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Money drying up for abuse victims

He accepted that since January 1980 there had been at least 130 claims and substantiated complaints against the Ballarat diocese for child sexual abuse. But he disagreed with counsel assisting, Gail Furness SC, that at least 14 diocesan priests from ... >> view original

Ballarat priest used confession to admit abuse, royal commission told

“It's not yet public, but we have heard from at least one priest who confessed to his confessor, and in that way reconciled his offending behaviour, which continued with his belief in God,” justice Peter McClellan told the commission in Ballarat on Friday. >> view original

Man hospitalised after bus rolls near Ballarat

A man is fighting for his life after a bus carrying about 14 people rolled near Ballarat. The man, in his 20s, is being flown to a Melbourne hospital in a serious condition with head injuries. The collision occurred on the Colac-Ballarat Road in ... >> view original

Ballarat District Golf Series: Buninyong

Like one of Mount Buninyong Winery's finest blends, Buninyong Golf Club has stood the test of time and keeps improving with age. Tucked 20 minutes away from Ballarat's main thoroughfare Buninyong can lay claim to being one of the premier courses in ... >> view original

SINEAD Diver will be striving to increase her lead in the Athletics Victoria ...

SINEAD Diver will be striving to increase her lead in the Athletics Victoria XCR'15 Series in Ballarat today. She is the class runner and defending champion in the women's open 15 kilometres around Lake Wendouree and clear favourite to claim the state ... >> view original

Father of Preston Bridge, who died after taking drugs purchased on Silk Road ...

The Perth father of a teenage boy who died after taking drugs purchased from the website Silk Road says he holds the website creator personally responsible for his son's death. Ross Ulbricht was jailed for life for overnight his role in creating and running the ... >> view original

US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria — As Nigeria swore in Muhammadu Buhari as the new president on Friday, the Obama administration signaled that it was prepared to expand military cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram. Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the ... >> view original

London commuters lift 12-tonne double decker bus off stricken unicyclist

May 30, 2015: A crowd of Londoners rushed to the rescue of a unicyclist who was trapped beneath a double decker bus in east London. ninemsn. A huge crowd of Londoners banded together to lift a double decker bus off a unicyclist who was trapped ... >> view original

Cuba removed from US terror list

THE OBAMA administration on Friday formally removed Cuba from a U.S. terrorism blacklist as part of the process of normalising relations between the Cold War foes. Secretary of State John Kerry signed off on rescinding Cuba's “state sponsor of terrorism” ... >> view original

US defense chief to China: End South China Sea expansion

(CNN) As China rapidly builds new artificial islands in the South China Sea to expand its territory claim there, Washington is adamantly refusing to recognize those claims. On Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on Beijing to stop amid fresh ... >> view original