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Families watch on as Samantha Murphy’s accused killer opts to fast-track murder trial
Patrick Stephenson will have his trial fast-tracked to the Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to murdering the missing Ballarat mother.
- by Erin Pearson
‘$19 for 356 copies’: Hundreds of authors unpaid after publisher closes the book
A publishing house run by three-times-bankrupt Edwin Jason McBride has gone into liquidation.
- by Ben Cubby
Picasso, Manet, Renoir and … KISS? A show with a difference
‘For what other instrument do you bleed?’ A new exhibition in Ballarat challenges everything you thought you knew about guitars.
- by Will Cox
Forget the Melbourne CBD, e-scooters are charging ahead in the regions
Love ’em or hate ’em, e-scooters are a hit in regional Victoria – but not every community is on board.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Lawyers for accused killer of Samantha Murphy want more time with evidence
Lawyers for Patrick Stephenson say the brief of evidence in his murder trial is unprecedented in size, and have asked for more time to work through it.
- by Erin Pearson
The Victorian city that will be plastered in ads to stop violence against women
After three women were killed in two months in the region, Ballarat will be saturated in advertising for four years.
- by Rachel Eddie
Police found a phone in the mud. Now they hope for a breakthrough in the Samantha Murphy search
The first physical clue to the missing Ballarat mother’s fate has emerged. Police are investigating whether it contains data that might give them answers.
- by Tony Wright
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Phone found in fresh search for Samantha Murphy’s body
A police source, speaking anonymously owing to the sensitivity of the investigation, is confident the phone belonged to the 51-year-old mother.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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