Babae
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Babae

Babae

Serene salon worshipping the seasons.

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Communal fine dining that subverts expectations.

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Sophisticated yet soulful country cafe.

Families watch on as Samantha Murphy’s accused killer opts to fast-track murder trial
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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.

  • byErin Pearson
‘$19 for 356 copies’:Hundreds of authors unpaid after publisher closes the book

‘$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.

  • byBen Cubby
Picasso,Manet,Renoir and … KISS? A show with a difference

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.

  • byWill Cox
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Forget the Melbourne CBD,e-scooters are charging ahead in the regions

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.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Lawyers for accused killer of Samantha Murphy want more time with evidence

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.

  • byErin Pearson
The Victorian city that will be plastered in ads to stop violence against women

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.

  • byRachel Eddie
Police found a phone in the mud. Now they hope for a breakthrough in the Samantha Murphy search

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.

  • byTony Wright
Phone found in fresh search for Samantha Murphy’s body

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.

  • byLachlan Abbott