November 5, 2024
Kwiz to rock and roll into town
FOUR-TIME Logie award-winning television music quiz, RocKwiz, is coming to Ballarat for a live staging, with presenters Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis, roadie/human scoreboard Dugal...
October 29, 2024
One billion dollars pledged to fix roads
The Victorian Government has announced a massive road maintenance "blitz" comprising thousands of projects ranging from road rehabilitation and resurfacing, to patching potholes and...
October 21, 2024
Substantial grants available to develop future leaders
APPLICATIONS for grants of between $24,000 and $56,000 are now open as part of the Victorian Government's Future Ready 2025-2026 program. The grants are available...
October 18, 2024
Funds to stimulate mental health workforce
ALMOST 300 scholarships and grants have been announced by the State Government in a bid to retain and recruit mental health nurses, allied health...
October 16, 2024
Jump into Frogtober
VICTORIANS are being invited to connect with nature by recording frog calls throughout October as part of Frog Month Victoria. Using the Frog Census App,...
October 16, 2024
Planning delays worsening housing crisis: HIA
AUSTRALIA'S residential building industry peak body has released a new Planning Scorecard to assess the performance of each state and territory's current planning systems,...
October 15, 2024
Protect yourself with cyber safety check
A NEW cyber safety check tool has been launched by the State Government as part of Cyber Security Awareness Month in a bid to...
September 25, 2024
Guide to help tourism sector engage locals
A NEW step-by-step community engagement guide has been launched in the hope that it will help Victorian tourism operators better take into account the...
September 24, 2024
National sports governance policy revealed
THE Victorian Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence, and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos, have endorsed the new National Gender...
September 23, 2024
Bottle partnership to benefit another local group
APPLICATIONS are open to organisations interested in becoming the beneficiary of Central Highlands Water's bottle partnership program. Through the sale of reusable stainless steel water...
September 20, 2024
Millions available for infrastructure projects
APPLICATIONS for round two of the Federal Government's Growing Regions Program are now open. A total of $393 million in funding is available for community...
September 15, 2024
Take part in regional food fest
HOSPITALITY venues, growers and producers from across the Central Highlands region have been invited to take part in the 2025 Forage and Feast Festival,...
September 13, 2024
McCallum CEO moving on
MCCALLUM Disability Services has announced that its CEO Tyrone McCuskey will step down in January after more-than a decade in the job. The organisation's chairman...
September 13, 2024
Gordon volunteer wins AFL award
KELLEE Frazer from the Gordon Football and Netball Club has won the AFL Community Volunteer of the Year award. In recognition of her service to...
September 11, 2024
Helping young people run fun, safe events
APPLICATIONS are now open for FReeZA 2025-2027, a grants program that helps young people organise affordable drug, alcohol and smoke free festivals, live music...
September 9, 2024
New tax to boost long-term rental availability
THE long-term rental squeeze in Victoria could be somewhat eased with the announcement of the Short Stay Levy Bill 2024, which introduces a seven-point-five...
August 27, 2024
Funds for fests of all colours of the rainbow
A COMBINED total of four hundred thousand dollars in grants have been made available to event organisers to produce events that celebrate Victoria's lesbian,...
August 21, 2024
Funds for footy-netball club upgrades
APPLICATIONS are now open for major grants to improve the facilities of regional and outer metropolitan netball and football clubs, including upgrading court lighting,...
August 21, 2024
Singing the songs of our lives
MULTIPLE generations of singers from the Ballarat Choral Society and youth choir Ballarat Voices will come together to present an eclectic concert, Songs of...
August 14, 2024
Ambos quicker to respond despite demand upsurge
AMBULANCE Victoria faced its busiest quarter on record between April and June. More than 102,000 Code 1 cases were responded to where patients required urgent...
August 13, 2024
State funds to cover nursing degrees
APPLICATIONS are now open for the third round of a two hundred and seventy million dollar scholarship program for Victorian undergraduate nursing and midwifery...
August 2, 2024
Big refurb for OLHC school
OUR Lady Help of Christians School in Wendouree is set to receive a two-point-four-million-dollar refurbishment their classrooms, bathrooms and outdoor spaces as part of...
July 28, 2024
Education support staff to become teachers
A NEW pilot program will aim to help three hundred education support staff and Koorie education support officers in rural and regional Victorian state...
July 27, 2024
Gaming room hours limited
PUBS and clubs across Victoria will be forced to close their gaming rooms between the hours of 4am and 10am seven days a week...
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