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A 20-year-old man has been charged with the alleged murder of Clinton Allen, 38, who died outside a pub in the early hours of Sunday.

A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found the former Bacchus Marsh hospital director Lee Gruner had failed to ensure the safe delivery of clinical services, following a string of stillbirths and newborn deaths. 

Michael felt he had exhausted all options to treat the severe depression and anxiety he developed during his time in the air force. Now, the announcement from Australia’s medicine regulator to approve some psychedelics has given him hope.

Twenty-one councillors from throughout the state have signed the letter calling on the Victorian government to intervene to remove opening Christian prayers from council meetings.

The regular Thursday mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat took on a more sombre tone at a service a day after Cardinal George Pell's death in Rome.

Authorities were called to the rural property after 11am Monday but the child died at the scene.

In one country Victorian town, the Greens received just one vote. Despite that, the Greens' newest member says she will govern for all western Victorians. 

Skyrocketing demand for electric vehicles has caused the price of lithium-ion battery components to rise, casting doubt over the financial viability neighbourhood batteries.

Skills such as medieval armour making, silversmithing and basket weaving will be taught at the new centre in Ballarat's Sovereign Hill. Artisans there say they hope it will preserve the skills for future generations in an age of mass manufacturing. 

Staff at a regional Victorian university say redundancies and course cuts are hollowing out education, but management argue job losses are a sign of the times as COVID-19 affects university revenue.