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Join Stephen Quartermain and Candice Wyatt for TEN Eyewitness News First at Five Melbourne. Discover all the latest Victorian news at TEN Eyewitness News' digital home.>> view originalBallarat Mayor thrilled council gets last-minute reprieve
Ballarat City Council leaders are elated all nine councillors will be thrown a lifeline. Ballarat mayor Des HudsonBallarat City Council leaders are elated all nine councillors will be thrown a lifeline after the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed he will change the local law to save their jobs. The council will be among a number of councils saved by the Andrews government after several local government authorities throughout Victoria admitted they had "stuffed up".Mr Andr..>> view originalCitizens jury urges Ballarat railway line upgrade to beat the sprawl
An independent ‘citizens’ jury has strongly endorsed the electrification of the Ballarat railway line from Sunshine to Melton. Infrastructure Victoria convened two citizens juries – one regional and one metropolitan – each made up of about 40 randomly selected people, who were asked to prioritise statewide projects and plans. The electrification of the Ballarat line was tagged “high priority” by the jury, which met six times over a three-month period to consider evidence, hear from experts and ..>> view originalBoy kicked in the head by a horse in Ballan0:47
A YOUNG boy was is fighting for life after being kicked in the head by a horse.Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty confirmed the accident occurred at about 2.30pm at a farm in Millbrook, near Ballarat in Victoria’s west.The little boy, believed to be aged 3, wandered into a paddock where horses were grazing with another small child.It is understood he was visiting his grandparents property, but no adults witnessed the incident.His parents took the boy to a nearby hospital, and then to a fo..>> view originalIdeal chance to tap into dam tourism potential
WHEN Victorian free settler William Cross Yuille asked an Aboriginal woman the name of the local swamp, she replied; “wendaaree” which in fact means “go away” in Wathaurung language.Believing this to be the name of the wetland, the colony dammed the swamp following the Victorian gold rush in 1851. Ever since the 1860s, Lake Wendouree has been a popular recreational lake for Ballarat’s citizens, while also providing potable drinking water for the township.Misunderstanding and tensions over water ..>> view originalI'll'ava'alf heads Grand National nominations
I'll'ava'alf (Image: Racing Photos) Crisp Steeplechase champion I'll'Ava'alf headlines the 14 nominees for the $350,000 Grand National Steeplechase, the feature of Sunday's bumper jumps day at Ballarat. Nominations remain open until 10am Wednesday, with the Symon Wilde-trained Danzadoozie the only other last-start winner in the field along with Patrick F Ryan Jnr's jumper. Naturally, Patrick Payne has a strong hand in the nominations, with each of Grand Annual winner No Song No Supper, Slo..>> view originalOperation Roam 2016: Hunting Australia's most wanted fugitives
Operation Roam Fugitive Hunt 20162:10Crime Stoppers Operation ROAM � Fugitive Hunt aims to apprehend these key persons of interest across the nation Police allege Graham Potter was involved in conspiring to murder and drug trafficking. He is one of 19 men in this year’s Crime Stoppers Fugitive Hunt.THE hunt for Australia’s most wanted fugitives is less than three days old, but already two have been caught by police.On Wednesday morning one of the fugitives, Daryl Wellington, had been arrested i..>> view originalMoreland councillor Michael Teti saved from axe for not signing ...
MICHAEL Teti has a second chance to stay on Moreland Council thanks to the State Government. The North East Ward councillor was named as one of 107 by the Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate to be disqualified for not complying with code of conduct requirements.Thirteen entire councils faced the boot with administrators to be appointed until the elections in October, but acting Local Government Minister Richard Wynne has stepped in to allow them to stay.Mr Wynne said this..>> view original
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