Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Melton confident its Ballarat Football League list is as strong as it ... and other top stories.

  • Melton confident its Ballarat Football League list is as strong as it ...

    Melton confident its Ballarat Football League list is as strong as it ...
    Melton coach Brad Murphy. Picture: Mark Wilson.MELTON coach Brad Murphy believes the club’s playing list is as strong as it has been since he joined the Ballarat Football League outfit in 2014. The Bloods are hoping to top off their squad with more tall timber after confirming four signings for 2016.Melton has added Strathmore tall Mark Maric, Williamstown on-baller Jack Walker, West Footscray’s Hayden Bray and new playing assistant coach Michael Licciardo to a list which finished ninth last yea..
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  • Edwards rises from darkest depths

    Edwards rises from darkest depths
    Former Carlton player Jake Edwards will play for Geelong's VFL team this year. Picture: NIGEL HALLETTJAKE Edwards knows what rock bottom looks like.As a 19-year-old with the world at his feet as he edged closer to an AFL debut at Carlton, he was diagnosed with ­depression.What followed was a frightening spiral into isolation, heavy alcohol use, drug abuse and a lifesaving refuge in rehab after attempting to end it all.It is a past the 28-year-old does not shy away from as he joins Geelong’s VFL ..
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  • Truck driver's escape from Glenelg Highway inferno baffles crash ...

    Truck driver's escape from Glenelg Highway inferno baffles crash ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Truck driver found hiding in shed The driver of a truck involved in a fatal head-on collision on the Glenelg Highway could not be found at the crash-site, but was found in a shed 16km away. (Vision Channel Seven News) PT0M21S 620 349 There was no sign of the truck driver involved in a fiery head-on crash on the Glenelg Highway on Tuesday even minutes after the collision occurred, one of the first witnesses to arrive at the scene says.In a shock ..
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  • Search for missing Bendigo mum Samantha Kelly: 'Why did it take ...

    Search for missing Bendigo mum Samantha Kelly: 'Why did it take ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Grave fears for Samantha Kelly Family and friends of Bendigo mother-of-four Samantha Kelly still hold out hope she may return after her disappearance on January 20. (Vision: Channel Seven News) PT1M48S 620 349 Bizarre claims that the children of a missing Bendigo mother had their names changed and heads shaved are a part of an ongoing homicide investigation in the central Victorian town.It took 15 days for Samantha Kelly, 39, to be reported miss..
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  • Doctors offer to get Cardinal George Pell back to the Royal ...

    Doctors offer to get Cardinal George Pell back to the Royal ...
    Dr Richard Sallie has offered to give Cardinal George Pell a helping hand. Photo: AP Call them the 'Physicians for the comfort of George Pell'.Dr Richard Sallie, a West Australian doctor, has been taking volunteers for a small medical team.Their offer: a praetorian guard of personal physicians who could safely see Cardinal George Pell through the flight from Rome to appear before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Cardina..
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  • Doodt cuts teeth at King Island

    Doodt cuts teeth at King Island
    Apprentice jockey Ludy Doodt (Image: West Vic Race Pix) Racing Victoria third-year apprentice Lucy Doodt has adopted the ‘have saddle, will travel’ motto in her first nine months of racing, and doing so has paid dividends. The Ballarat-based hoop, 18, is apprenticed to trainer Dan O'Sullivan, but has made her mark early in her race-riding career at King Island, putting up some impressive numbers during their recent seven-meeting season. Doodt had 30 rides on the island for six winners, and..
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  • Federation University uses research grants to close gaps

    Federation University uses research grants to close gaps
    Federation University uses research grants to close gaps Posted February 11, 2016 11:17:55 With three research grants totalling $450,000, Federation University will be exploring how students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds succeed at university, to improve opportunities for future students.At Federation University's Churchill campus, 33 per cent of the student cohort come from low socio-economic backgrounds — a figure that somewhat surprises Professor..
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    BALLARAT, VIC: Child sexual abuse survivor, Brett Matthews has spent decades of his life searching for a “lost boy” whose innocence was stolen after he was ...
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  • Laying pathways for greater success in education for Indigenous ...

    Laying pathways for greater success in education for Indigenous ...
    The more we’re going to get into these universities, the more we’re going to get educated, which means the more the … Indigenous communities themselves are going to grow and close that gap. - A study participant in Rockhampton, Queensland. Across Australia, Indigenous students consistently record lower rates of education at all levels than the broader population, as shown again in the latest Closing the Gap report. So if we’re serious about addressing Indigenous disadvantage in education and se..
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  • Towers' bid built on strong foundations

    Towers' bid built on strong foundations
    Swan Dean Towers ready to take his chance. Picture: Brett CostelloIN the blink of an eye the Sydney Swans have gone from one of the toughest teams to break into to the land of opportunity for young players. So, Dean Towers is ready to grab his chance with both hands.Towers played the best games of his short career in last year’s two losing finals against Fremantle and North Melbourne and in round 23 against the Gold Coast.Being able to not only compete but excel in the cauldron of finals has giv..
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George Pell will not return to Australia to testify at Royal Commisssion .Syndicate of Victorian farmers pays $30m for properties near Ballarat .
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