Ballarat breakfast report| Friday, January 29, 2016
Your news snapshot from around Ballarat, regional Australia and beyond. Good morning Ballarat and happy Friday! We've got all the news headlines you need right here.Rainbow Serpent Festival defended by puntersPUNTERS have gone in to bat for the Rainbow Serpent Festival in Lexton after police released a scathing report about crowd behaviour on Thursday. Read more.Man cut out of car after Sturt and Lydiard intersection crashA heavy collision on Thursday night involving two cars in t..>> view originalReview reveals staff welfare worries at Ballarat hospital mental ...
Review reveals staff welfare worries at Ballarat hospital mental health unit Posted January 29, 2016 11:47:55 A report into the mental health unit at Ballarat Base Hospital has raised ongoing concerns about staff welfare.Ballarat Health Services commissioned the review after concerns were raised last year about widespread intimidation and verbal abuse within the unit.Staff told the review's authors that they were subject to confronting team meetings on a daily basis ..>> view originalV/Line shambles fails Ballarat commuters yet again
The V/Line debacle has reached a new level with the Victorian government now admitting it has no idea how long it will take fix the wheel wear problem that is currently crippling regional services. The V/Line debacle has reached a new level with the Victorian government now admitting it has no idea how long it will take to fix the wheel wear problem that is currently crippling regional services. The rail operator’s chief executive Theo Taifalos resigned on Thursday as the full ext..>> view originalCardinal George Pell too ill to fly to US a week before Ballarat decision
Cardinal George Pell too ill to fly to US a week before the Royal Commission holds a directions hearing into his possible appearance in Ballarat Cardinal George Pell appears before the Parliamentary enquiry into child sex abuse and the Catholic Church at the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne in 2013. PICTURE: Arsineh HouspianCardinal George Pell is still too ill to fly, according to reports. The former Ballarat priest said he could not appear in December hearings in Melbourne of the..>> view originalRainfall in Ballarat is widespread but variable
More rain forecast for February through to April While Thursday’s weather appeared to offer much in the way of thunder and lightning, actual rainfall in Ballarat and district was remarkably patchy, with narrow bands of high precipitation interspersed with a generally much lower total. A Weatherzone spokesperson said the general totals for Ballarat were much lower than those further south, with Avalon receiving 72mm and Geelong 45mm to 9am.By comparison, Ballarat itself had just 7m..>> view originalElderly and pets lucky to escape freak storm
Flood clean up at residents' homes Nada Arandjelovic at her Ballarat Road property. Picture: NIGEL HALLETTRESIDENTS battled to clean up the destruction left by flash floods in Montgomery Avenue in Hamlyn Heights.The quiet suburban street was one of the worst hit in the freak storm that ripped through Geelong on Wednesday.The torrent flattened fences, ruined homes and washed away cars in just half an hour, residents said.Flood clean up at residents' homes. Stuart Collins at his Montgomery Avenue ..>> view originalPolice appeal for help to solve a cold case of sexual assault on a ...
The Cold Case Sexual Crime Squad officers have released this photo of the paddock where a teenager was assaulted twice by the same man in the 1980s. Photo: Photo: Victoria Police Victoria Police are appealing for help to solve a cold case in which a man sexually assaulted a teenager twice in the same location in Sunshine three decades ago. Cold Case Sexual Crime Squad detectives were told the incident happened when the girl, who was 15, was checking on h..>> view originalPolice appeal for information about a 1986 sexual assault
Police are looking for this man, who they believe assaulted a young woman twice in the ‘80s. Source: Victoria PoliceA MELBOURNE woman was just 15 when she was sexually assaulted twice by the same man.Three decades on, the harrowing crime still haunts her, she can’t forget his pungent smell, and he is still roaming the streets.On March 22, 1986, the teen was checking on her horse in a paddock near a caravan park on Ballarat Rd in Sunshine, Victoria about 4pm.An unknown man, who was feeding a hors..>> view originalRiverina brekkie wrap | Friday, January 29, 2016
BALLARAT: Two men facing charges over the murder of Springbank farmhand Kenneth Handford were armed with knives and carrying balaclavas and gloves ...>> view originalOur illicit-drugs policies aren't working - we need new ones
The Rainbow Serpent Festival. I had the pleasure of attending the Rainbow Serpent music festival near Ballarat last weekend. I was invited by the organisers to speak to the audience about the need for drug law reform. I am passionate about this topic, despite 25 years of policing experience, seeing the worst outcomes of drug use. There has been a lot of coverage in the media about music festivals over the past few weeks, much of which was negative and focused ..>> view original
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