, Awasita, By Golly Molly, Husson Boots, Montana Pines, Munjai, Naranja, Not Surprising, Raido, Stimuli and Unique.  As well as this Honolulu Lass and Hussy’s Glow had educatio..

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• Bravery award for stabbed cop

  

  Senior Sergeant David Reither has been awarded the Victoria Police Star.FORMER Geelong policeman Senior Sergeant David Reither has been awarded the Victoria Police Star bravery award.Sen-Sgt Reither was given the award by Superintendent Andrew Allen at a ceremony at Ballarat yesterday.Sen-Sgt Reither was left bloodied on the side of the Midland Highway after being stabbed multiple times at Batesford on August 21, 2013.The police officer had pulled over after noticing a couple arguing in their ve..

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  Community housing the answer for rental crisisByMichael PollockNov. 27, 2015, 2 p.m.Australia’s community housing sectors can be the solution to the country’s current rental crisis, says Housing Incorporated housing manager Geoff Wallace.Facilities like CentaCare's Peplow House are facing increasing pressure due to Australia's rental crisis.Australia’s community housing sectors can be the solution to the country’s current rental crisis, says CentaCare Housing Incorporated housing manager Geoff W..

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