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Ballarat man refused bail after drawing genitals, urinating in stolen car

A BALLARAT man accused of stealing a luxury BMW and repainting it, urinating in a car he was burgling and spray-painting a penis on another, has been refused bail. Troy Barnes, 23, of Stuart Court, was told in Ballarat Magistrates Court on Wednesday ... >> view original

Ballarat manufacturer SEM Fire and Rescue wins $3m contract to build CFA fire ...

A Ballarat special purpose vehicle maker has won a Victorian Government contract to build 20 new fire tankers for the Country Fire Authority (CFA). The order is part of the Government's commitment to deliver 70 CFA trucks to brigades across Victoria. >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report | Wednesday June 3, 2015

Up to 15 workers at Ballarat-based footwear and clothing company Rivers Australia have been made redundant. The job cuts come despite Specialty Fashion Group chief executive Gary Perlstein telling employees not to fear job losses after the major ... >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report | Tuesday June 2, 2015

Ballarat breakfast report, Tuesday June 2, 2015. 07:51 AM: TOP STORIES. Ballarat breakfast report, June 2, 2015. TWO young children sat terrified in a car while a gunman attacked their fathers, shooting one and pistol-whipping the other, in a violent ... >> view original

Hong Kong's Young Find New Meaning in Tiananmen Vigil

HONG KONG — Hong Kongers plan to hold a candlelight vigil Thursday night to mark the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests, an annual event that takes on greater meaning for the city's young after last autumn's pro-democracy demonstrations ... >> view original

Germany urges Sisi not to carry out Egypt death penalties - Al

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the Egyptian president not to execute Muslim Brotherhood leaders. (AFP/File). More >. Create alert for BerlinBerlin. ,. Create alert for EarlierEarlier. ,. Create alert for Abdel Fattah el-SisiAbdel Fattah el-Sisi. >> view original

Sheryl Sandberg: 'I'm going to kick the s--- out of option B'

Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook chief operating officer, has described the agony of the first month after her husband's death. Dave Goldberg, chief executive of online polling company SurveyMonkey, died aged 47 in a treadmill accident while the couple were ... >> view original

China Sea claims a 'spaghetti bowl': DFAT

NO one expects the "spaghetti bowl" of competing claims in the South China Sea to be decisively resolved anytime soon, the foreign affairs department chief has told a Senate committee. PETER Varghese said Australia didn't have an anti-China position, but ... >> view original

First refugees from Nauru detention centre arrive in Cambodia

Four refugees transferred from the Nauru detention centre have arrived in Cambodia and have been taken away in a van with curtains covering the windows. Two Iranian men, an Iranian woman and a Rohingya man from Myanmar arrived in Phnom Penh on ... >> view original

Five troops killed in fighting with pro-Russian rebels, Ukraine says

Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, mostly near the government-held town of Maryinka where pro-Russian rebels were trying to make a significant advance, a presidential aide said on Thursday. Thirty-nine ... >> view original