Opponents celebrate as plan abandoned for major seismic testing off Victoria
Three-line email calls off an international conglomerate's bid to conduct Australia's largest seismic blast survey in search of gas in the Otway Basin.
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Three-line email calls off an international conglomerate's bid to conduct Australia's largest seismic blast survey in search of gas in the Otway Basin.
Specialist teams have searched an area riddled with undocumented mines, just kilometres from where Ms Murphy's mobile phone was found in May.
Lachlan Morganti gambled the GoFundMe money away over five days with the intention to recoup losses from other gambling debts, the court heard.
The man accused of murdering 23-year-old Victorian woman Hannah McGuire has elected to fast-track the matter to the Supreme Court for trial.
Victoria Police detectives are making a renewed public appeal for information surrounding the disappearance of Lorrin Whitehead over a decade ago.
Darren Weir was handed a two-year suspension in July this year after he admitted to using banned electrical devices on three horses in 2018. The ban will commence this month.
Racing Victoria has conceded its "safety record regressed" in the 2024 jumps racing season after three horses had to be euthanased on a single day of racing at Ballarat.
A major Australian bank has made the "rare" decision to reverse the closure of one of its branches in regional Victoria.
It has been six months since Ballarat mother of three Samantha Murphy disappeared, followed by the deaths of Rebecca Young and Hannah McGuire. On Saturday, the community showed its determination to stamp out gendered violence.
A group of residents has voiced concerns after VCAT gave approval for a fourth tailings dam at the Ballarat Gold Mine. The decision enables the troubled mine to continue operations.
The daughter of 42-year-old Renee, who was last seen outside a home in the city's west on June 16, says her family is "extremely worried" as she has never been gone this long before.
The Victorian Racing Tribunal disqualifies Darren Weir from racing for another two years for using an electronic shock device known as a jigger on three horses.
Victoria Police believe a "targeted attack" was carried out at a Ballarat property early on Monday morning, which led to a man being take to hospital with a suspected gunshot wound.
With Facebook Marketplace and Airtasker offering easy solutions to waste management, authorities are urging due diligence to ensure rubbish is being disposed of the right way.
Matthew, 34, was last seen in Newlyn, north-east of Ballarat, on Friday afternoon. His family is concerned about his welfare due to a medical condition.
The County Court in Warrnambool heard Port Fairy pool operators did not test children's swimming abilities before allowing them to use an inflatable aquatic device and did not have procedures in place for how to manage children on the device.
Ballarat council's union members are ramping up the impact of their fight for a bigger pay rise with their sights set on a spectacle that has previously attracted 40,000 visitors to the town.
Event manager Adam McNicol says the idea to hold it in a regional city was ambitious, but with nearly 5,000 total registrations and overseas interest, it is being heralded as a success.
A Melbourne mother and a pilot have died after planning to spread the ashes of a relative in Victoria's north-west.
NDIS users facing unpaid bills and deteriorating mental health due to months-long funding delays call for more compassion and less complexity in the system.
Hundreds attend a rally in Ballarat, pushing to bring an end to gendered violence in Australia after the deaths of Rebecca Young, Samantha Murphy and Hannah McGuire.
Lachlan Young, 21, has faced a packed courtroom in Ballarat. He is charged with the murder of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt-out car last week.
Six weeks on from a bushfire that ripped through 22,000 hectares of land west of Ballarat, wildlife carers say the impact on already stressed wildlife is heartbreaking.
Despite long-running local opposition, and an initial rejection by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, a major aquaculture farm on a prime patch of Victorian coast is set to proceed to the detailed design phase.
The executive director of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, who is also a Ballarat resident, says the people of the city need to continue to keep supporting each other after months of trauma.