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Football in Ballarat

Football in Ballarat. The Western Bulldogs have committed to play two to three AFL matches every year in Ballarat from 2017 on the delivery of an AFL standard Eureka Stadium. The Victorian Government has announced $31.5 million to upgrade the Ballarat ... >> view original

Miners Rest residents maintain fight against decision to move Ballarat saleyards

Miners Rest residents will lobby Victoria's Planning Minister to overturn a council decision to move the saleyards to that part of Ballarat. All but two councillors last week voted to effectively move the saleyards, leaving residents devastated after ... >> view original

Four cyclists in hospital after massive crash in national women's race near ...

Bikebug Nextgen rider Sarah Knights, 30, suffered a broken collarbone and received stitches to her knee after the pile up at the 2015 Tour of the Goldifelds on Saturday in Burrumbeet, west of Ballarat. Sarah Knights in hospital. She said a group of 60 ... >> view original

Matt Cumani to launch training career in Ballarat

Matt Cumani, son of internationally acclaimed English-based trainer Luca Cumani, will launch his training career in a new stable complex to be established by Ballarat Turf Club early in the newyear. The 34-year-old is already working in Australia. >> view original

Cumani set to train at Ballarat

Matt Cumani, the son of legendary British-based Italian trainer Luca Cumani, is set to begin his training career at Ballarat. The 34-year-old worked for his father at Newmarket for three years and has spent the past 12 months working as a stable ... >> view original

Nurse navigator positions revealed

Brisbane, Beaudesert, Redland and Caboolture hospitals will receive 155 of the new "nurse navigator" positions. Photo: NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association. The Palaszczuk Government has outlined where the first of its promised 400 new experienced ... >> view original

Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke banned from talking about suicide

One of the world's leading euthanasia campaigners, Dr Philip Nitschke, has agreed to stop providing people with advice on how to end their lives, so he can keep his medical registration. In an extraordinary settlement between the doctor and the Medical ... >> view original

Putting your fertility on ice

Fertility declines as you age so some women are choosing to use IVF to freeze their eggs. Even young women are considering the option with employers offering to pay for the procedure to allow women to advance their careers. The success rate of live ... >> view original

'Abortion tourism' brings scores of women to Victoria for late terminations

Scores of women are flying into Victoria to have late-term abortions each year because of prohibitive laws in other states and territories. The demand for the controversial procedure is so great in Melbourne that the main service is flying doctors in ... >> view original

Can A Simple Virtual Reality Test Determine Early Alzheimer's Risk?

The study included two groups of young adults-one carrying the Alzheimer's gene variant, one without it-neither of which showed symptoms of the disease. According to the researchers, the group believed to be at increased genetic risk of Alzheimer's ... >> view original