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21/12/2025

Severe Weather ⛈️ Severe thunderstorms are easing now around parts of Central Victoria. This post won't be updated unless more warnings are issued

For real-time radar data, visit the BOM: www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/

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⚬ Bureau of Meteorology: ab.co/BOMVIC
⚬ VicEmergency: emergency.vic.gov.au/

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13/12/2025

ℹ️ The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled the weather warning for this region. This post will not be updated. Thank you for your comments and photos ℹ️
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The BoM advises that ⛈️ severe thunderstorms have eased but thunderstorms are still occurring over outer western and northern areas of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
👉For people in Northern, Western and Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula Local Warning Areas
⚬ Redevelopment of severe thunderstorms remains possible.
📷 Did you have any thunderstorms at your place?

ℹ️ ABC Emergency: ab.co/ABC_VIC
⚬ Bureau of Meteorology: ab.co/BOMVIC
⚬ VicEmergency: emergency.vic.gov.au/
⚬ How to prepare for severe weather https://ab.co/HowTo-Prepare-SevereWeather

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02/12/2025

Australia's longest-running radio show is celebrating 80 years on air, and while so much has changed in farming and broadcasting, the core of The Country Hour remains the same.

On December 3, 1945, not long after the end of World War II, former Hunter Valley auctioneer Dick Sneddon launched the then-national program.

All of these years later, the show is still talking about issues of food security, weather, markets and a whole lot more at midday each weekday on The Country Hour.

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Australia's longest-running radio show is celebrating 80 years on air, and while so much has changed in farming and broadcasting, the core of The Country Hour remains the same.

02/12/2025

The EPA will install air monitoring equipment in Ballarat this week over concerns about potentially carcinogenic dust particles blowing into the community from Ballarat Gold Mine.

Ballarat Gold Mine has exceeded national standards for potentially dangerous air pollutants.

02/12/2025

Five women have spoken to the ABC alleging sexual misconduct during treatment at a father-son massage therapy business in Ballarat.

Five women allege sexual misconduct against a Ballarat Bowen therapy business run by a father-son duo.

01/12/2025

Brett Russell was towing two trailers with faulty brakes at high speed in September 2022 when he crashed into the back of a school bus in regional Victoria.

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Brett Russell was towing two trailers with faulty brakes at high speed in September 2022 when he crashed into the back of a school bus in regional Victoria.

30/11/2025

: On paper, Labor should be confident that it will score an unprecedented fourth term in office when Victorian voters go to the ballot box in a year's time, with the Liberal opposition still scrambling to present as an electable alternative.

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On paper, Labor should be confident that it will score an unprecedented fourth term in office when Victorian voters go to the ballot box in a year's time, with the Liberal opposition still scrambling to present as an electable alternative.

29/11/2025

Australia is the land of the parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family.

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Australia is the land of the parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family.

27/11/2025

Transforming Pain into Power opened on November 25 at the Ballarat Library to coincide with the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, and features works that reflect on the experience of victim-survivors.

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A new exhibition in the Victorian city of Ballarat aims to raise awareness about gender-based violence through works contributed by victim-survivors.

27/11/2025

Ambulance Victoria will now allow paramedics and students to wear beards for cultural, religious and medical reasons.

It comes after a Sikh was refused a mask-fitting appointment for a work placement because he was not clean shaven.

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A student paramedic who accused Ambulance Victoria of discrimination on the grounds of race and religion is "ecstatic" to have won his battle to allow cultural beards on the job.

27/11/2025

The 4,400 hectare park has been searched multiple times since the disappearance of the 51-year-old in February last year.

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Police say a search of an area of state park near Ballarat for missing woman Samantha Murphy may continue beyond Thursday.

27/11/2025

Fresh grass growth coupled with ongoing dry conditions have put Victoria on the map for bushfire risk this summer.

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Dry conditions do***ng Victoria put the state at a high risk of bushfires this summer, according to the latest summer fire outlook.