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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

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January 30, 2020

Young Citizen stands in solidarity

WHILE the Citizen of the Year awards ceremony was happening inside Civic Hall on Friday, outside in the forecourt, about twenty-five members of the...

January 30, 2020

Golden Plains Shire celebrates service

A DIVERSE group of Golden Plains residents and one event have been acknowledged during the Shire’s Australia Day awards on Tuesday evening. Recipients included a...

January 30, 2020

Short signs on for season

SAM Short will once again be in the paint for the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners during the upcoming NBL1 South season. It’ll be the fifth...

January 30, 2020

Kouta coup for BFL interleague squad

CARLTON premiership player and AFL Hall of Famer Anthony Koutoufides will take the reins of the McDonalds Ballarat Football League senior rep squad this...

January 30, 2020

10-year plan for Lake Burrumbeet underway

IMPROVEMENT works around Lake Burrumbeet are set to begin in March. The work will focus on two areas and are based off the results of...

January 29, 2020

Short time, big gains for McGrath Ballarat

McGrath Ballarat is nearly 12 months into serving the city and surrounds, check out their story so far

  JUST under a year ago...

January 29, 2020

Team Edwards joins McGrath Ballarat

Addition means McGrath can now look after you in Ballarat, out in the surrounding towns, on acreage or the farm

  ONE of the...

January 27, 2020

Say g’day to the Shire’s Australia Day award nominees

Golden Plains will recognise some of the Shire’s best and most community minded residents and groups at a ceremony at Bannockburn Cultural...

January 25, 2020

OMR play on Australia Day

DUNNSTOWN’S favourite sons, Old Melbourne Road, will bring their unique Celtic inspired rock to the Munster Arms on Australia Day and will be raising...

January 24, 2020

Gatehouse hosts Tibetan songs

THE sounds of traditional music from Tibetan nomads will ring though the Gatehouse Ballarat on Sunday, 26 January. Known as droklu, the songs tell the...

January 23, 2020

Familiar faces return for Miners

MANAGEMENT at the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners have inked three players to the club’s roster for the upcoming NBL1 South season.

January 23, 2020

Australia Day events across the region

Friday, 24 January BALLARAT AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS CEREMONY 5pm, Civic Hall, Mair Street, Ballarat. Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event...

January 23, 2020

Experienced sewers helping wildlife

AS the nation continues to be affected by bushfires that have scorched the country this summer, there was a small but meaningful effort to...

January 22, 2020

Natives sound great at Birdsong

FROM the moment you step onto Karen and Ron Gray’s five-acer property nestled on the edge of Smythesdale, you know why they’ve called their...

January 19, 2020

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 19 January

I have, after years of moving from one house to another, done the big shift for the last time. From here I...

January 18, 2020

Search for happiness leads to helping others

A SIMPLE desire for a happy lead up to Christmas has once again culminated in a young man raising enough money to donate eleven...

January 17, 2020

Fireworks now a fundraiser

CALLS to cancel the 26 January fireworks at Lake Wendouree haven’t been completely ignored by decision makers at the City of Ballarat. While the event...

January 16, 2020

Regional role for Shire mayor

GOLDEN Plains Shire mayor Cr Owen Sharkey has taken on the role of chair of the Central Highlands Councils Victoria. The move came at the...

January 16, 2020

Sprintcars back on Saturday

COMPETITION returns to Redline Raceway for the first time in the new year with sprintcars and standard saloons set to star on the oval. Sprintcar...

January 16, 2020

New burb for Bannockburn

Huge residential development planned for town’s south

  GOLDEN Plains Shire has teamed up with the Victorian Planning Authority to announce what will essentially...

January 15, 2020

Barbecue cook up set for Friday

Harcourts Ballarat’s Big Blue BBQ takes on bushfire fundraising duty.

  THE team at Harcourts Ballarat will be out in the Big W carpark...

January 12, 2020

Woady Warriors want you

A NEW junior football side in the Woady Yaloak area has been established and the team is on the lookout for new recruits. Known as...

January 9, 2020

City responds to bushfire crisis

WITH the ongoing fire threat in East Gippsland and the north-east of the state, the City of Ballarat made two key interventions last week. On...

January 9, 2020

Legacy camp makes lasting memories

KIDS and families brought together by the affects of Australia’s recent military deployments were out sailing on Lake Wendouree on Saturday. The event was part...