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Trans health clinic mixed success, as patients wait for gender-affirming hormones

Four years ago, it was touted as a first for regional Australia, but this transgender health clinic is yet to prescribe any gender-affirming hormones.

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Chinese gold miners' historic 500km trek from Robe to Ballarat in the 19th century

Between 1857 and 1863, more than 17,000 Chinese migrants walked from the seaside town of Robe, home to about 200 residents, to Ballarat.

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Ballarat cafe that helps refugee women is closing due to lack of funding

Social enterprise A Pot of Courage cafe in central Victoria has not been able to secure funding amid rising costs and staff shortages

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RDA urges Grampians Health to be flexible over doctor contracts in Stawell

Doctors are worried about the future of a regional hospital and the health of its locals as contract disputes continue in regional Victoria.

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Djab Wurrung woman, Sissy Austin, has lost her 'happy place' after weekend attack near Ballarat

Sissy Austin, a former member of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has been brutally attacked by a man wielding a makeshift club during a weekend run through a state forest near Ballarat.

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Private rental assistance program prevents homelessness in Ballarat

Uniting Ballarat paid one month of Kay's rent after she was diagnosed with cancer and it saved her from homelessness. She wants others to have the same privilege.

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Jets buoyed by big ALW win with Perth in sights

New coach Gary van Egmond was pleased with the performance.

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Jets beat sluggish United to shake ALW premiership race

A slow start has seen Western United suffer back-to-back losses for the first time as the ALW table-toppers lost 2-0 to Newcastle in Ballarat on Wednesday.

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Australian Catholic groups push for progressive church reforms in wake of George Pell’s death

Reformists say timing of gathering on day of Pell’s funeral a coincidence but does set up an ‘interesting contrast’

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‘Unfinished business’: Ballarat abuse survivor to tie a ribbon at St Mary’s before George Pell funeral

Paul Auchettl says the cathedral should not cut ribbons down as they are a powerful voice for people who were silenced

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Gold exploration to occur near old Daylesford mine, prompting water and noise concerns

A Ballarat-based mining company has been granted a licence to see if any gold is left around Daylesford, leaving residents worried about long-term impacts.

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Here's what the data shows us about Melbourne and Ballarat's embrace of the e-scooter

As a trial draws to a close, it looks like Melbourne and Ballarat's e-scooters could be here to stay. Here's what the data shows us about our uptake of the at-times controversial vehicle.

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Matt Jurman ready to push for new deal at Newcastle Jets

Off-contract Jets co-captain Matthew Jurman believes he still has a lot to offer beyond this A-League season and he hopes to prove it to Newcastle in the second half of the campaign. The 33-year-old former Socceroo played the full match against Western United in a 1-1 draw on Sunday in…

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Afternoon Update: Ballarat mass for Pell urges forgiveness; Perrottet’s Nazi outfit; and Jennifer Coolidge’s career renaissance

Daniel Andrews says he ‘couldn’t think of anything that would be more distressing for victim-survivors’ than a Pell state funeral

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George Pell: Ballarat mass urges support for abuse victims – and forgiveness for the church

Of the small number gathered at St Patrick’s Cathedral some did not want to forgive while others remembered cardinal’s ‘legacy’

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George Pell's supporters and detractors attend memorial service for the Cardinal in his home town of Ballarat

The regular Thursday mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat took on a more sombre tone at a service a day after Cardinal George Pell's death in Rome.

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Morning Mail: Pope Francis praises Pell’s ‘wisdom’, Albanese’s PNG mission, battle of the sun kings

In today’s newsletter: cathedral in Ballarat to hold mass for late cardinal, PM aims for new security deal in Port Moresby and billionaires fall out over solar farm

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George Pell: what the five-year royal commission into child sexual abuse found

Un-redacted report released in 2020 revealed how archbishop failed to take proper steps to act on complaints about dangerous priests

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George Pell’s death could renew distress for Ballarat’s child abuse survivors

‘Sense of quiet’ in town which has the unfortunate distinction of being a hotspot of historic sexual abuse by Catholic clergy

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Anger mounts among child abuse advocates as George Pell cast as a ‘saint’

In death, as it has been for much of his life, it’s clear former Catholic power player George Pell will be trailed by a cloud of scandal.

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George Pell flew higher than any Australian priest, but he chose career over the safety of children

The cardinal was smart and determined. His failure to uncover some of the worst cases of child sexual abuse by priests blights his reputation

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Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most powerful Catholic, who was dogged by scandal – obituary

Cardinal was acquitted on appeal of child sexual abuse charges but remained tarnished by his response to paedophile priests over decades

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Largest Chinese library in Southern Hemisphere Xin Jin Shan set to open in Ballarat

Haoliang Sun creates the biggest Chinese library in the Southern Hemisphere — with 140,000 books — and turns a regional Victorian town into one of the most significant Chinese cultural sites in Australia.

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Pate surprises in road nationals criterium

Amber Pate has shocked the field to take the criterium title at the national road cycling championships in Ballarat, while teammate Kell O'Brien won the men's.

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Ballarat's new Priority Primary Care Centre is yet to relieve pressure on ED, health chief says

The town's Priority Primary Care Centre is "making a real difference to emergency department demand" by seeing up to 68 patients a day, the state government says. But the local health service's chief executive disagrees.

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