Saturday, February 20, 2016

Ballarat prepares for child sexual abuse inquiry while Cardinal Pell ... and other top stories.

  • Ballarat prepares for child sexual abuse inquiry while Cardinal Pell ...

    On Monday, survivors of child sexual abuse, their supporters, lawyers, solicitors and representatives of the Catholic church will descend on the bucolic Australian town of Ballarat for the second time in nine months. The royal commission into institutional responses into child sexual abuse, tasked by the federal government in 2013 to take on the massive job of independently investigating child sexual abuse within churches and other institutions throughout Australia, will once again turn its att..
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  • Ballarat unites in show of support for survivors of child sexual abuse

    Ballarat unites in show of support for survivors of child sexual abuse
    VIC: One community is being encouraged to unite in a show of support for survivors of child sexual abuse ahead of a public hearing this week. UNITY: Ballarat Mayor Des Hudson is urging the community to tie ribbons onto an oak tree outside the Town Hall. Picture: Lachlan Bence.THE Ballarat community is being encouraged to unite in a show of support for survivors of child sexual abuse ahead of a public hearing this week. Ballarat mayor Des Hudson and deputy mayor Belinda Coates are ..
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  • Vic bishop 'could take secrets to grave'

    A Victorian bishop's evidence about what the Catholic Church knew about pedophile priests could be a "game changer" although some fear he may take his secrets to his grave. Former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns, who has only months to live, will give his long-awaited evidence to the child sex abuse royal commission this week but it could be a futile exercise. Bishop Mulkearns has told his doctor his memory of relevant events is vague and the commission has been warned his cognitive impairment..
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  • A personal story of child sexual abuse

    A personal story of child sexual abuse
    Depressed man and duck walk a desolate city street. Photo: Michael Leunig A few months ago, I caught up for lunch with lawyer Judy Courtin, one of the staunchest advocates for the victims of the rape and sexual abuse of children and vulnerable others by, in particular, Catholic priests, and one of the people instrumental in the successful campaign to establish the royal commission into the response of churches and other institutions to these crimes. She did ..
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  • White Night Melbourne 2016: All-night party to light up city

    White Night Melbourne 2016: All-night party to light up city
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. White Night: a survivor's checklist We've learned a lot covering White Night over the years, so here's our list of must-carry items for those who hope to survive the experience. PT1M36S 620 349 As darkness envelops Melbourne, White Night has transformed the city's landmarks into dazzling spectacles of art.Organisers had tipped a similar crowd to recent years, and were hopeful for a record attendance of more than 600,000 but on the streets it seem..
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  • Cardinal George Pell responds to reports of investigation into sex ...

    Cardinal George Pell responds to reports of investigation into sex ...
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  • Free spirit

    Free spirit
    "I guess what you'd say about this place is it's me, a lot of people say to me,'it's like walking through your soul'." Photo: Bill Farr Boutique owner Paula Evans has an eye for bohemian chic. Tierra Alma, her Mordialloc fashion store on Beach Road in Melbourne, has an almost cult-like following that lures customers from all over, some from Coburg and Preston who cross the Yarra regularly to browse and buy.  Sleeping beauty: Evans spied her Provincial Home L..
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  • Father John Walshe stops saying mass at St John Vianney's Primary ...

    Father John Walshe stops saying mass at St John Vianney's Primary ...
    Father John Walshe addressing parents at St Patrick's school in Mentone in 2010. Photo: Ballarat Courier A Catholic priest will no longer conduct mass at a Melbourne primary school after parents withdrew their children in protest over sexual abuse allegations.Earlier this month, more than 40 parents removed their children from school mass conducted fortnightly by Father John Walshe at St John Vianney's Primary School in Parkdale. ..
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  • Mag queen: My pathetic bid to buy love

    Mag queen: My pathetic bid to buy love
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  • Is it Magic Monday?

    Details Category: What's New Published on Saturday, 20 February 2016 21:00 Is Happy Days 2CH  to get a lick of paint, a new logo and join Brisbane and Melbourne in the Magic Network – repositioning as Magic 2CH? Last year when the then Fairfax music stations moved to the Magic brand, heritage names like 4BH Brisbane disappeared permanently. It appears that for Sydney, they will possibly transition slowly rather than shock and awe the older demos. The domain magic2ch.com was secured by MMN in..
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Ballarat artists Pitch Makin Fellaz light up Royal Exhibition Building ... .Melbourne auction numbers up to normal levels, with 949 homes to go under the hammer .
Hope for Ballarat, Mildura motorsport plans to 'complement each ... .bishop agrees to be sued for historic sex abuse claims .

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