July 21, 2023
Lynch clinches rep squad place
BALLARAT Grammar student Georgia Lynch has been selected as a member of the Victorian Country Diversity All-Stars football squad. She played as part of the...
July 20, 2023
Sessions on staying warm this winter
HOME energy efficiency is the topic of a series of workshops beginning later this month. The sessions, held at the Ballarat Tool Library in Barkly...
July 19, 2023
Best in business revealed
SOME of the best of Ballarat’s businesses was revealed this week, with the announcement of the Federation University Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards finalists. The...
July 19, 2023
Words to jump off the page
THE community are invited to come share words, poems, prose, or songs at open mic events as part of Ballarat Spoken Word. The sessions are...
July 18, 2023
City spending millions on works
THE City of Ballarat has reiterated several capital works programs that are currently underway or about to start were approved for funding in the...
July 16, 2023
Crossing paths and creating art
A NEW exhibition has opened in Art Space Ballarat by artists who became connected by completing a Diploma of Visual Arts in the city. The...
July 15, 2023
Calls for cat curfew change
THERE are calls in the community for the municipality’s cat curfew to be changed from sunset to sunrise, to twenty-four hours a day. Currently, City...
July 15, 2023
Get potting with help of green thumb
LOCAL horticulturalist Crysta Anderson is running weekend classes in Napoleon’s about all things pot plants. The $20 classes run from 10am until 2pm each Saturday...
July 15, 2023
School gets truck load of cash
CLUNES Primary School has been presented with a cheque of five thousand dollars which is set to go towards a gaga pit. The money was...
July 15, 2023
Concerns over council’s midnight debates
CONCERN has been raised over the long agendas of City of Ballarat council meetings that can see councillors required to make decisions after midnight. The...
July 15, 2023
Have your say gallery’s future
CITY of Ballarat staff are seeking community input on the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s new strategic plan. The planned Art Gallery of Ballarat Strategic Plan...
July 14, 2023
Decade of youth support marked
SUPPORTERS and staff at headspace Ballarat celebrated the organisation’s tenth birthday last week with the community coming together to honour the occasion. Headspace works to...
July 14, 2023
Call out goes out for paid firefighters
FOREST Fire Management is on the hunt for people who enjoy working outdoors and learning new skills. Applications are now open for project firefighter positions...
July 12, 2023
First aid for mental health
A TWO-day mental health first aid training course is being offered by Solutions Together this August. The course will seek to provide participants with the...
July 11, 2023
Weaving new meaning from iconic flag
AN EXHIBITION is on at the Eureka Centre displaying works created in response to the Eureka Flag. Constellation: Forming the flag has textile and fibre...
July 11, 2023
St Pats readies for major celebrations
A MILESTONE is set to be marked by St Patrick’s College this year as the school community prepares to celebrate one hundred and thirty...
July 9, 2023
Author lets country voices shine
THE importance of rural voices is being highlighted in Maya Linnell’s latest novel, Kookaburra Cottage. The author was at Ballarat’s Mechanic Institute last week where...
July 7, 2023
Concern over Comm Games legacy
POLITICIANS and community members gathered a Mars Stadium this week urging the State Government to reconsider legacy options for the Commonwealth Games, including a...
July 7, 2023
Community comes together for NAIDOC week
FOR the first time, a joint NAIDOC week celebration was held this Tuesday by the City of Ballarat in collaboration with the Wadawurrung Traditional...
July 7, 2023
New national cycling champs on agenda
BALLARAT has been chosen to host the 2023 AusCycling Cyclo-Cross National Championships this August. The event will be held at Victoria Park with the support...
July 7, 2023
Visitor numbers up but more to be done
A RECORD amount of money has been spent by visitors to Ballarat in the last twelve months, exceeding pre-COVID figures. In the year ending March...
July 6, 2023
Confusion remains over tailings dam – City of Ballarat council meeting briefs
LAST week’s City of Ballarat council meeting saw the approval of a planning permit for a new tailings storage facility at Ballarat Gold Mine...
July 6, 2023
Expo about helping you do you, only better
TRAUMA practitioner Robyn Cameron is coming to Ballarat as part of the Body Soul Holistic Expo this weekend. The expo aims to help the community...
July 4, 2023
Prizes for budding photographers
THE Lal Lal Moorabool Photographic Group’s annual photo competition is back in its eleventh year. There’s prize money on offer for works in the categories...
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