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Ben Silvester
Victorian state correspondent
Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.
'Perfect storm': data reveals Australia's youth self-harm crisis
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'Perfect storm': data reveals Australia's youth self-harm crisis
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Victoria's public hospitals punished for revealing massive deficits
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Victoria's public hospitals punished for revealing massive deficits
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'Terrible governance': MP lambasts state govt renewable planning change
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'Terrible governance': MP lambasts state govt renewable planning change
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Australia faces a 'tsunami' of insolvencies, but does it actually matter?
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Australia faces a 'tsunami' of insolvencies, but does it actually matter?
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Revealed: The riskiest suburbs and towns in Australia to run a business
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Revealed: The riskiest suburbs and towns in Australia to run a business
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Housing prices: Bendigo takes Ballarat crown in weak market
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Housing prices: Bendigo takes Ballarat crown in weak market
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Health services hit hardest by regional housing crisis
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Health services hit hardest by regional housing crisis
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Financial 'train wreck' forces rural hospitals to make deep cuts
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Financial 'train wreck' forces rural hospitals to make deep cuts
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'He's a tool': Victorian Treasurer unleashes on NSW Premier
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'He's a tool': Victorian Treasurer unleashes on NSW Premier
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Air leg mining: did this drilling technique cause the Ballarat collapse?
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Air leg mining: did this drilling technique cause the Ballarat collapse?
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