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Bail opposed for woman in kidnapping case

July 21, 2008 17:36:00

Victorian police have opposed bail for a woman accused of fleeing interstate with her partner's 7yo son.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, vic, winchelsea-3241

Woman to seek bail over kidnapping

July 14, 2008 16:00:00

A woman accused of kidnapping a 7 year old boy has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, family-law, australia, sa, port-augusta-5700, vic, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Group doubts objectors behind wind farm vandalism

May 14, 2008 12:47:00

A group opposing wind farms says people should not jump to conclusions after a wind monitoring tower was knocked down in Winchelsea.[MORE]

Tags: vandalism, wind-energy, ballarat-3350, winchelsea-3241

Vandalism doesn't deter wind farm proponent

May 13, 2008 11:50:00

A wind farm developer will push ahead with its plans for Winchelsea, despite a wind monitoring tower being damaged.[MORE]

Tags: vandalism, wind-energy, ballarat-3350, winchelsea-3241

MP wants state commitment to Princes Hwy duplication

April 9, 2008 12:32:00

The federal Member for Corangamite says he is waiting on the Victorian Government to commit to the Princes Highway duplication.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, road-transport, ballarat-3350, winchelsea-3241

Father appeals murder conviction

March 31, 2008 16:08:00

The man convicted over the murder of his three children on Fathers Day 2005 has lodged an appeal of his conviction.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Corangamite MP starts Princes Highway meetings

January 9, 2008 14:00:00

Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman will meet a Victorian Government representative this week to discuss Labor's election promise to duplicate the Princes Highway between Geelong and Winchelsea.[MORE]

Tags: elections, local-government, labor-party, states-and-territories, ballarat-3350, geelong-3220, winchelsea-3241

Councils keen for ALP to act on Princes Hwy promise

November 27, 2007 14:00:00

Councils across south-west Victoria are expecting the new federal government to move quickly on its promise to duplicate the Princes Highway west of Geelong to Winchelsea.[MORE]

Tags: elections, federal-government, road-transport, federal-election-2007, ballarat-3350, geelong-3220, winchelsea-3241

Farquharson jailed for life over sons' murders

November 16, 2007 11:26:00

Robert Farquharson has been sentenced to three life prison terms with no prospect of parole, for the murder of his three sons.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Farquharson to be sentenced

November 16, 2007 08:36:00

Convicted child killer Robert Farquharson is to be sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court, for the murder of his three children.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Prosecution seeks life sentence for Farquharson

October 26, 2007 11:09:00

The Victorian Supreme Court has been told convicted child killer, Robert Farquharson, should be sentenced to life in prison.[MORE]

Tags: prisons-and-punishment, murder-and-manslaughter, ballarat-3350, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Farquharson to appeal against murder conviction

October 5, 2007 19:05:00

A Victorian man found guilty of the drowning murder of his three young sons has vowed to appeal the verdict.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, winchelsea-3241

Father found guilty of killing three sons

October 5, 2007 15:01:00

The jury in the murder trial of Robert Farquharson has found him guilty of three counts of murder.[MORE]

Tags: crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, vic, winchelsea-3241

Court told drowning murder accused had coughing fit

September 5, 2007 14:00:00

The Victorian Supreme Court has been told a man accused of the drowning murder of his three sons had a coughing fit two days before the incident.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Father accused of drowning sons 'had a history of depression'

September 3, 2007 16:40:00

A man accused of drowning his three children in a Father's Day car accident last year has a history of mood swings and depression, the Victorian Supreme Court heard today. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Court told murder accused delirious when children drowned

September 3, 2007 11:42:00

The former wife of a man accused of murdering their three sons says he was delirious and in a trance-like state, after the car he and the boys were in drove into a dam at Winchelsea in Victoria.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, vic, winchelsea-3241

Accused father wouldn't call police when children drowned

August 23, 2007 12:00:00

A court has heard a Winchelsea man accused of drowning his three children refused to call police after his car ran into a dam. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, vic, winchelsea-3241

Dad accused of drowning sons in dam

August 21, 2007 17:32:00

The trial of a Victorian man charged with the Father's Day murders of his three sons has been told he deliberately drove into the dam where the boys drowned.[MORE]

Tags: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Father on trial over murder of three sons

August 21, 2007 13:11:00

The trial for a Victorian man charged with the Father's Day murder of his three young sons was told the man confided in a friend about his deadly plan.[MORE]

Tags: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, melbourne-3000, winchelsea-3241

Dad on trial over Father's Day drownings

August 21, 2007 07:18:00

The trial of Victorian man Robert Farquharson, who is accused of drowning his three sons by driving his car into a dam, will start today.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, winchelsea-3241

Investigation continues into fatal ute-train crash

November 13, 2006 14:16:00

Public Transport Safety Victoria is continuing its investigation into yesterday's fatal crash between a ute and a train near Winchelsea, west of Geelong.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, rail-accidents, ballarat-3350, winchelsea-3241

School marks anniversary of Farquharson children's deaths

September 4, 2006 11:44:00

Counsellors will be at the Winchelsea Primary School, west of Geelong, today as the students and staff recognise the first anniversary of the deaths of three young children.[MORE]

Tags: death, primary-schools, courts-and-trials, ballarat-3350, winchelsea-3241

Dam deaths father made no attempt to stop car, court told

August 14, 2006 17:00:00

The Geelong Magistrates Court has heard allegations the driver of a car that plunged into a dam killing three children made no attempt to stop the car from crashing. [MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, geelong-3220, winchelsea-3241

Dam deaths father no killer, says ex-wife

August 14, 2006 12:17:00

The Geelong Magistrates Court in Victoria has heard the former wife of a father accused of murdering his three sons does not believe he deliberately killed the children.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, geelong-3220, winchelsea-3241

Princes Highway petitions tabled in parliament

April 10, 2006 14:08:00

A Winchelsea woman is delighted with the response to a petition to have the Princes Highway duplicated between Colac and Geelong.[MORE]

Tags: transport, ballarat-3350, colac-3250, geelong-3220, winchelsea-3241