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By Megan Lloyd (Ballarat property styling) In Ballarat, property styling continues to grow in…
Know your NLIS requirements for lambing season
AS the lambing season gets underway in Victoria, producers are reminded of National Livestock…
New technology enters the next phase
TECHNOLOGY that will allow sheep producers to mitigate pain in their lambs during marking…
Fox bounty June collection points
THE Victorian Government’s fox and wild dog bounty continues until October. Eligible participants can…
Apply now for energy grants
TIER Two and Tier Three on-farm energy grants are now open as part of…
FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli
The Nation has spoken; however, if you believed some of the ranting pundits we…
Call to donate more than just money
Dear editor, Australia is a great country. For some, it is a land of…
What about disability access at our central rail station
Dear editor, Your report in the 9 May edition, that $5 million will improve…
Makeup masterclass for performers
THE product might have changed from grease paint to powders, gels and eye liners,…
Wonderlights back for Winter
SOVEREIGN Hill’s annual Winter Wonderlights are back next month from 29 June, bringing some…
Date set for White Night
THE Ballarat leg of the hugely popular White Night events now has a confirmed…
Mount Pleasant’s history all mapped up
MOUNT Pleasant, Ballarat’s oldest residential suburb, was founded near the Mount Pleasant Reserve in…
Young Achiever celebrated
DISABILITY support worker, Teghan Henderson, won the CFA Volunteer Excellence Award at the recent…
Agriculture meets business at Grammar
A NEW agricultural entrepreneurship course is set to challenge and engage young minds at…
Legal eagles up for award
THE Victorian Legal Awards, organised by Law Institute of Victoria, celebrates the outstanding achievements…
A tale of two aprons
LIZ Marsden, President of the Ballarat Apron Festival, calls it her shower moment. It…
Aerodrome’s RAAF building open on Heritage Weekend
THE Ballarat Branch of the Air Force Association is opening its rooms, in the…
Businesses buying locally
Fifty-seven percent of Ballarat businesses’ goods and services spending went out of town in…
Two hospitality venues get go ahead
SEPARATE planning permits for a tavern at 307-309 Mair Street and a licensed restaurant…
$10,000 for elite sports
ELITE sports organisation, West Vic Academy of Sport, received $10,000 under the Strategic Partnership…
Wendouree Parade gets up
A PLANNING permit for a residential development on the Wendouree Parade, which was not…
Bridge Mall open to traffic?
COUNCIL voted unanimously in support of a proposal to allocate $15 million towards stage…
Royal South Street Strategic Partnership sealed
THE Royal South Street Eisteddfod will receive $240,000 from council over the next four…
Big tick for Creative City Strategy
THERE was spontaneous applause from the public gallery when councillors unanimously approved the adoption…