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Ballarat breakfast report | Sunday May 24, 2015

Ballarat hit a freezing low of minus 2.6 degrees overnight at 3.41am. Sunday is forecast to reach a partly-cloudy top of 13 degrees, with patchy fog early in the morning. POLICE. Ballarat police had nothing to report. In Airport West, a police dog was ... >> view original

Royal commission hears of 10 Ballarat victim suicides in last year

Ballarat is a very Catholic town and the Catholic community is very closed. Coming forward and talking publicly about child sex abuse in Catholic institutions not only has repercussions at the family level, but also at the business and social level in ... >> view original

Merciless Ballarat puts Bendigo to the sword in AFL Victoria Country ...

The margin lasted for the opening five minutes of the second quarter until Daniel Tung goaled, sparking a run of five Ballarat majors in 10 minutes. Lucas Anderson and Mitchell Phelps were in everything, snagging five of their side's seven second-term ... >> view original

Christian Brothers paid $3 million to Ballarat victims

THE Christian Brothers have paid Ballarat victims nearly $3 million, Oceania Province leader Brother Peter Clinch told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Friday. Br Clinch said the average payment was $70,000, ... >> view original

Ballarat cop complaints triple the average

SENIOR police had concerns about a high number of excessive force complaints involving officers in Ballarat going back to 2010, court documents reveal. FOUR incidents are to be investigated by the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission ... >> view original

Top rebel commander killed in east Ukraine - report

KIEV Aleksey Mozgovoi, a top rebel commander in east Ukraine, has been killed along with around six others in an attack by an unknown group of assailants, the press service for the separatist Luhansk territory (LITs) reported on Saturday. Mozgovoi, the ... >> view original

Horrifying footage shows teenage girl being beaten and then burnt alive by a ...

This horrifying footage shows a teenage girl being beaten and then burnt alive by a baying mob for her alleged involvement in the death of a taxi driver. The shocking four-minute footage shows the girl being punched and kicked with blood streaming down her ... >> view original

Four villages taken by Al-Shabaab in S. Somalia: gov't

MOGADISHU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Four villages south of Mogadishu have fallen under the control of the Al-Qaida linked militant group Al-Shabaab, barely few days after the government forces recaptured them, authorities said on Saturday. Lower Shabelle ... >> view original

Gay marriage: Conservative senators urge Australian referendum

Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten have both expressed their opposition to holding an Australian referendum on gay marriage after Ireland became the first country in the world to recognise same-sex marriage at the polls. Speaking this morning, the Prime Minister ... >> view original

Japan: Climate Change Aid Pledged for Pacific Islands

Japan pledged $450 million in aid Saturday to Pacific island nations that are battling rising sea levels and natural calamities as a result of global warming. The island nations include Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands and others dotting the Pacific ... >> view original