May 21, 2022
Time to check your chimneys
WITH winter approaching, the CFA is urging everyone to check and maintain their chimneys, fireboxes, fireplaces, and flues over the coming colder months. Last year,...
May 21, 2022
Primary pupils weigh plump pumpkins
MEREDITH Primary’s blue storage shed was buzzing with activity last Friday as residents, staff and students gathered to weigh up the winners of the...
May 20, 2022
Local advocate on all First Nations ticket
DJAB Wurrung woman and Ballarat-based First Nations advocate, Sissy Austin, is one of four Indigenous candidates on the Greens’ Victorian Senate ticket. The all-First Nations...
May 20, 2022
Data revealed on e-scooter use
A NEW report by e-scooter operator Neuron Mobility has revealed Ballarat riders’ usage of the company’s e-scooters. After e-scooter trialling began last December, Neuron’s research...
May 20, 2022
River group supports state funding
MOORABOOL River advocacy group People for a Living Moorabool have responded to a funding announcement in the 2022/23 State budget that will go towards...
May 19, 2022
Labor candidate about rebuilding
WITH the Federal election coming to a head this Saturday, Member for Ballarat, Catherine King, said the world should be better in a post-COVID...
May 19, 2022
Big role filled for health service
GRAMPIANS Health has appointed public health specialist Dr Rob Grenfell as their chief strategy and regions officer. Dr Grenfell will oversee the effectiveness and delivery...
May 18, 2022
Comedy trio coming to Ballarat
MELBOURNE-BASED comedy troupe Sooshi Mango are bringing their zany characters and satirical humour to Civic Hall this August as part of the additional leg...
May 17, 2022
Heritage event launches gardens group
A NEWLY formed group, Ballarat East Town Hall Gardens Revitalisation Group, will be showcasing the history of Ballarat East throughout the city’s upcoming Heritage...
May 17, 2022
Witches and wizards to overrun castle
WANDS, pointy hats and broomsticks are set to become even more commonplace at Kryal Castle over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. From Friday, 11 June...
May 16, 2022
Breast cancer group prepares return
THE Breast Cancer Network Australia are returning to Ballarat with their first in-person forum for the city in over two years. The free information session...
May 16, 2022
Film festival ready for return
THE Buninyong Film Festival is set to once again take to the silver screen at Buninyong Town Hall. With eight films showing across Friday, 20...
May 14, 2022
Art show by the community for the community
RUSTIC function space Housey Housey is set to display the works of Ballarat’s young creatives as part of the Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative’s...
May 14, 2022
Neighbourhood house lays down the law
VICTORIAN Law Week starts next week, with many of Ballarat’s neighbourhood houses getting involved. On Tuesday, May 17, Ballarat North Neighbourhood House will host three...
May 14, 2022
Independent about changing models
AFTER previously running as an independent candidate for Federal seat of Ballarat in 1998 and 2019, Alex Graham is hoping for his latest candidacy...
May 13, 2022
A full day for IDAHOBIT
INTERNATIONAL Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia is nearly here, and many of the city’s organisations are doing their part to celebrate. This Tuesday,...
May 13, 2022
Advocate recognised with award
BALLARAT-based sexual assault advocate Marita Murphy has received the Australian Medical Association’s Presidents Award. Ms Murphy was presented with the gong at a ceremony at...
May 12, 2022
Empty seats at pre-election forum
FOUR of Ballarat’s eight Federal election candidates gathered at the Ballarat Central Uniting Church to discuss their policies and answer questions in anticipation of...
May 12, 2022
City gets cash for new shelter – State budget 2022
THE Ballarat Animal Shelter is set to move into a new home with the State Government funding $11.5 million for a new facility at...
May 12, 2022
Home builder funds cancer institute
THE Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Centre will now receive an annual cash boost with regular donations provided by Ballarat building company JG King Homes. The...
May 12, 2022
Town up for top tourism award
BALLARAT has been announced as one of the eighteen finalists in the Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards. The accolade is being hosted by the Victoria...
May 10, 2022
Flashing back to another century
BALLARAT photographer Craig Holloway is inviting everyone to take a look at the city through the lens of the early twentieth century. His latest exhibition,...
May 9, 2022
King promises rec upgrades
MEMBER for Ballarat, Catherine King, was at the Woady Yaloak Recreation Reserve in Smythedale on Thursday to pledge funding for upgrades to some of...
May 7, 2022
Informative book marking the trail
LIKE many of Ballarat’s suburbs, Brown Hill has a number of walking tracks and heritage buildings, and now much of it has been collated...
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