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Hayley ElgSenior reporter

Hayley is the senior reporter for Leader covering news right across Victoria. She previously worked on the police and court rounds at The Courier newspaper in Ballarat.

Hayley Elg

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Elite school teachers ‘cried to students’

Teachers at a top private school “quit” in front of students due to the pressure of high results from management, former students have said.

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Principal David Shepherd with students from Ballarat Clarendon college. The School uses test results to better target its teaching which has shown huge improvements in student results.

Principal responds to ‘upsetting’ bullying claims

The principal of a top private school has responded to allegations of harassment among staff said to have caused “genuine misery”.

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Principal David Shepherd with students Ash Kaufmann of Year 8 and Isabella McKay of Year 9 at Clarendon College in Ballarat, rural Victoria. The school uses test results to better target its teaching, which has shown huge improvements in student results.

Scotch’s former deputy principal embroiled in bullying probe

Whistleblowers have explosively claimed a former Scotch College leader oversaw a “slimy and creepy” workplace culture at an elite Victorian boarding school.

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Daniel Oberin has been charged over the shooting death of Matt Alexander in Cohuna.

Manslaughter accused dies before trial

An Echuca man accused of being involved in the shooting of a man he thought had had an affair with his ex has died.

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Merging bike lanes at Bridge and Evans streets Port Melbourne. An elderly cyclist tries to negotiate the cross over from the middle bike lane and the round-a-bout with a bus that stopped for him. Picture: David Caird

Should seatbelts on buses be compulsory?

A road safety advocate says all buses should be required by law to have seatbelts, following a recent school bus crash. What do you think?

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Crop house police arrest (generic). Supplied by Crime Stoppers

Is your neighbour a drug dealer?

From blacked out windows to excessive ventilation, find out what points to drug activity in your neighbourhood.

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** FILE ** A June 13, 2009 file photo of a member of the Rebels MC at Moore, Sydney. The High Court has declared as unconstitutional South Australia's controversial bikie laws banning members from associating Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins, Files) NO ARCHIVING

Alleged brawling bikies face court

Eight alleged Rebels bikies, accused of being involved in a violent brawl outside a Mildura nightclub, have been named.

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Generic image of a soldier wearing standard issue army boot (L) that costs $192 and the popular Altama desert boot that costs $245, with complaints by soldiers that the standard issue boot were not stong enough for battle and the Government will now issue soldiers with $192 standard issue price to buy their own boots.

Revealed: The drug of choice for ADF users

Thousands of Australian Defence Force personnel were subject to drug testing in Victoria over the past two years. See the results here.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- SEPTEMBER 21 A school bus carrying 32 people has flipped on the Western Highway in Bacchus Marsh. Police are investigating the crash between a school bus and a truck that occured at around 3.15am. Picture: Brendan Beckett

How Ballarat responded to bus crash tragedy

The community of Ballarat is rallying around the teenage schoolgirls involved in a horrific bus crash on their way to the “trip of a lifetime”.

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School bus driver praised for selfless actions after crash

A good Samaritan who rushed to the scene of a horror school bus crash has praised the driver as being like “a captain” going down with his ship.

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