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About: Alistair Finlay

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Editor at the Ballarat Times News Group. Once at Westlock News, The Advocate, and the Latrobe Valley Express. Oilers fan. Email: [email protected] Facebook: @alistairfinlayjournalist twitter: @alistairfinlay_ Instagram: @alistairfinlayeditor

Posts by: Alistair Finlay

August 16, 2020

COVID-19 state of emergency extended another month

THE Victoria-wide state of emergency currently in place as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended. Announced today, the extended order...

August 13, 2020

Key hiring job goes out of Ballarat

BUSINESS leaders are calling into the question the choice of company to run the recruitment process for the City of Ballarat’s new director roles. Late...

August 13, 2020

Dooley down for Ballarat council run

VOTERS in Central Ward now have another option with a fifty-six-year-old electrical wholesaler throwing his had in the ring for October’s council election. Moving...

August 13, 2020

Power line plan set for environmental probe

THE State’s planning minister has announced an environmental impact assessment will be carried out along the proposed route of Western Victoria Transmission Network...

August 13, 2020

Input wanted on Bridge Mall traffic

A PLAN to reintroduce traffic to Bridge Mall has hit another milestone, with the City of Ballarat opening public feedback on how it...

August 13, 2020

More cash for Ballarat roads projects

KEY intersections across Ballarat are set for a revamp after the Federal government allocated millions of dollars for works projects from the Black Spot...

August 7, 2020

Builder preparing for jobs boom

HOME building company Metricon is gearing up for a big second half of 2020, with plans to take on a range of workers. Simon Taylor,...

August 6, 2020

Second Lethbridge egg farm positive for bird flu

ANOTHER egg farm west of Lethbridge has returned positive tests for H7N7 avian influenza. Agriculture Victoria made the announcement via media release this evening...

August 6, 2020

Bird flu detected at Lethbridge

  • Positive tests for H7N7 avian influenza at Lethbridge.

  • Agriculture Victoria has placed limits on the movement of poultry and...

August 6, 2020

Tillett makes pitch for second hitch

CURRENT North Ward councilor Grant Tillett has formally announced he’ll be running for a second term on the City of Ballarat council. Mr Tillett was...

August 6, 2020

Siren sounds on CHFL season

SATURDAY’S matches in the shortened Central Highland Football League junior season will be the last for 2020. CHFL president Doug Hobson said organisers...

August 5, 2020

City of Ballarat’s stage three changes

AS regional Victoria heads back into stage three lockdown from 11.59pm tonight on the back of a growing second wave of COVID-19 cases, the...

August 2, 2020

Woolworths reimposes buying limits

SUPERMARKET chain Woolworths has moved to reimpose purchasing limits on many items. The move came on the same day Premier Daniel Andrews announced Victoria was...

August 2, 2020

State of disaster implemented, regions head back to stage three restrictions

THE whole of Victoria will be placed under a state of disaster order from 6pm tonight in an attempt to get growing case numbers...

August 2, 2020

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 2 August

In Britain’s darkest hours, when the Nazi Luftwaffe’s ferocious blitzkrieg set ablaze the Empire’s oldest capital, London, the wartime prime minister, Winston...

July 31, 2020

Local food boxes get State backing

A PROJECT aimed at connecting producers with consumers that was born out of the pandemic has received a cash boost from the State government. The...

July 31, 2020

$200k for key research component

A KEY space at the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute is getting an upgrade thanks to a significant donation by four community banks. [caption id="attachment_70201"...

July 30, 2020

What are the rules around face coverings?

PREMIER Daniel Andrews today announced the face covering order that's been in place for metropolitan Melbourne in the fight against COVID-19 will be...

July 30, 2020

Face covering mandatory across the State

VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that the requirement people wear face coverings when outside that home has been expanded across the State. The move...

July 30, 2020

Sorry, but not sorry – Golden Plains Shire council meeting briefs

FOR the first time since November 2019 Golden Plains Shire council returned to Linton for its regular meeting, held on Tuesday, 28 July. Not that...

July 29, 2020

ALP announces citywide ticket

Labor Party endorses candidates across the City ahead of October council vote.

SIX candidates are set to run on a Labor Party group...

July 23, 2020

Director role cut in City management shakeup

CHANGES at the top of the City of Ballarat’s organisational structure continue with interim CEO Janet Dore announcing the axing of one of the...

July 23, 2020

Rosellas home ground at Lethbridge set to light up

A FOUR-year campaign by the Lethbridge junior footy club for lighting and irrigation upgrades to the town’s main oval has been successful, with all...

July 19, 2020

Face masks to be compulsory in metro Melbourne

VICTORIAN Premier Daniel Andrews has announced face masks will be required for all people in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire from Thursday. The move comes...