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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

Posts by: Alistair Finlay

March 8, 2024

Miners sign big man

THE latest name inked to the Miners men's squad for the 2024 NBL1 South season is a big man who likes to play in...

February 9, 2024

Medicare’s 40th marked as Feds push to increase bulk bill rates

FORTY years of the nation’s socialised medicine program, Medicare, has been celebrated locally, but the Federal health minister has sounded a warning over the...

August 25, 2023

Hawks celebrate games played and finals pushes

WITH the Geelong and District Football Netball League home and away season concluding, Inverleigh FNC has marked individual and team milestones. As a group the...

August 4, 2023

Venues set, bumper crowd expected for finals

LOCATIONS for the some of the most important games in local football and netball have been confirmed for the 2023 season. Venues to play host...

July 9, 2023

Spilt Milk line up makes a splash

THE headline acts for this year’s Spilt Milk have been released and there’s some big names on the list. US rapper Post Malone has top...

July 7, 2023

Rinaldi to retire at season’s end

LONG-time Ballarat Miners women squad member Kristy Rinaldi has announced her retirement from competitive basketball. The club’s female games record holder will drop the curtain...

May 26, 2023

Limited direct cash in budget for Shire

MONEY for major projects within Golden Plains Shire were few and far between in Tuesday’s State budget. With the State Government placing a focus on...

May 12, 2023

King hails ‘cost of living’ budget

MEMBER for Ballarat, Catherine King, has said Tuesday’s Federal budget is about reining in inflationary impacts on Australians. Dubbed a “cost of living” budget, the...

April 14, 2023

Lions make winning start

REDAN FNC got off to a near perfect start to the McDonalds Ballarat Football Netball League season on Good Friday. The Lions came away from...

March 17, 2023

Golden festival keeps giving back to the community

TWICE a year, just past a bend on bumpy road about ten minutes’ drive west of Meredith, a moderately sized sheep farm comes to...

February 16, 2023

Total fire ban declared for Friday

THE Country Fire Authority has declared tomorrow, Friday, 17 February a day of total fire ban in the Central fire weather district that includes...

February 3, 2023

Miners add youth to roster

WITH the NBL1 South 2023 season fast approaching, both Ballarat Miners squads have added two more names to their team sheets. Both recent editions come...

January 22, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 22 January

As a child - and to my consternation - I was constantly being threatened: “If you don’t behave yourself, young man, I’ll...

January 14, 2023

Friends praise new river planning rules

THE Friends of the Barwon have praised recent changes to state planning schemes and policies that aim to limit the scope and type of...

December 23, 2022

Miners announce two early names

WHILE the start of the 2023 NBL1 South season is still months away, the hasn’t stopped the Ballarat Miners from preparing their team sheets. Recently...

December 16, 2022

Recycled water pumped into creek

BARWON Water has announced that class C recycled water from the Bannockburn Water Reclamation Plant is being pumped into Sandy Creek from 19 December. The...

December 16, 2022

Seats declared, Staley officially out

THE official results from last month’s State election are in, and they have confirmed what many already knew, Golden Plains Shire is all Labor. Geographically,...

December 16, 2022

Some surgeries off at Base

THE Ballarat Base Hospital will limit some elective surgeries until further notice. Implemented on Friday, 9 December, Grampians Health administrators moved to cut the volume...

December 16, 2022

Cornes calls out round one fixture

KANE Cornes has taken aim at the AFL’s round one fixture release, labelling it a “free kick” for Victorian teams. AFL broadcasting and fixture boss...

December 10, 2022

River reopening welcomed by paddle steamer operator

A MOVE by the New South Wales State Emergency Service to reopen parts of the Murray River has been backed by a paddle steamer...

December 7, 2022

Fill your stockings, and your table

DTC has everything you need this Christmas!

  COME and see Santa, do some Christmas colouring and shop for longer with extended trading hours...

December 2, 2022

Authorities make burn-off call out

THE States firefighting authorities have made a combined call for people to register their burn offs ahead of this summer’s fire season. Ongoing rains and...

December 2, 2022

Way opened for the Warriors

THE Woady Yaloak Football Netball Club, better known as the Woady Warriors, have taken the next step in their development as an organisation. On Monday,...

November 25, 2022

Temple and music plans get ALP backing

AN election commitment to the Ballarat Indian Association for significant capital works at the site of the organisation’s cultural centre in Ross Creek has...