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Ben Silvester

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ben Silvester

    'Huge loss': why the south-west's top cancer doctors are leaving after 20 years (opens the original)

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    Warrnambool's two leading cancer doctors say they are leaving the region after years of "disengagement" and "disrespect" from South West Healthcare (SWH) made their positions untenable. Associate Professors Terri Hayes and Ian Collins, who have 40 years of international-level oncology experience between them, will both depart in early 2027. Dr Hayes, who was instrumental in establishing the South West Regional Cancer Centre, said it had been an "extremely difficult" decision to leave Warrnambool

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ben Silvester

    'Really unfair': out-of-pocket families wait for refunds from closed pool (opens the original)

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    Port Fairy families are waiting for substantial swimming lesson refunds more than 10 months after the Belfast Aquatics pool was suddenly and permanently closed. Children's swimming lessons were paid in advance for the term, so when the pool closed, many parents were left with lessons that could never be redeemed. The Standard understands some other pool patrons were also being direct debited by Belfast Aquatics after the pool shut on November 21, 2025, due to structure and hygiene issues. While

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Ben Silvester

    Inside story: how the state government destroyed regional Victorian roads (opens the original)

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    The state government has finally conceded it dropped the ball on road maintenance, but experts say the truth is far worse: the government has actively destroyed Victoria's regional road network. ACM - publisher of this masthead - spoke to past and current road builders and engineers, who revealed bureaucrats had mismanaged the state-run road network, potentially wasting billions of taxpayer dollars and "putting us in a hole" it may take decades to get out of. They said the government had radical

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Ben Silvester

    Car collides with power pole in Dennington, trapping occupants (opens the original)

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    A car has collided with a power pole in Dennington, trapping at least one occupant and wiping out power to the area. The single vehicle crash happened at about 1.10pm on September 27 on The Esplanade near the corner of Baynes Street. Fire Rescue Victoria Warrnambool senior station officer David Black was on scene and confirmed the three occupants had been safely removed from the car. One male occupant of the vehicle was transferred by ambulance to the Warrnambool Base Hospital with minor injurie

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Ben Silvester

    'Confused and disoriented': police appeal for help as elderly woman vanishes (opens the original)

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    Police are asking for public help to find a vulnerable woman last seen at Warrnambool Railway Station on Friday September 25. The 68-year-old woman, Sharon, left her supported accommodation in Koroit Street at 6am on Friday. She was sighted at Warrnambool Station making enquiries into a bus to Portland which goes on to Mt Gambier. Police said investigators had been unable to confirm whether Sharon had boarded a bus. She is described as Caucasian, approximately 168cm tall and was last seen wearin

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