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• Police seek pair over assault in Ballarat North

  

  Police seek pair over assault in Ballarat NorthPolice want to speak to this man in relation to an alleged assault in Ballarat.Photo: Victoria PoliceA 43-year-old man was hospitalised after he was bashed by two men in Ballarat North on Monday night.Police are appealing for witnesses following the apparently random attack, which occurred on the intersection of Mair Street and Hummfray Street North about 10.45pm.The victim told police he was walking across the road when two men approached him and b..

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• Ballarat man says he is 'in shock' after unprovoked racial assault - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Ballarat man says he is 'in shock' after unprovoked racial assaultUpdatedDecember 16, 2015 18:04:15 An Indian man says he was beaten like an animal in an unprovoked racial attack in Ballarat earlier this week.Sumeet Anand, 43, who runs an Indian restaurant, said he had stopped to get some takeaway beers from a bottle shop in the Ballarat CBD about 10:30pm on Monday when he was attacked"The person, he just came in, and he was abusing [me] and things like that," he told the Statewide Drive pro..

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• Ballarat community rallies after racist bashing | The Courier

  

  Support for Sumeet Anand has come from far and wide after he was viciously attacked on Monday nightYash Anand, 10, Sumeet Anand and Mandeip Kaur Swaich after the horrific attack on Monday night. PICTURE: Lachlan BenceCommunity leaders have called the racially-motivated bashing of Indian-born Ballarat man Sumeet Anand an isolated incident, saying the city has a welcoming culture overall.Mr Anand was brutally beaten in a surprise attack on Monday night in front of his family on the corner of Mair ..

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• Priest denies lying to help Pell

  

  A Catholic priest has denied he fabricated parts of a statement to the child abuse royal commission.A Catholic priest denies making up key parts of his evidence to the child abuse royal commission to "save" his good friend Cardinal George Pell.Melbourne priest Rev John Walshe says he spoke to Cardinal Pell after his contentious 1993 telephone conversation with abuse victim David Ridsdale, who alleges he was asked by Cardinal Pell what it would take to keep him quiet.Fr Walshe has been accused of..

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• UPDATE: Police release pictures of men after bashing

  

  CCTV grabs released by police as part of investigation into the bashing of Sumeet AnandThe two men police wish to speak with in relation to the assault of Sumeet Anand on Monday. PICTURE: FacebookBallarat police have released stills from CCTV captured near the time and place Sumeet Anand was bashed on Monday night.Mr Anand told The Courierhe had been attacked because of his South Asian ethnicity, and that racist abuse was hurled at him before the assault.In post from the Eyewatch – Ballarat Poli..

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• Midfield role driving injured Roosters tall

  

  North Ballarat Roosters recruit Tom Schnerring has used a forced injury layoff to bulk up.COMEBACK TRAIL: Warrnambool export Tom Schnerring is making strong progress in his rehabilitation from a knee reconstruction. Picture: Ballarat CourierNORTH Ballarat Roosters recruit Tom Schnerring is bigger, stronger and hungrier.The Warrnambool export has used a forced injury layoff to add bulk to his 190-centimetre frame in a bid to test himself as a midfielder.Schnerring, 19, spent his time shuffling be..

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• Members in awe of Fyans

  

  Visiting members enjoy Stawell Yacht Club event at Lake FyansDec. 16, 2015, 10:21 a.m.Members of the Stawell Yacht Club wlecomed yacht members from Horsham and Ballarat for their event on the weekend.On the Water: Horsham and Ballarat members embraced the opportunity to join the Stawell Yacht club on the water at Lake Fyans on the weekend.Members from the Ballarat and Horsham Yacht clubs made the trip down the highway to join the Stawell Yacht Club last Sunday at Lake Fyans for a friendly interc..

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• King of Rock with a touch of Mexican

  

  EL Vez will bring his King of Rock impersonation to Ballarat in the new year.STUD: El Vez will be bringing his Mexican pop antics to Ballarat in the new year.ROBERT Lopez used to run an art gallery called La Luz De Jesus.It was here that he received his life’s inspiration.“I had curated a show on Elvis Presley and hired an Elvis impersonator,” he recalled.“He inspired my to think, heck I could do that, and I dared myself to go to Memphis for the annual Elvis tribute week which marks the annivers..

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• Grubbers welcome key signing

  

  OCEAN Grove’s midfield has received some timely reinforcement after the Grubbers secured the prized signature of Colac ball-winner James Linton.James Linton has been recruited from Colac.Linton becomes one of the BFL’s most credentialed players after producing solid VFL footy for Geelong in recent seasons and helping drive Colac to its first GFL premiership last year.His signature, coupled with the arrival for St Joseph’s veteran David King, will help offset the departure of Jack Rawlings (Bell ..

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• White Night 2016 commissions announced: Craig Walsh, Lisa Roet...

  

  Circus performer Addie Pinelli at the launch of the 2016 White Night program.Photo: Eddie Jim An empty public swimming pool full of sinister-looking creatures, a giant golden monkey clambering up Melbourne Town Hall – White Night artistic director Andrew Walsh isn't kidding when he says he wants the event to transform the city into a surreal wonderland.Walsh, curating Melbourne's fourth annual all-night party, has announced a series of special commissions for the January 20 event, several of..

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