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Former Ballarat music teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing student over several years

A court hears Damien Woods, 49, was a trusted member of staff at Ballarat High School and became a confidante of the victim-survivor, with whom he exchanged more than 110,000 messages, beginning when the girl was 13 years old.
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Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Courts and Trialsby Matt Neal

Items recovered during search for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy not related to case

Police say items recovered during a search of bushland near the home of missing Ballarat East woman Samantha Murphy are not related to her whereabouts. 
A split shot of a woman in a dress and in running gear.
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Policeby Rochelle Kirkham

Search area expands for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy

The search for the 51-year-old mother focused on Woowookarung Regional Park and the bushland area near the Buninyong Golf Course yesterday, but has now expanded to Black Hill.
A split shot of a woman in a dress and in running gear.

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Missing Personby Rochelle Kirkham

Concerns grow for Ballarat woman last seen leaving for morning run

Police and SES personnel are searching an area of state forest near the Victorian city in search of the missing 51-year-old.
A split image showing a smiling, blonde woman in a formal dress. She is also shown near a car in a driveway.

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Missing Personby Laura Mayers

Long queues, broken chargers are causing headaches for road-tripping EV drivers

Charger anxiety replaces range anxiety for the growing number of electric vehicle users relying on slow infrastructure.
An electric car drives through green countryside.

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Electric Vehiclesby Rhiannon Stevens and Steve Martin

VicForests ends community forestry operations in western Victoria

VicForests says the risk of more court proceedings is the main reason for bringing forward the end to community forestry in Victoria's west. 
A woman stands in front of a cleared patch of forest.

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Forestry, Logging and Timber Industryby Rochelle Kirkham

TikTok star raking in millions of views by focussing on country football history and defunct ovals

Andy Munro has garnered a social media following of millions off the back of his reels documenting abandoned country footy grounds in Victoria and South Australia.
A man smiles while holding black and white Carlton jumpers in front of a wall of different jumpers.

Published: Source: ABC WimmeraTopic: Sportby Emile Pavlich, Rebekah Lowe and Andrew Kelso

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Reporter Laura Mayers gives an update on the search for Samantha Murphy

Police have announced a significant development four days since the disappearance of Victorian woman Samantha Murphy.
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds

Source: ABC News

Aussie scientists working to create sustainable packaging from food waste

Scientists are creating compostable packaging from discarded food scraps in regional Victoria. The innovation could reduce the plastics and food waste that end up in landfill.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds

Source: ABC News

Police find $11m of cannabis at Victorian property

Victoria's special operations police found $11million worth of cannabis at a property in Dunluce, near Maryborough, Victoria.
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds

Source: ABC News

Multiple sclerosis hasn't stopped Zoë Vorenas from riding horses

Para-equestrian Zoë Vorenas sets her sights on the 2024 Paralympics.
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Urn containing ashes reunited with family who'd stored them in microwave sent to flood victims

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.
woman and man holding ornate glass urn

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Human Interestby Brendan Mounter, Charlie McKillop and Amanda Cranston

Three men plead not guilty to murder of drug dealer in robbery gone wrong

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 
A man in a singlet taking a selfie in the mirror.

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Crimeby Giselle Wakatama

Environmentalist slams approval of one of largest proposed greenfield coal mines

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.
Mine infrastructure in a coalfield, blue sky.

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Mining (Rural)by Katrina Beavan

Police recover 4WD vehicle from WA cliff crash that killed two men

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.
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Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Policeby Alice Angeloni

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