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Bacchus Marsh cements top-six spot in Ballarat Football League with ...

In other results, Darley hammered Melton by 102, Redan comfortably accounted for Melton South by 135, North Ballarat City took care of Sebastopol by 106 and Lake Wendouree beat East Point by 33. The Cobras meet the Lakers in a top-five battle this ... >> view original

Ballarat manufacturing a winner from buy local push says Australian Industry ...

The Australian Industry Group says the Victorian Government's decision to buy local has boosted Ballarat's manufacturing sector. SEM Fire and Rescue had been contracted to build 20 fire trucks for Country Fire Authority brigades across Victoria. The $3 ... >> view original

Mulkearns refuses to front royal commission

THE bishop who was in charge at Ballarat when some of Australia's worst paedophiles preyed on young children has no plans to help a royal commission uncover the truth about sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Father Ronald Mulkearns was bishop ... >> view original

George Pell to be called to second royal commission hearings in Ballarat

Cardinal George Pell had shown disregard for victims of child sexual abuse through his repeated denial of any knowledge of abuse within the church, according to Vatican advisor and child sexual abuse victim Peter Saunders. Photograph: Andreas ... >> view original

Why obesity protects against heart disease and heart attack

Being obese could actually help reduce improve chances of survival after a heart attack because excess fat appears to fight heart disease, a study has shown. Previously scientists were puzzled about why the most overweight people live longer after a heart ... >> view original

More people buying ecstasy, cocaine on internet, Global Drug Survey shows

More people are buying illicit drugs like ecstasy and cocaine on the internet, as prices are now cheaper online than on the street, a new report shows. According to the Global Drug Survey 2015, the price of ecstasy pills in Australia is now double the global ... >> view original

Tasmania's graduate nurses struggling to find work, Nursing and Midwifery ...

Tasmania's Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is deeply concerned about a new report showing 60 per cent of the state's nursing graduates cannot get jobs. A survey conducted by the ANMF has found, nationally, about two-thirds of last year's nursing ... >> view original

Queensland Birthday Honours: Gold Coast optometrist humbled with top award

Professor Nathan Efron has been made a Companion of the Order of Australia. Photo: Supplied. One of the four Queenslanders honoured with the Queen's Birthday Honours most senior recognition - a Companion in the Order of Australia - says he is ... >> view original

Real women can do chin ups

Chin up lasses - More women hitting the gym have "being strong" in their set of fitness goals. Iconic images of the female upper body tend to be all about cleavage, but some are defined more by muscle than cup size. Rewind to the 1980s sci-fi classic Aliens ... >> view original

No jab, no job for future ambos, but current paramedics can be unprotected

Victorian paramedics do not have to be vaccinated, despite concerns that unprotected health care workers could transmit diseases to patients. In the wake of revelations that a Brisbane paramedic exposed patients at four hospitals to measles last month, ... >> view original