The miner who died in Ballarat was a contractor brought in to carry out a mining technique the company had been warned was dangerous.
Police will move their search for the missing Ballarat mother to a targeted area outside Ballarat on Thursday,with help from Australian Federal Police dogs.
Brant Webb is one of two men saved from the Beaconsfield goldmine disaster of 2006 and urged Ballarat mine survivors to share their deepest fears and feelings with loved ones.
Rick Walker savaged the Ballarat Gold Mine’s owner,saying repeated safety concerns were raised before the rock collapse that killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries.
The state’s work safety regulator has closed the Ballarat Gold Mine to begin investigations into the collapse that saw two workers pinned under fallen rocks.
Arriving at the Mount Clear gold mine on Wednesday,Ross Kenna was confronted with a chaotic scene. Trapped workers,emergency services and everyone fearing the worst.
Kurt Hourigan,a 37-year-old miner from Bruthen in Gippsland,died and his 21-year-old colleague is fighting for his life in hospital after rock collapsed on them 500 metres underground.
A rescue effort is under way after a Ballarat mine collapse pinned two miners under rocks and forced 25 others to take refuge in an underground safety pod.
As temperatures soared across the state,there was a stillness in Ballarat after Patrick Stephenson’s arrest for the alleged murder of the 51-year-old mother of three.
Runners have taken to social media to honour Samantha Murphy,vowing to “complete” the run she never could.
Police have approached venues in Ballarat’s CBD asking for footage of Patrick Stephenson on a night out before they believe missing mum Samantha Murphy was murdered.