Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ballarat Grammar School as 'proactive as possible' in handling ... and other top stories.

  • Ballarat Grammar School as 'proactive as possible' in handling ...

    Ballarat Grammar School as 'proactive as possible' in handling historical sexual abuse allegations, headmaster says Updated March 09, 2016 13:10:58 Ballarat Grammar says it has assisted a number of former students to report allegations of historical sex abuse at the school to the police and the child abuse royal commission.The Anglican school's headmaster Adam Heath said the school wrote to former students late last year asking them to come forward if they had experienc..
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  • Three To Watch - Ballarat

    Whistle Stop (Image: Slickpix) Race 2 No.4 - Easy Waste 2YO Maiden Plate (1100m) - North Sky The Northern Meteor colt was a $300,000 buy at 2015 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale. There's a big watch on him given the price tag, and the fact he hails from the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig camp. There are plenty of debutants from top stables in the race, with Blue Diamond Stakes-winning trainer Mick Price giving two of his gallopers a first start, including Jimmy Cho..
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  • Future of historic cottage around Lake Wendouree to be decided at ...

    Future of historic cottage around Lake Wendouree to be decided at ...
    ON WEDNESDAY The City of Ballarat council will vote on what to do with a 19th century house on Gregory Street. ON WEDNESDAY The City of Ballarat council will vote on what to do with a 19th century house on Gregory Street which was one of the original residences for the curators of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.Picture: Lachlan Bence.Owners of the Lake Wendouree property at 1414 Gregory Street had applied to council in July 2015 to demolish the ageing home, however council has sin..
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  • How four Victorian schools lifted their game in NAPLAN

    How four Victorian schools lifted their game in NAPLAN
    Every student from years 3 to 6 at the St Luke the Evangelist School in Blackburn South use a Chromebook laptop. Photo: Joe Armao After the release of NAPLAN results for 10,000 Australian schools, The Age spoke to four schools who had made big gains to find out what had driven the change.They say it isn't about spending vast amounts of money, it isn't about teaching to the test.Here are some things the schools did that made a difference:Give eight-year-olds t..
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  • Wellness message in movie afternoon

    Watch Suffragette with an accompanying health message for independent living Museum of Australian Democracy at EurekaDRAWING on themes of having a voice and independence, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka is teaming with Ballarat District Nursing and Healthcare for an enlightening women’s event.MADE will offer a free screening of British film Suffragette, featuring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep and based on the early feminist movement.This will be teamed with a BDHN p..
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  • Photographer Ruby Canning is firmly focused on farming life

    Photographer Ruby Canning is firmly focused on farming life
    Picture of success: Ruby Canning with Simmental Dakota on one of her family’s farms nera Mortlake. Picture: Zoe Phillips.FOR Ruby Canning, photography is more than just capturing a moment in time, it’s about recording the stories of agricultural communities.“Living in the country you meet so many farming families with so many stories to tell,” says the bubbly 17-year-old.“There’s always so much going on, but not a lot of people get to see it.”The Mortlake teenager discovered the joy of photograp..
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  • No changes likely for BCA grand finalists

    GOLDEN Point and Brown Hill are expecting to take unchanged line-ups into the Ballarat Cricket Association firsts grand final on Saturday. BACK: paceman Tom Bourke-Finn has been an important inclusion for Brown Hill in the BCA finals series after recovering from injury.GOLDEN Point and Brown Hill are expecting to take unchanged line-ups into the Ballarat Cricket Association firsts grand final on Saturday.Golden Point captain Josh White was definitive in declaring he would lead the..
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  • Last Post, March 9

    Last Post, March 9The AustralianMarch 9, 2016 12:00AMSavePrint However qualified you are, However politics-spry,Unless you’re the PM’s “legal” half,Don’t bother to apply!If you’re also quite good-looking,Don’t give it a second thought,For the male PM who chooses you,Your loyalty’s dearly bought …You don’t even have to hold his handOr whisper to him “Darl …”Before the sharpened knives are out:“Ah, here’s his femme fatale!”Bruce Dawe, Pelican Waters, QldWhich is more likely? George Pell to be vot..
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  • Werribee's new look

    Werribee's new look
    A concerted effort to lure former juniors back to the club will see Werribee Centrals field a team in its Round 1 clash with Thomson that will barely resemble the side that was belted by North Geelong in the final round of the 2015 season. Eight members of the side that was the end of a 189-point mauling by the Magpies are no longer in green and gold, while of the 40 players who ran out at 2 o’clock for Centrals last year just 24 remain. Among the departures are assistant coach Jason Butty, ski..
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  • Miranda: Sharing our stories to help prevent suicide

    Miranda: Sharing our stories to help prevent suicide
    NICK Shady had been farming since his early teens. “We didn’t have a lot of family holidays on the farm,” he says of his childhood. “Holidays (were spent) shearing or hay carting.”By his late 30s, the Lismore farmer had lost the drive and enthusiasm for the occupation he’d been born into.So he took himself to Italy and amid the ruins of Rome, something dawned on him.“It struck me how insignificant I felt,” he says. “It brought up for me that I didn’t like living on the farm because no matter whe..
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