Pateman gives Ballarat thumbs up
Jockey Steven Pateman (Image: Racing Photos) Steven Pateman has given the Ballarat track the tick of approval after taking part in some course proper gallops on Wednesday morning. The champion rider was one of four jockeys to get a feel for the surface four days out from the Grand National Steeplechase meeting. The Ballarat Turf Club recently transferred a meeting and abandoned this Saturday’s first day of the scheduled two days jumps carnival and Pateman said while there had been concerns..>> view originalOn this day in Ballarat | August 17
2002 - Diane Marks Select Training model presentation night: Phillip Macdonald, Ashleigh Giles, Rhiannon Rixon, Amy Cotton.2002 - Mark Shaw, Marty Anderson, Joel Dodd, Xavier Bourke, East Point u18 players.2002 - Opening of a new Exhibition at the Art Gallery "Olympia Masked": from Left 5 year old Olympia Nelson and artist and Olympia's mum Polixeni Papapetrou.2002 - Nth Ballarat v Northern Bullants: from left North Ballarat Coach Gerard FitzGerald and Garry Hocking. 2002 - Diane Marks Select T..>> view originalNBN switch-over dates revealed
More than 4600 Ballarat premises will switch over to the National Broadband Network by November. More than 4600 Ballarat premises will switch over to the National Broadband Network by November.The NBN roll-out continues to ramp up across Ballarat, with the existing copper network to be switched off for more than 2200 properties in Canadian, Eureka, Golden Point and Ballarat East from September 9.More than 2400 dwellings in Ballarat East, Brown Hill, Eureka and Bakery Hill will swi..>> view originalChild flown to hospital after being kicked in the head by a horse in ...
A YOUNG boy who has been fighting for life after being kicked in the head by a horse is improving in hospital.The little boy, believed to be aged 3, wandered into a paddock where horses were grazing with another small child.His condition has been downgraded from critical to stable.Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty confirmed the accident occurred at about 2.30pm at a farm in Millbrook, near Ballarat in Victoria’s west.It is understood he was visiting his grandparents’ property, but no adu..>> view originalBallarat Health Services fraud case needs investigation says MP
State Member Joshua Morris has called for an investigation into the handling of the BHS fraud. Investigation needed: Member for Western Victoria Joshua Morris says the public are worried about what has happened at BHS. Photo: Kate Healy.‘Who knew what and when’ is the question being asked in relation to the loss of millions of dollars to a fraud at Ballarat Health Services.State member for Western Victoria Joshua Morris has moved a motion in Parliament calling for an investigation..>> view originalPolice set to interview Cardinal George Pell
Victoria Police is considering flying to Rome to interview Cardinal George Pell or interview him via videolink over complaints of sexual abuse against the cardinal made by two Ballarat men.It is believed the brief of evidence has been returned to Victoria Police and assistant commissioner Steve Fontana is assessing the claims. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide George Pell may face police interview CFA saga far from over Craig McDermott jaile..>> view originalFour-year-old kicked in the head by a horse is on the mend, hospital ...
The four-year-old boy who was rushed to hospital after being kicked in the head by a horse is making a recovery. The incident occurred at a property in Millbrook, near Ballarat on Tuesday afternoon. The boy was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Channel Seven He was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition. A spokeswoman for the hospital told Fairfax Media that the boy's condition had stabilised.>> view originalKathryn Mitchell qualifies for Olympic javelin final
RIO WATCH: Ballarat javelin thrower Kathryn Mitchell has launched herself into an Olympic final in Rio BALLARAT javelin thrower Kathryn Mitchell has launched herself into an Olympic final in Rio.Mitchell threw 61.63 metres in her final attempt in the B qualifying group on Wednesday morning, Ballarat time, to stake her place in Friday’s showdown.The Eureka athlete is set for her second consecutive Olympic javelin final – an Australian achievement matched only by Louise McPaul (Barc..>> view originalMelbourne Express: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
That's it for Melbourne Express. I'm taking a well earning break from the early morning starts and will be back in early October. Melbourne Express will continue, so check in for your morning primer on the news, travel and weather. Contact Craig Butt via email with great photographs and tip offs for the blog. I'll leave you with some beautiful photographs from around the world chosen by The Age's picture editor Leigh Henningham. Have a brilliant day. Photo gallery Picture Editor's Choice..>> view originalCold case breakthrough has brother vowing to continue dogged ...
More than three decades after his brother disappeared, a Victorian man has vowed to continue his dogged pursuit to find the body as two persons of interest appear on television for the first time. Terry Floyd disappeared on June 28, 1975, after leaving a friend's house at roughly 4.45pm in Avoca, about 70km northwest of Ballarat. When the 12-year-old failed to come home, his distressed parents phoned police. Despite an extensive police search, his body was never found and nobody has been charg..>> view original
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