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• Spring break looming for Miss Wilson

  Miss Wilson will have one more start this campaign in an attempt to claim some black type at Sandown with trainer Simon Morrish to aim high in the autumn.Long-term, Morrish is looking to next year's Adelaide carnival with Miss Wilson who contests the Listed City Of Greater Dandenong Stakes (1400m) on Saturday with Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne aboard.After beginning her career in New Zealand, Miss Wilson was sent to Ballarat to escape the wet weather with an Oaks campaign in mind.S..

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• Tradies to get half-price vehicle registration

  

  ... on a light vehicle in metropolitan Melbourne will save $385.70 per year and apprentices in regional Victoria including Bendigo and Ballarat will save $330.20.

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• Geelong V/Line train delays cause chaos for morning commuters

  

  COMMUTERS were stuck on board a Geelong-bound V/Line service for almost 3½ hours after a train broke down at Deer Park this morning.While several services were cancelled, unlucky travellers on the 7.10am train from Southern Cross we caught in the midst of the chaos, with their train left waiting at Deer Park for about an hour and a half.The faulty train had blocked services from passing through Deer Park, causing the Geelong line to be partly suspended.More than 10 trains on the Geelong and Ball..

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• Michael Close Is Ready To Make A Return

  

  Michael Close Is Ready To Make A ReturnTerry Mallinder, Sunshine Coast DailyNovember 12, 2015 10:23 AMLions forward Michael Close is ready to make his return to footy after a season-ending ACL injury.He's the forgotten man of the Brisbane Lions, but Michael Close is hoping to remind all of his ability come the start of the 2016 season.Earmarked for one of the team's key forward posts, the strapping 21-year-old suffered a season-ending knee injury (ruptured ACL) when he landed awkwardly on the Et..

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• Criticism of plans for another medical school

  

  Criticism of plans for another medical schoolBy Joanna WoodburnPostedNovember 12, 2015 07:06:50 Medical students say plans for another school in New South Wales and Victoria are ill-conceived because there are not enough training opportunities for graduates.Charles Sturt University and La Trobe University want to set up the Murray Darling Medical School with campuses in Orange, Wagga Wagga and Ballarat.The proposal is gathering support from federal MPs including the Minister for Rural Health..

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• A long road, but a walk to remember

  

  The one in Ballarat is a great example and I've been fortunate enough to see memorials in Washington and other parts of the world. Many of the memorials on ...

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• Your moove: Opportunity for restockers

  

  AN ATTRACTIVE punt is on offer for producers with the guts, and cash, to restock their young cattle herd in a rebounding market.However, forecasts indicate significant dividends could flow when supply starts to bottom out next year.Widespread rain brought life back to the young cattle market in the past fortnight.The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) jumped to 590.75 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) this week, up almost 30c/kg on this time last week.Nevertheless, restockers supported the ti..

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• Developer jailed after investors lose life savings

  

  Developer jailed after investors lose life savingsThursday, 12 November 2015|Staff ReporterView CommentsThe director of two property companies will spend at least three years behind bars after misappropriating funds from clients.Anthony Nicholls, 63, of Mitcham was sentenced to four years and six months in jail by the Victorian County Court this week, which includes a non-parole period of three years.Mr Nicholls pleaded guilty in May to three charges of dishonesty using his position as a directo..

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• Bleakleys loses eight

  A string of changes at Bleakleys has come too late to stop eight of its offices in Victoria from breaking away and forming their own company.A string of changes at Bleakleys has come too late to stop eight of its offices in Victoria from breaking away and forming their own company.A group of 18 associates from these offices, which together have more $500 mil-lion under advice, have obtained their own dealers licence and have formed a boutique chain called OzPlan Financial Services.Among the brea..

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• Property: Vic's Western Districts shapes as buyer hot-spot

  

  THE beef property market in Victoria’s Western Districts and southeastern South Australia is shaping up as an exciting place to watch over the next twelve months, according to latest predictions by Australia’s largest independent property valuation and advisory group.Herron Todd White rural valuer,Angus Shaw, based in the company’s Horsham and Ballarat office, said over the past two to three years the market for grazing properties in the ‘Green Triangle’ had been relat..

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