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Pell should take Ballarat stand: Andrews

Cardinal George Pell should give evidence to the child abuse royal commission in Ballarat, not Melbourne, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says. The commission has moved the second stage of public hearings into clergy abuse in the Ballarat diocese to ... >> view original

Brutality claims: Ballarat cops lose bid to avoid IBAC probe

An investigation into an alleged culture of aggressive and excessive force against vulnerable women at Ballarat police station will be held in public after the Victorian Supreme Court upheld the powers of the state's anti-corruption watchdog to examine ... >> view original

Ribbon for Ballarat's homeless

The organisation worked with Ballarat High School, Phoenix P-12 Community College, Ballarat Secondary College Link Up campus and Haddon Primary School to raise awareness of homelessness in the community. Project coordinator Nikita Guest said ... >> view original

Ballarat Turf Club covers track to prevent rain ruining big day

He dismissed concern the covers would produce uneven surfaces, saying the areas covered were a couple of ratings worse than the rest of the track. “This will even it up beautifully,” McKenzie said. “We believe this is the first time this had been done ... >> view original

US school model comes to Ballarat

AN AMERICAN school model that teams with companies to help students enter the workforce job-ready is coming to Ballarat. The innovative Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) model will open at Federation University Australia's ... >> view original

Dozens of Syrian Christians Missing From Town Attacked by ISIS

ISTANBUL — Dozens of Christian civilians are missing and are believed to be captives of the Islamic State extremist group after it seized their town in central Syria this week, according to conflict-monitoring groups and the Syrian Orthodox Church ... >> view original

Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A gang armed with machetes hacked a secular blogger to death at his home in Dhaka Friday, sparking protests in the capital over the fourth such murder in Bangladesh this year. Niloy Chakrabarti, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, was killed after ... >> view original

The more offensive Donald Trump is, the more Americans want to vote for him ...

This was billed as the Donald Trump Show and it didn't disappoint. The bombastic property mogul-turned-TV star took centre stage as the battle to decide the next Republican candidate for President of the United States went live across America ... >> view original

North Korea Is Creating Its Very Own Time Zone Today

North Korea, a country of roughly 25 million people, is in the midst of a severe drought, which is contributing to food shortages that are leaving more than 10 million people without enough food. Even those lucky enough to have enough to eat have to ... >> view original

Suicide bombers spread fear of Boko Haram in Cameroon

YAOUNDE (CAMEROON): Empty streets, body searches and tips to police embody the fear that Boko Haram has instilled in northern Cameroon, where they killed more than 40 people in suicide bombings in July. Raiders from the Nigerian sect later ... >> view original