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• Former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns to give evidence to royal ...

  

  Former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns to give evidence to royal commission into child sex abuse Updated February 22, 2016 06:07:32 The royal commission is expected to hear from the former Bishop of Ballarat as it continues to investigate historic child sex abuse in the western Victorian city. Ronald Mulkearns was in charge of the Ballarat diocese during one of its darkest periods. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse has already heard t..

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• Bus crashes in South Melbourne, trapping passengers

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Passengers rescued from South Melbourne bus crash RAW VISION: Emergency crews work to free passengers trapped in the wreckage of a bus after it slammed into a bridge in South Melbourne. Courtesy Seven News Melbourne. PT1M3S 620 349 All passengers have been freed from a bus which crashed into a bridge in South Melbourne.Fifteen people were on the charter bus - part of the Gold Bus Ballarat fleet - which slammed into the light rail bridge near Mont..

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• A personal story of child sexual abuse

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Pell may never to return to Australia Due to give evidence to the Royal Commission from the Vatican, Cardinal Pell says he may never return to Australia. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. PT0M16S 620 349 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 i..

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• Issues for Pell at abuse royal commission

  

  WHAT CARDINAL GEORGE PELL HAS TO ANSWER BEFORE CHILD ABUSE ROYAL COMMISSION WHY HE'S APPEARING AGAIN Now the Vatican's finance chief, the former Melbourne and Sydney archbishop and Ballarat priest will give evidence about abuse in the Ballarat diocese and Melbourne archdiocese. Between 1973 and 1984 Pell was a Ballarat East priest, Episcopal Vicar for Education in the Ballarat diocese and an adviser to the Ballarat bishop. Pell presided over St Alipius primary school where four Christian Brothe..

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• Christian Brother hugged after complaint

  

  A victim hopes the royal commission exposes the "hideous" child sex abuse by Christian Brothers. A pedophile Christian Brother was hugged by a superior after a child sex abuse complaint was made against him, an inquiry has heard.Convicted pedophile Stephen Farrell has told the child abuse royal commission he was given a cuddle by Brother Paul Nangle after the 1970s St Patrick's Christian Brothers' superior received an abuse complaint involving Farrell and a year five student."He just put ..

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• Community rallies to raise funds for essential cancer research

  

  RESEARCHERS are a step closer to finding a cure for cancer thanks to the generosity of the local community. STEP CLOSER TO A CURE: Hundreds of cyclists flocked to Lake Wendouree on Sunday to help raise funds for the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute. Picture: Dylan Burns.RESEARCHERS are a step closer to finding a cure for cancer thanks to the generosity of the local community.Almost 2000 people flocked to Lake Wendouree on two wheels for the annual Ballarat Cycle Classic on Su..

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• "Reasonable" for victims to see Pell testify from Rome

  ... for Pell's third royal commission appearance, which will cover the church's handling of abuse complaints in the Ballarat diocese and Melbourne archdiocese.

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• News in 90 Seconds

  News in 90 Seconds Posted February 22, 2016 06:50:39 In this update, the latest poll shows the Coalition and Labor’s popularity in deadlock, hundreds of families in Fiji have spent another night in emergency shelters following Cyclone Winston, an asylum seeker baby being treated for burns sustained on Nauru will be moved to detention in Brisbane and the child abuse Royal Commission will resume its hearing into the Catholic Church in Ballarat today . ABC N..

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• Peep Tempel — Estonian House (Melbourne, February 18)

  

  Going to Estonian House for a gig reminds me of the time I got into a cab and the driver insisted I looked Estonian and therefore must be. It must be that pasty Irish potato face I guess, but it always amused me that he was so certain. The Shadow Electric people from the Convent in Abbotsford have expanded their reach, using this old theatre in West Brunswick as a new venue. It’s a great space, easy to see from everywhere, large, but not too much, and the sound crawls into your skin. On an omin..

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• Mall to Mall ride to raise money for beyondblue

  

  CYCLING from Melbourne to Perth was always something Shelley civil engineer Bruce Bowman wanted to do. “I’ve had it in the back of my mind for a long time,” he said. After undertaking the gruelling 870-kilometre South-West Munda Biddi trail, Mr Bowman put Mall ride the wheels in motion to accomplish his long-held dream. “I turned 60 last year and I thought the time was right, but I chose to do it for charity after a colleague told me not to waste the opportunity to raise money,” he said. “I..

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