Ballarat police officers accused of attacking woman challenge IBAC ...
Two Ballarat police officers are arguing they should not be subject to potential self-incrimination. Two Ballarat police officers being investigated by the state's anti-corruption body over allegations they used excessive force against a woman in their custody, are challenging the watchdog's legal authority to investigate them in the country's highest court. The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) is investigating the male and f..>> view originalGlaucoma patient was on list for four years to see an eye doctor
Retiree Steven Mendelson says he has waited four years to be seen by an ophthalmologist and two years to be seen by a neurologist after having a stroke in early 2012. Photo: Pat Scala It was the specialist eye doctor appointment Victorian stroke survivor Steven Mendelson had waited nearly half a decade for.The 69-year-old retiree said when he was eventually seen by an ophthalmologist through the public health system in late 2015, he was booked in for surger..>> view originalV/Line crisis began with Regional Rail Link cutbacks five years ago
Corey Hannett, former CEO of the Regional Rail Link Authority, is Co-ordinator General of Labor’s major transport infrastructure program. Photo: Melanie Dove The public servant overseeing the Andrews government's record $20 billion public transport agenda made a series of cuts to the Regional Rail Link project that have contributed to V/Line's current crisis.Corey Hannett is Co-ordinator General of Labor's major transport infrastructure program, with oversi..>> view originalEnter sandman: Identity of Port Fairy's 'Sand Banksy' sculptor revealed
Mystery sand sculptor Richard, from Ballarat, has been spending his holiday time on East Beach in Port Fairy creating ephemeral artworks. Photo: Rob Gunstone/Warrnambool Standard From an enormous roly-poly dog, to a startlingly realistic yelping head and a cartoonish bust of former prime minister Tony Abbott, intricate works of art have been popping up along Port Fairy's East Beach over the past week. Yet the ephemeral sand sculptures washed away before curious locals could figure out who ..>> view originalSelling Houses is team back to save more Aussie homeowners
FOXTEL'S most popular local production isn't a drama or a comedy. It's Selling Houses Australia, a series about helping real-life homeowners sell the unsellable. The renovation show, now in its ninth series, returns for more home improvements tonight. The real estate rescue show is the highest rating series in Foxtel's history, reaching more than one third of all subscribers. Over three days, real estate expert Andrew Winter, interior designer Shaynna Blaze and landscape designer ..>> view originalJewel thief told to seek treatment
A woman who stole almost $7000 worth of jewellery has been ordered to undergo drug treatment and counselling prior to sentencing. A woman who stole almost $7000 worth of diamonds and pearls from a Sturt Street jeweller has been ordered to undergo drug treatment and counselling prior to sentencing. Bethany Thomson, 28, pleaded guilty to a string of theft charges at the Ballarat Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Police prosecutor Senior Constable Steve Kent told the court Thomson visite..>> view originalSweet Sherry set to star for Stanley
Sweet Sherry (Image: Darren McNamara) Brent Stanley says it’s all systems go for Sweet Sherry. The filly showed her class with a strong victory in the opening Victorian two-year-old race of the season, the Listed Maribyrnong Trial at Flemington. She didn’t have things go her way in her second start at Moonee Valley, being slow away and losing a plate, but she’s really furnished out in her time off. Now the Sutton Grange trainer is hoping she can measure up and compete in Australia’s two pr..>> view originalThree To Watch - Sandown
Australian Men 'Honor' Aussie Icons in Blackface Costume, Receive ...
Australia may portray itself as a sunny, laid-back country, but recent news stories show race is still a major problem down under. The Atlanta Blackstar recently ran a story about a video game that allowed users to play white settlers who kill Aboriginals, the native people of Australia. Aboriginals are dark-skinned people who are believed to have migrated from Africa 75,000 years ago. Although they were the first people to settle Australia, Aboriginals were massacred by British settlers and no..>> view originalReview: Spotlight's revealing story of child abuse in my home town ...
It’s a frontrunner to win Best Picture at the Oscars, has cleaned up the critics' awards and won extraordinarily high ratings from filmgoers. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t seen the recent release Spotlight yet. In a summer dominated by the return of Star Wars, who wants to watch a movie about Boston journalists exposing the Catholic Church for decades of child abuse and cover ups? But I hope more people do see it, because as the final moments of the film make clear, Spotlight is no..>> view original
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