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John Spain and Barb McMillan in Main Street, Bacchus Marsh.

Growing up: The country town proposing to build apartments above shops

Higher density living is looming for Victoria’s country towns. Would residents be willing to live in apartments outside the big cities?

  • Benjamin Preiss and Adam Carey

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Hayden Kidd arrives at the Supreme Court of Victoria in June this year.

Judge’s unusual request could see grandmother’s killer freed in months

Hayden Kidd has been sentenced to five years behind bars for killing his grandmother, but a judge’s request to the parole board could see him released soon.

  • Tara Cosoleto
Shirley Kidd died on May 28, 2022.

22-year-old admits to killing his grandmother with mattock

A man who bludgeoned his own grandmother to death in the family’s garage has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Ballarat court.

  • Tara Cosoleto
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
The Boyd Baker house and The Dower House, designed by renowned mid-century architect Robin Boyd have been listed for sale.

Mid-century masterpieces: Robin Boyd time warp homes hit the market

Potential buyers and curious onlookers are already lining up to see two homes by the renowned architect that come with multimillion-dollar price hopes.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Emergency personnel respond to a gas leak at Bacchus Marsh on Thursday.

School evacuated after digger ruptures Bacchus Marsh gas main

Authorities have evacuated a primary school and a council building after a digger ruptured a gas main in the town north-west of Melbourne.

  • Carla Jaeger
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Thirty-three people, including 27 schoolgirls, were taken to hospital following the crash.

‘Magnificent job’: Bus driver praised for heroic actions after Bacchus Marsh crash

After managing to free himself from the wreckage, the bus driver, who has requested to be known only as Wayne, rushed to help injured students and staff.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Thirty-three people, including 27 schoolgirls, have been taken to hospital after a school bus collided with a truck north-west of Melbourne. The crash took place on the Western Highway at Bacchus Marsh at about 3.15am.

School opens for counselling after ‘nightmare’ bus crash near Bacchus Marsh

Two teenage girls were taken to hospital with serious injuries and five students were cut from the wreckage after their bus collided with a truck and rolled on the Western Highway at Pentland Hills near Bacchus Marsh just after 3am on Wednesday.

  • Caroline Schelle and Lachlan Abbott
Property prices in more affordable outer suburbs are still more expensive than they were last year, despite price declines.

The neighbourhoods where property prices are still higher than a year ago

Affordable suburbs are proving more resilient than pricier neighbourhoods amid the property market downturn, new figures show, but rising interest rates are still taking their toll.

  • Kate Burke
The Victorian Ombudsman was scathing of the EPA’s handling of the dumping of toxic soil from the West Gate Tunnel project.

Ombudsman criticises EPA over West Gate Tunnel toxic soil dumping

Victoria’s ombudsman says the state’s environmental watchdog failed to consider the human rights of communities affected by toxic soil dumping.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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