Grampians
‘He’s broken lots of legs. But there’s usually a spare’: How this footy club defied a nationwide trend
In Saturday’s grand final, a young bloke who last season played with and against footballers on AFL lists will run out alongside a teammate who is missing half a leg. At Penshurst, sport’s capacity to astound is alive and well.
- by Peter Hanlon
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A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through
A bushfire wiped out one-third of the tiny Grampians town of Pomonal 12 weeks ago. The town knew about resilience before the fire hit, and now it’s putting it into action.
- by Clay Lucas
Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip
From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.
- by Bianca Hrovat
Neo-Nazis’ ‘terrifying’ attack on hikers deserved more jail time, court told
Prosecutors have argued short jail terms given to Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant for violent disorder were manifestly inadequate.
- by Erin Pearson
A tiny town was devastated by bushfire – and now has 44 fewer homes
Locals started filtering back into town late on Thursday to survey the damage caused by a blaze that destroyed at least 44 of its 187 houses.
- by Clay Lucas
Dozens of homes razed, 50,000 still without power after wild storms
Twenty-four homes were destroyed by a bushfire in Pomonal and another was razed further north at Dadswells Bridge.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Clay Lucas, David Swan and Broede Carmody
‘Nothing was stopping this thing’: Escape from Pomonal as wind change drove bushfire into town
About 20 properties are reported to have been wiped out by the blaze, but on Wednesday afternoon many residents of Pomonal were still in the dark about whether their homes had survived.
- by Clay Lucas and Lachlan Abbott
Firefighters injured as Grampians blaze reaches township
Stawell resident Peter Greenberger said he had spoken to friends from Pomonal on Tuesday evening, and it seemed likely a number of families had lost their homes.
- by Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
‘Dangerous’: Nationals leader rebuked over Indigenous deal comments
Peter Walsh, who is also the opposition spokesman on Aboriginal affairs, has criticised the state’s decade-old traditional owner agreements – but native title experts say he is simply wrong.
- by Jack Latimore and Kieran Rooney
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Abortion
‘A postcode lottery’: The 17 areas with no abortion access in Victoria
Many women in rural and regional Victoria have no access to surgical and medical terminations close to where they live, forcing them to travel for hours to get an abortion.
- by Rachel Eddie
Great Western, Victoria: The overlooked Victorian town hiding one of the world’s most precious commodities
The oldest vines in the world are where you’d least expect.
- by Kylie McLaughlin
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