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Truck driver Brett Michael Russell faced court over the bus crash last year.

Truck driver knew trailers’ brakes were faulty before school bus crash

A truck driver knew the trailers he was towing had faulty brakes but thought he’d “be alright”, before crashing into a bus carrying students from Loreto College Ballarat.

  • Erin Pearson
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Youthquakes, tall buildings and the tremor of change: The future of Victorian regional cities

The state’s big regional cities are hurtling towards radical demographic change. Here’s where things have gone wrong - and what needs to improve.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Inside Ballarat’s cosy and colourful Pancho restaurant.
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‘I’d eat here every week if it was in Melbourne’: Pancho is a whirlwind tour of Latin America in Ballarat

With this authentic food and these drinks, I’d be eating here every week if it were in Melbourne.

  • Besha Rodell
Beef with beetroot, blackberry and horseradish.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Underbar’s menu is an abundance of riches and an act of endurance

It’s hard not to be wowed by the brilliance of the cooking. But sometimes it can seem like too much of a good thing.

  • Besha Rodell
Sue Parker, before her death, with her daughter Nicole Lee.

Why some people with euthanasia drugs do not take the fatal dose

Hundreds of Victorians who have qualified for euthanasia medication have not used it. For some of them, it’s about having the choice to take it.

  • Stephen Brook
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The crowds in Birmingham have set a UK attendance record for Commonwealth Games.

Regional Victorians could be first to snap up 2026 Games tickets

Residents in regional Victoria could be given priority access to tickets for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in an effort to match the sellout events in Birmingham, which have drawn record crowds.

  • Rob Harris
Waldorf scallops.
Good Food hat15/20

Strike it rich in the city of gold

It's been a while since Ballarat has struck it this rich, reviews Gemima Cody.

  • Gemima Cody

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