Principal counselled after breath testing high school students on muck-up day

Principal counselled after breath testing high school students on muck-up day

A central Victorian state high school principal has been"counselled"by the Education Department after year 12 students were subjected to alcohol breath-testing on their'muck-up day'last week.

  • byRachael Dexter

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'It's special':Regional Victorians thrilled at prospect of household bubble visits

'It's special':Regional Victorians thrilled at prospect of household bubble visits

Six-year-old Lucia from Castlemaine is looking forward to reuniting with her grandparents from Phillip Island under easing of COVID-19 restrictions for the state's regions.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Two dead,three in hospital after horror crash on Calder Freeway

Two dead,three in hospital after horror crash on Calder Freeway

Frantic calls to triple zero were made in the minutes before a driver going the wrong way on the Calder Freeway was involved in a horror crash,killing two.

  • byErin Pearson andAshleigh McMillan
A trip to the wild side as K-pop meets reggae
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Arts

A trip to the wild side as K-pop meets reggae

Body Concert is fun,frantic and fresh – like nothing you’ve seen before. K-Pop meets reggae meets baroque;crazy as butoh but without the angst.

  • byKim Dunphy
Gold rush:Castlemaine flashes its arts pedigree

Gold rush:Castlemaine flashes its arts pedigree

The opening weekend of Victoria's pre-eminent regional arts festival switched-on an impressive program from new artistic director Glyn Roberts.

  • byCameron Woodhead
Circa's Peepshow is a coup for Castlemaine State Festival
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Arts

Circa's Peepshow is a coup for Castlemaine State Festival

Circa is one of the great success stories in Australia’s performing arts scene.

  • byCameron Woodhead
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Bozo Vreco rewrites Balkan folk music and gender norms

Bozo Vreco rewrites Balkan folk music and gender norms

Dubbed an''angelic''voice,the Bosnian sevdah performer visits Australia for the first time this month.

  • byStephen A. Russell
Bistro Lola restaurant review 2017
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Melbourne

Bistro Lola restaurant review 2017

Catch a case of Castlemania at Bistro Lola at the Theatre Royal

  • byGemima Cody
Das Kaffeehaus
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Victoria

Das Kaffeehaus

Das Kaffeehaus presents the flavours,odours and ambiance of a grand Viennese coffeehouse in Castlemaine.

  • byMatt Holden
Printz Town Apartments,Castlemaine review:Weekend away

Printz Town Apartments,Castlemaine review:Weekend away

A former gold-mining town about 90 minutes'drive north-west of Melbourne,between Bendigo and Ballarat,Castlemaine is enjoying a great revitalisation.

  • byKate Hagen
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Victoria

Taste of the Orient

Chef Joe Lam is dwarfed by towering bamboo steamers in his tiny kitchen. With