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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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December 9, 2021

CHFNL season fixture set

AFTER a weeks long process the Central Highlands Football Netball League’s fixture for next year has been set. While to begin with the schedule is...

December 3, 2021

Splash of colour for a cause

COLOURFUL is the best way to describe Delacombe Primary School’s recent fundraising effort. The event, known as a colour fun run, was aimed at funding...

December 2, 2021

Pasta masters toast of the town

FINALLY, the 2021 Federation Business School Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards have come to a spectacular conclusion. While the category winners were revealed during an...

December 2, 2021

Final power line route confirmed

THE pathway for the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project has been announced by AusNet Services. A statement released by the builder said over 200 landowners...

December 2, 2021

Fours comp marks return to lake life

WHILE on the outside last Sunday’s T.B. White & Sons Fours Tournament held at Learmonth Bowling Club might not have seemed out of the...

November 26, 2021

Ray of giving keeps shining bright

FOR a tenth year, local real estate agency Ray White is running its popular Christmas toy drive. Known as A Little Ray of Giving, the...

November 25, 2021

Turf Club back in the saddle

A FEW weeks out from the Sportsbet Ballarat Cup things were looking questionable. Metro Melbourne was in lockdown, other local government areas - including Ballarat...

November 25, 2021

Meaningful rides get go ahead

THE 2022 Ballarat Cycle Classic is under starter’s orders and it’s bigger than ever. Set for the weekend of Saturday, 19 and Sunday, 20 February,...

November 25, 2021

Miners unite as Hayes departs

THE Ballarat Miners have started making big off-court, off-season moves. Two major changes were announced last week, with the news club stalwart Eric Hayes would...

November 25, 2021

Footy stats deal by the numbers

STATS and analytics nerds are set to get a big boost in 2022 with the announcement that the Ballarat Football Netball League has signed...

November 23, 2021

Eureka Day events set

AS the region gears up to mark the one-hundred and sixty-seventh anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion, the City of Ballarat has confirmed the official...

November 21, 2021

Pound-for-pound, animal shelter the best

Shelter as part of the Pet Insurance Australia Companion Animal Rescue Awards. Run by animal rescue program Pets4Life, the awards aim recognise the best government...

November 18, 2021

Rail crossing open, finally

ABOUT one-year, five months, fifteen days, sixteen hours and 30 minutes after the Lydiard Street rail crossing was closed due to train crash, the...

November 18, 2021

Boules rule at inaugural tourney

ABOUT a year after it was established, Ballarat Petanque Club has hosted its inaugural home tournament last weekend. Played on the club’s home court, the...

November 17, 2021

Strength comp rock solid

POWER and pride are on show this Saturday as Kryal Castle plays host to a partner strongman competition titled Game of Stones. Run by CB...

November 13, 2021

Andrews on Ballarat

Growth, boom gates and post-COVID life IN what was his first major public appearance outside Treasury Gardens since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, Premier Daniel...

November 11, 2021

Premier grades school projects

ON his first official trip outside Melbourne since the end of the state’s last wave of lockdown, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has visited capital...

November 9, 2021

Historic building back on offer

PLANS on what to do with the former municipal offices at Linton are back up in the air after a group formed to help...

November 5, 2021

Lights change for south entrance

PLANS for upgrades to the Midland Highway at the southern entrance of Sebastopol have changed, with a roundabout set for the intersection at Docwra...

November 5, 2021

Health service merger okayed

THE State Government has given the thumbs up to a merger of regional health services. Described as a “voluntary amalgamation”, as of 1 November Grampians...

November 4, 2021

Electoral boundaries redrawn

STATE electorates in and around Ballarat have been redrawn ahead of next year’s election. The process, known as a redivision, was finalised last week and...

October 29, 2021

Small schools get big funding boost

PUPILS at smaller schools across the region are set to benefit from an increase in their allocation of funds as part of the Tutors...

October 29, 2021

Roll in to the drive in!

BALLARAT’S pop-up drive in theatre is returning to the showgrounds following a COVID and winter-imposed pause. Operated by Delacombe Town Centre-based Showbiz Cinemas, the movies...

October 28, 2021

Grants bring history back from the dead

HISTORIC rotundas at Ballarat’s old and new cemeteries are getting an overhaul following the announcement of a grant from the State Government. Five of the...