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Senior reporter at News Corp. Former police and court reporter at the @ballaratcourier. Tips? hayley.elg@news.com.au

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'Mum's eyes are red in the morning': Beloved family issues passionate plea to the Australian gove...

'Mum's eyes are red in the morning': Beloved family issues passionate plea to the Australian gove...

THE FIVE faces of a beloved Ballarat family are marked with worry as they struggle to obtain protection in Au…

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Why abuse victim Hope feels she was let down by the legal system

Why abuse victim Hope feels she was let down by the legal system

Attempting to achieve justice can be a long and arduous road for victims of sexual assault.

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Alex doesn't identify as a gender and hopes this new law will be introduced

Alex doesn't identify as a gender and hopes this new law will be introduced

Gender diverse, trans and intersex Victorians who wish to alter the sex listed on their birth certificates wi…

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Victoria flood updates: Echuca, Kerang anxiously await rivers to peak

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By Hayley Elg Verified, Kieran Rooney Verified
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
Defiant Ray Power is vowing to stay at his Echuca home as floodwaters rise. If things get too dangerous, he has planned an escape route via tractor. “If the water gets too deep for the tractor then I’ll take the boat,” Mr Power said. The tough 82-year-old is no stranger to dealing with floods. He recalls three inches of water swirling across the ground floor of his rural home in 1993.
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Hopes ‘great wall’ will protect Echuca from rising Murray

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By Mitch Clarke, Hayley Elg Verified, Gemma Scerri Verified
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
The tight-knit community of Echuca was on Tuesday night racing against the clock to save the town, with a controversial 2m-high wall constructed in a last-ditch effort to protect its centre from rising waters. But as residents nervously awaited the Murray river’s peak, Echuca became a town divided, with the 2.5km dirt levee leaving one residential pocket cut off.
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Victorian floods update: Echuca prepares for Murray River to peak

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By Laura Placella Verified, Brooke Grebert-Craig Verified, Liam Beatty Verified, Hayley Elg Verified
| Geelong Advertiser Verified
Towns in Victoria’s north ­inundated by flood waters face a potential second wave of devastation from downpours that will lash the state this week. Heavy rainfall is expected to sweep the north and northwest from Wednesday and into the weekend. But the heaviest falls will not arrive until Sunday, when up to 35mm of rain is forecast to fall over the flood-affected regions.
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