Warrnambool
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Australia votes
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.
- by Tony Wright
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Education
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.
- by Noel Towell
‘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.
- by David Estcourt
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Horse racing
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.
- by Danny Russell
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.
- by Danny Russell
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.
- by Bianca Hall
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.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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.
- by Emily Woods
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.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Horse dies after fall during feature race at Warrnambool
St Arnicca lost his footing after jumping the second-last fence in the Brierly Steeplechase and stumbled, falling and bringing down jockey Tom Ryan with him.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Lexie McMurrick, 99, recalls her war years, mailing cheer to the troops
She will spend Anzac Day remembering her World War II years, when she packed comfort parcels and directed mail to Australian troops serving overseas.
- by Tony Wright
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