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Colin McKenna, left. with jockey Nick Hall and trainer Ciaron Maher after winning the 2016 Caulfield Cup.

‘Heaven gained a true gentleman’: Champion trainer’s No.1 supporter dies during spring carnival

Ciaron Maher’s great friend and No.1 supporter, Colin McKenna, passed away on Sunday. Together, the duo won the Caulfield Cup, but McKenna’s greatest achievements came off the track.

  • Danny Russell

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Zoe Daniel and the candidate for Wannon, Alex Dyson, in Warrnambool.

Former radio host launches third bid to oust Dan Tehan – with big-name backing

Independent Alex Dyson launched his campaign for the seat of Wannon with the support of Zoe Daniel and financial backing from Climate 200.

  • Tony Wright
WorkSafe found about 80 per cent of the school’s 90 employees were working regularly with a cohort of about 70 children – from a student body of about 1200 – who regularly physically attacked, verbally abused or threatened to harm their teachers.

Legal action to prevent terrorised teachers getting help

The Education Department is trying to block a WorkSafe demand for an in-house mental health worker for teachers at a troubled high school.

  • Noel Towell
Cooper Onyett, centre, with his mother Skye Meinen and older brother. Cooper drowned at Port Fairy in 2021.

‘Shattered into a million pieces’: Mother speaks of loss after son drowns on school trip

A judge has grilled lawyers for the Education Department about why they did not pass on swimming proficiency information before an eight-year-old boy drowned on a school excursion.

  • David Estcourt
The clerk of the course got tangled up in a race at Warrnambool on Thursday.

Racing Victoria to review after Warrnambool’s day of ‘insanity’

Racing Victoria stewards cleared two clerks of the course of any wrongdoing as they attempted to catch loose horses at Warrnambool on Thursday, but will review protocols.

  • Danny Russell
Rebel Racer vanished in the video of the trial race in which he died.

The horse that never hit the ground: mysterious case of the disappearing thoroughbred

Two weeks ago, a horse died in a trial ahead of the Warrnambool jumps carnival. Find out why the death went unreported, the evidence scrubbed from the record.

  • Danny Russell
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The federal government wants to open up more than 5000 square kilometres in the Southern Ocean for wind farming.

There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled

The 5000-square kilometre wind farm zone would stretch from outside Warrnambool, on the Great Ocean Road, to Port MacDonnell in South Australia.

  • Bianca Hall
University of Melbourne student precinct

State’s top architecture awards for learning locale, a library and a laundry in the sky

The University of Melbourne student precinct, Warrnambool Library and Nightingale Village in Brunswick have won major gongs in this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards.

  • Jewel Topsfield
Police have no DNA evidence linking Steven Johnson to the murder of Christopher Jarvis and the 71-year-old wants to be set free.

Murder accused seeks bail as alleged victim remains missing after 17 years

A 71-year-old man has been accused of killing his tenant over a dispute about unpaid rent and then returning with a tractor to cover up the crime scene.

  • Emily Woods
WARRNAMBOOL, AUSTRALIA - MAY 04: Chris McCarthy riding Rockstar Ronnie winning Race 7, the Brandt Grand Annual Steeplechase, during Grand Annual Day at Warrnambool Racing Club on May 04, 2023 in Warrnambool, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

Maher king of the ’Bool again, winning his seventh Grand Annual

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Ciaron Maher has reminded everyone he’s a jumps trainer at heart, claiming an unbelievable seventh Grand Annual on the final day of the Warrnambool carnival.

  • Damien Ractliffe

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