Bacchus Marsh
Judge’s unusual request could see grandmother’s killer freed in months
Hayden Kidd has been sentenced to five years behind bars for killing his grandmother, but a judge’s request to the parole board could see him released soon.
- by Tara Cosoleto
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22-year-old admits to killing his grandmother with mattock
A man who bludgeoned his own grandmother to death in the family’s garage has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Ballarat court.
- by Tara Cosoleto
Truck driver knew trailers’ brakes were faulty before school bus crash
A truck driver knew the trailers he was towing had faulty brakes but thought he’d “be alright”, before crashing into a bus carrying students from Loreto College Ballarat.
- by Erin Pearson
Mid-century masterpieces: Robin Boyd time warp homes hit the market
Potential buyers and curious onlookers are already lining up to see two homes by the renowned architect that come with multimillion-dollar price hopes.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
School evacuated after digger ruptures Bacchus Marsh gas main
Authorities have evacuated a primary school and a council building after a digger ruptured a gas main in the town north-west of Melbourne.
- by Carla Jaeger
‘Magnificent job’: Bus driver praised for heroic actions after Bacchus Marsh crash
After managing to free himself from the wreckage, the bus driver, who has requested to be known only as Wayne, rushed to help injured students and staff.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
School opens for counselling after ‘nightmare’ bus crash near Bacchus Marsh
Two teenage girls were taken to hospital with serious injuries and five students were cut from the wreckage after their bus collided with a truck and rolled on the Western Highway at Pentland Hills near Bacchus Marsh just after 3am on Wednesday.
- by Caroline Schelle and Lachlan Abbott
The neighbourhoods where property prices are still higher than a year ago
Affordable suburbs are proving more resilient than pricier neighbourhoods amid the property market downturn, new figures show, but rising interest rates are still taking their toll.
- by Kate Burke
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Ombudsman criticises EPA over West Gate Tunnel toxic soil dumping
Victoria’s ombudsman says the state’s environmental watchdog failed to consider the human rights of communities affected by toxic soil dumping.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Grandson, 20, charged over grandmother Shirley Kidd’s death
Hayden Kidd appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court late on Monday after his grandmother was found dead at a property near Bacchus Marsh on Saturday.
- by Erin Pearson
Victorian doctor disqualified over avoidable baby deaths at Bacchus Marsh maternity service
Former obstetrician Surinder Parhar has been banned from practising medicine for 12 years after “catastrophic” failures were linked to the deaths of babies at Djerriwarrh maternity service.
- by Melissa Cunningham