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  • Labor quizzed over Ballarat schools asbestos removal efforts - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Labor quizzed over Ballarat schools asbestos removal effortsPostedNovember 05, 2015 13:49:06 The Victorian Opposition is demanding the Andrews Government reveal how it will remove asbestos from Ballarat schools.The Government promised to spend $100 million to remove the potentially deadly fibre from buildings in Government schools by 2020.However, the Opposition said that meant they would have to remove asbestos from 23 schools a month to meet the target.The Opposition's education spokesman, Nick Wakeling, said parents were still waiting for details."For families in Ballarat, for families in regional Victoria, they want to know when the asbestos will be removed," he said."We know across ..
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  • Country Watch

    Country Watch
    Prince Of Penzance winning the Melbourne Cup (Image: Darren McNamara) There was a distinct country feeling about the greatest cup race of all on Tuesday.Ballarat, Berriwillock, Warrnambool and more were well-represented and recognised as part ofPrince Of Penzance’sMelbourne Cuptriumph.And theDarren Weir-Michelle Paynetandem almost made it two cups in as many days at Kyneton on Wednesday, but were denied by arepeat offender in Tristram’s Sun.The trend this spring has favoured repeat cup winners, withVizhakasaluting again at Bairnsdale, and there’ll be a couple of defending champs running around in this weekend’s country cups.Having a BallanThe Ballan Jockey Club has been racing since..
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  • Tony Leonard reviews the Wallace Hotel

    Tony Leonard reviews the Wallace Hotel
    The Wallace Hotel.Pub:                      Wallace Hotel.Where:                 741 Bungaree-Wallace Rd, Wallace.Phone:                 5334 0322Date:                    9 October 2015Score:                   13.5/20Internet:            n/aOVERVIEWJust short of the 100kms mark from Melbourne just off the Ballarat road is the Wallace Hotel, a good old fashioned country pub in this lovely hamlet.The pub is deceptively pretty without being over the top and the manicured lawns out front, expertly painted exterior and spankingly clean inside, it's not quite the country pub you had in your mind, yet still a little rough around the edges.Through the very neat front bar and the big dining room open..
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  • 19 days to draft: Meet Jacob Hopper

    19 days to draft: Meet Jacob Hopper
    19 days to draft: Meet Jacob HopperCallum TwomeyNovember 5, 2015 11:06 AMMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: Jacob Hopper of NSW/ACT poses for a photograph during the 2015 AFL Under 18 press call at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia on June 29, 2015. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media)THERE'S a fair chance you've already heard of Jacob Hopper. If you've read anything related to the new father-son and academy bidding system this year, Hopper's name is almost certain to have been linked.Hopper is among a handful of highly touted prospects tied to northern academy clubs, with the New South Wales product set to join Greater Western Sydney at the NAB AFL Draft.The 18-year-old moved from Leeton in N..
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  • Melbourne Cup: Michelle Payne still flying high

    Stevie too, a strapper at Weir's Ballarat stables who is now a YouTube sensation after drawing the winning barrier for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, appeared to be ...
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  • Severe weather ... This is the storm that produced a number of...

    Severe weather ... This is the storm that produced a number of...
    Funnel cloud churns over Melbourne Airport0:33A small funnel cloud was spotted near Tullamarine, as storms swept through Victoria. Courtesy: Facebook/Mark AbbottSevere weather ... This is the storm that produced a number of tornados around Melbourne. Pic: BOMMichael MorrowNews Corp Australia NetworkTHE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Victoria, with heavy rain, hailstones and damaging winds likely to cause chaos across the state.An earlier tornado warning was revoked, but the state is still expected to cop another drenching in what has been a day of weather extremes.Drenched ... Oaks Day racegoers run for cover as rain lashes Flemington. Picture: Ian CurrieS..
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  • Melbourne Cup winner returns to beach training ground | video...

    Melbourne Cup winner returns to beach training ground | video...
    Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance enjoys beach walk in WarrnamboolByJARROD WOOLLEYNov. 5, 2015, 8:35 a.m.VIC: Prince Of Penzance returns to Warrnambool as trainers look to emulate his success.Melbourne Cup winner returns to beach training ground  | video, photosPrince of Penzance, ridden by strapper Maddie Raymond in the sand near Levys Point, Warrnambool. Picture: Rob GunstoneJarrod McLean aboard Our Universal Star (left) watches Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance, ridden by strapper Maddie Raymond as they walk along the beach at Levys Point, Warrnambool. Picture: Rob GunstoneJarrod McLean aboard Our Universal Star (left) watches Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance, ridden by..
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  • Things to do in Melbourne under $50

    Things to do in Melbourne under $50
    Victoria's only medieval castle built in 1972, Kryal Castle near Ballarat offers up a mythical adventure land of dragon labyrinths, jousting tournaments, and ...
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  • Ciaron Maher in rare air as he claims consecutive VRC Oaks

    Ciaron Maher in rare air as he claims consecutive VRC Oaks
    Jameka claims the Crown Oaks1:06Trainer Ciaron Maher won his second successive Crown Oaks when star staying filly Jameka charged to victory in the $1 million Group 1 feature at Flemington. Damien Oliver took the filly to the front entering the straight and was never threatened.DAMIEN Oliver was talking about Ciaron Maher after Thursday’s VRC Oaks, but he could as easily have been talking about the dear departed.The language was the same.“It’s extraordinary, really’’ Oliver said. “He’s really come from obscurity in such a short time at such a young age.“I just think his laid back attitude is a great quality to have. A lot of trainers, their demeanour and attitude comes through in their horses..
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  • A pest plant emerges

    A pest plant emerges
    A pest plant emergesByRoger ThomasNov. 5, 2015, 2:39 p.m.A recent arrival on the local pest plants scene is white Spanish broom, an attractive white-flowered shrub.WHITE WEED: White Spanish broom has now escaped into bushland and roadsides around Creswick.A recent arrival on the local pest plants scene is white Spanish broom, an attractive white-flowered shrub. It grows smaller than well-established woody weeds such as Cape broom, English broom, flax-leaf broom and spiny broom and it is also a “lighter” and daintier plant.The main local occurrence of white Spanish broom is in the Creswick area. Like Cape broom and English broom, it readily colonises disturbed ground, and like all brooms, its..
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