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- Miriam Litwin is a journalist and digital content lead with the Ballarat Times, Golden Plains Times and Moorabool News, covering local politics and community news.
July 28, 2023
Faster disease testing trialled at Base
GRAMPIANS Health has joined a trial of in-situ testing equipment that’s aimed at improving the speed of COVID-19 and influenza detection in the Ballarat...
July 28, 2023
Teen basketballer sets sights on States
BALLARAT’S Riley Dunn is set to make an impact on the global basketball scene, with NCAA division one college basketball experience on the horizon. Dunn,...
July 26, 2023
Familiar tunes take new form
AN OPERA performance of well-known songs is coming to the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute this August. The performance will feature a string quartet led by violinist...
July 23, 2023
Learn from uke masters
TWO of Australia’s ukelele experts will be sharing their skills with an interactive workshop next month. Organised by CresFest, the sessions will be led by...
July 23, 2023
Remembering the birth of democracy
AUTHOR, artist and designer Geoff Hocking will be at the Eureka Centre Ballarat next month to share his knowledge and mark the one hundred...
July 21, 2023
Car park promises still unmet
THE issue of car parking in Ballarat’s CBD has come up again after workers at GovHub created a petition demanding increased spaces. Five years after...
July 21, 2023
Calls for hardline approach to trolley folly
THERE are calls in the community for a crackdown on trolley dumping, with twelve found recently within a small area on Grevillea Road, not...
July 21, 2023
Award finalists for FedTAFE
MEMBERS of the Federation TAFE community have been named as finalists in the Victorian Training Awards. Justin Bisson, a Federation TAFE engineering teacher is a...
July 21, 2023
Workers upskill on short courses
MINISTER for industry and innovation Ben Carroll was in Ballarat last week to visiting local businesses SEM Fire and Rescue and Journey2. SEM Fire and...
July 21, 2023
Program encourages new skills
AN initiative funded in the 2020-2021 State budget is aiming to give women the chance to become building surveyors with municipalities across the state. Ballarat...
July 21, 2023
Feedback sought on local parks
COMMUNITY input is wanted on how to improve seven of the City of Ballarat’s smaller open spaces. The feedback is set to form part of...
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...
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