State News - VIC
1:43 AM AEST | RECOVERY centres in Creswick and Clunes continue to help people affected by recent floods, but many residents are yet to visit the centres for help.
Hepburn Shire Council emergency management planning committee chairman Bill McClenaghan said a number of people were yet to report to recovery centres.
1:40 AM AEST | AN Invermay Park man will face a string of drugs charges in the Ballarat Magistrates Court on October 11.
Mathew Hedt, 37, has been charged with trafficking and possessing a drug of dependence.
1:36 AM AEST | HEAVY beer will not be served at the Central Highlands Football League grand final this weekend.
Mid-strength beer will be the heaviest drop available for spectators as part of an initiative to curb alcohol-fuelled incidents.
1:33 AM AEST | THE JURY is out in the trial of three men charged with the rape of a woman they met at a Ballarat bar.
Brothers, Charles Anthony Smith, of Ballarat North, and Matthew Benjamin Smith, of Point Cook, both 21, and co-accused Bennet Crouch, 22, of Wendouree, have been charged with raping the 21-year-old woman in June last year.
1:19 AM AEST | IT caused heartache for those caught in floods, but last weekend's rain has already proved a boon for Ballarat's water storages.
Ballarat's water supply is now at 62.4 per cent capacity, a level not reached since February 2002.
1:11 AM AEST | LOOKING out over Lake Wendouree on Tuesday night, Brian Canny could not believe his eyes.
The Ballarat Yacht Club commodore was witnessing something he had not seen for seven years: a yacht on Lake Wendouree.
12:43 AM AEST | ROY BRITTEN returned home from a triumphant rabbit hunting expedition on Tuesday not with a sack full of bunnies, but a whopping five kilogram eel.
Mr Britten, 86, captured what he believed to be a black conger eel in the Bo Peep Creek, which feeds into Lake Burrumbeet.
| VIDEO: Roy Britten's big catch
12:36 AM AEST | BALLARAT'S football grand master John Northey says it is time to consider four on the bench for finals.
Northey yesterday called on the Ballarat Football League to allow clubs from next season an additional interchange player for finals matches.
12:33 AM AEST | NUMBNESS is gradually wearing off the Lexton and Skipton townships.
The spark is starting to come back, grand final fever taking hold once more, after the weekend's Lexton Plains Football League was abandoned.
12:32 AM AEST | YOU will find few complaints about the decision to shift Saturday's Ballarat Football League preliminary final to Darley Park, from the two Ballarat-based clubs involved in the match.
Redan captain Nathan Blomeley and Ballarat coaching director John Northey each praised the shift down the Western Highway, at yesterday's BFL qualifying final press conference at Saxon House.
12:27 AM AEST | HEPBURN coach Shane Robertson wasted little time in firing the first shots ahead of Saturday's Central Highlands Football League grand final.
Speaking at yesterday's press conference, Robertson took a thinly-veiled swipe at Daylesford coach Luke Beattie over his comments following the Bulldogs' shock semi-final win over the Burras 12 days ago.
12:25 AM AEST | MELTON South coach Troy Scoble has stood down from the Panthers' helm.
Scoble will officially announce his decision to club members tonight at an extraordinary general meeting to determine whether the Panthers will stay in the MECU Ballarat Football League.
12:00 AM AEST | THE ball is in the St Albans Saints' court. A win in Saturday's final round clash with Malvern City will see the proud club promoted to the Victorian Premier League. LANCE JENKINSON reports ...
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08 Sep 10 | Mary-Jane Daffy gets a catwalk-eye view of spring-summer fashion.
08 Sep 10 | BIG defeat consigns Sydenham Park to the relegation scrap-heap after a disastrous season. LANCE JENKINSON reports ...
08 Sep 10 | Mary-Jane Daffy meets some of the living treasures who liven up our great city.
08 Sep 10 | Why did Dick Ward Drive into Fanny Bay? Terri Psiakis wonders the same thing.
08 Sep 10 | The influences, ideologies and inspirations behind Australia’s fashion capital are celebrated.
08 Sep 10 | It was a foodie fiesta this week as The Age Good Food Guide rolled out the red carpet.
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