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Georgia Amoore: the girl from Ballarat taking US college basketball by storm

Standing at just 5ft 6in, Virginia Tech’s diminutive three-point specialist with a deadly step-back shooting action could be the next big thing

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A missing woman, a mine collapse and six weeks of trauma in the town of Ballarat

More than a month after Samantha Murphy disappeared, the city’s mayor had to grapple with a mine collapse that killed one person

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Seven rescued from remote WA finally home – as it happened

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‘Should have been avoided’: miner killed in underground collapse at Ballarat goldmine

Two miners were pinned under a rockfall at the Mount Clear mine in Ballarat, Victoria, with one later rescued

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'Fallen on deaf ears': safety fears before mine tragedy

Rescue workers have recovered the body of a Victorian miner and another worker is fighting for life after an underground collapse at a Ballarat mine.

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One man freed and another trapped after mine collapse

One man has been freed and another remains trapped after a mine collapse in Victoria's Goldfields, with 25 more workers brought to the surface from underground.

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Man freed, another trapped under rocks after collapse at Ballarat goldmine in Victoria

25 more workers have been brought to the surface after being stranded in an underground safety pod after the rockfall at the mine in Indicator Lane in Mount Clear

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‘Devastated’: the Samantha Murphy case weighs heavy on a small Australian community

Despite a murder charge being laid, the search for the Ballarat woman’s body continues

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Heartache as search for Ballarat mum's body continues

Mourners gathered in Ballarat to pay tribute to local mum Samantha Murphy after a man was charged with murder earlier this week. Her body is yet to be found.

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Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

A suppression order on the identity of 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, who is accused of murdering Samantha Murphy, has been lifted.

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Afternoon Update: man charged with Samantha Murphy murder; Labor’s gender equality strategy revealed; and guilty verdict in Rust shooting

Man, 22, appears in Ballarat magistrates court charged with murder of Samantha Murphy

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Ex-AFL player's son charged with missing mum's murder

A magistrate has concealed the name of a former AFL player's son as he faced court charged with the murder of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.

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Samantha Murphy: timeline of the investigation into alleged murder of Ballarat woman

A man has been charged with murder, but Murphy’s body has not been found. Here’s what we know about the case

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Samantha Murphy: Victoria police allege man murdered Ballarat woman in ‘deliberate attack’

Man, 22, faced court on one count of murder on Thursday, a month after 51-year-old was last seen leaving home

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Samantha Murphy killed the day she went missing: police

Police allege a 22-year-old man charged with the murder of Ballarat mum Samantha Murphy killed her on the day she went missing.

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Victorian authorities on alert as strong winds develop amid 40C heat and catastrophic conditions

Residents across state’s west told to take action while bushfire continues to burn near Ballarat

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Tent town springs up as help arrives for fire fight

More than 100 NSW firefighters are standing by to tackle Victorian bushfires after spending their first night camping in the regional city of Ballarat.

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Search for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy postponed due to fire danger

Volunteer-led group cancels Saturday’s search as 30,000 Victorians told to evacuate amid bushfire warnings

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'Leave early': thousands warned to flee wild bushfires

Victorians who could be caught in the path of raging fires are being urged to relocate before hot and windy conditions threaten lives and homes.

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Six homes destroyed, bushfire tipped to burn for weeks

Communities affected by a bushfire west of Ballarat have been warned it is not safe to return, with six homes confirmed to have been destroyed by the blaze.

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Victoria fires: at least three homes destroyed as authorities warn towns still under threat

Warnings remained in place for a group of communities west of Ballarat as crews work to get blaze under control

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Search parties, intrigue and a piece of Australian bushland hiding a secret: what happened to Samantha Murphy?

Nearly three weeks since she was last seen outside her Ballarat home, volunteers are refusing to give up the search for answers

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‘It’s just what you do for people’: the volunteer force helping Victoria’s Beaufort bushfire evacuees

Thousands of people are under evacuation warnings due to a 11,000ha fire burning west of Ballarat and locals have opened their homes to help

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Samantha Murphy unlikely to be found alive, police

Ballarat mother of three Samantha Murphy, who has been missing for three weeks is unlikely to be found alive, police say.

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Battle rages on as fire destroys at least one home

Fire crews are set to fight a massive bushfire in western Victoria for days before another spike in severe conditions is forecast.

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