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Former Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns to appear at royal commission in Melbourne

A former bishop described as "pivotal" to the failure to prevent decades of widespread child sexual abuse at Catholic schools in Ballarat will appear before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The commission ... >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report, Saturday August 1, 2015

Emergency services experienced a quiet Friday night, with police, fire and ambulance not responding to any jobs of significance. Can you believe it has been one year since the city was blanketed in snow? Relive the magic in our gallery below: WEATHER. >> view original

Blues cop 112-point defeat against North Ballarat as another year without VFL ...

The Blues were more competitive in the second stanza, but North Ballarat slammed on 10 goals in the third quarter to stretch the margin to 112 at the final change. Northern had seven scoring shots in the last quarter, but kicked a wayward 1.6. Glenn ... >> view original

Ballarat travel guide and things to do: 20 reasons to visit

WALK LYDIARD STREET Ballarat, just under 1½ hours' driving time from Melbourne, is a handsome former 19th-century gold-rush city which is today home to some of the country's most impressive heritage architecture and streetscapes. There's so much ... >> view original

Ballarat students to shave bravely

Eleven students from Ballarat High School will be taking part in the 'brave shave' on August 12. Students at the school participate in the World's Greatest Shave each year, but Year 12 vice captain Nicholas Butterworth said this year is one of the biggest. >> view original

North survives scare

NORTH Ballarat City survived a scare to remain on top of the Ballarat Football Netball League a grade netball ladder on Saturday. Sunbury opened up a four-goal lead in the last quarter, but was unable to sustain the advantage and lost 63-61. City coach ... >> view original

Ballarat Police launch Facebook page

The creation of the Ballarat police Facebook page comes three years after the program was launched in Victoria. Two years ago, former police and emergency services minister Kim Wells announced an expansion of the Eyewatch initiative to include Bendigo, ... >> view original

Uber goes to court over Australia GST

Uber is taking legal action against a ruling by the Australian Taxation Office aimed at forcing it to levy a sales tax on customer fares. The US ride-hailing group has had its Sydney offices raided by government investigators and its drivers been fined ... >> view original

China and Asia on shaky ground as factories step back in July

SYDNEY Headwinds for the world's second-biggest economy intensified at the start of the third quarter, with manufacturing conditions in China deteriorating to their worst in two years in July and triggering fresh slides in global commodity prices. >> view original

PwC partner refutes IOOF review claims

PricewaterhouseCoopers is yet to start its second review on IOOF more than five weeks after the company told the Australian Securities Exchange it had engaged the auditing house to "immediately commence" a review in to serious allegations of misconduct ... >> view original