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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

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November 25, 2022

Libs go back to basics in final week

ROADS and schools have been the focus of local Liberal Party pledges as the State election campaign headed into its final week. In Creswick, current...

November 21, 2022

FedUni to benefit from TAFE pledge

THE State election campaign rolled back into Ballarat on Monday with Premier Daniel Andrews using Federation University’s Mount Helen campus as a backdrop for...

November 20, 2022

Highway to stay closed

THE Hamilton Highway remains closed east of Inverleigh to most traffic following a train derailment last Monday. A statement released by the Department of Transport...

November 18, 2022

State election candidates confirmed

THE list of people running in this month’s State election have been locked in. Last Friday saw the close of nominations for the vote, with...

November 18, 2022

Labor commits to regional publishers

AN election pledge from the Labor Party would see support for regional newspaper publishers continue if re-elected. Announced last Friday at the Victorian Country Press...

November 15, 2022

Call goes out to join inclusion committee

SENIORS and members of the local all-abilities communities, along with their friends, families, and supporters and being asked to join a Golden Plains Shire...

November 14, 2022

Input sought on wastewater plan

GOLDEN Plains Shire officers are in the process of updating the municipal domestic wastewater management plan and they want your feedback on the draft...

November 12, 2022

Proposed river reserve plan gets cash grant

A PROJECT to improve public land beside the Moorabool River at Batesford has received State Government backing. Known as the Moorabool River Reserve Masterplan and...

November 12, 2022

Teesdale rec reserve plan okayed

A NEW masterplan for Don Wallace Recreation Reserve at Teesdale has received the thumbs up from Golden Plains Shire council. The move came at October’s...

October 30, 2022

Shire puts election issues on agenda

FUNDING priorities for the upcoming State election in Golden Plains Shire have been announced. Ahead of the 26 November vote, a statement released by the...

October 28, 2022

New mobile library on the books

BOOK lovers rejoice, the Shire is getting a new mobile library. Announced last week, the current rolling facility is set to be replaced following a...

October 14, 2022

Grimley to go again

WESTERN Victoria upper house MP Stuart Grimley has been announced at the lead candidate for Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party as he seeks a second...

September 26, 2022

Funding divide over Link Road

A SIXTY-million-dollar election pledge by the State Opposition to extend the Ballarat Link Road has drawn the Government’s ire with the roads minister saying...

September 15, 2022

Bombers cap perfect season with premiership

BUNINYONG’S A Grade netball side went the entire 2022 home and away season without a loss and that wasn’t going to change on the...

September 9, 2022

Animal advocate aiming for second term

CURRENT Western Victoria upper house MP, Andy Meddick, has been re-endorsed as the Animal Justice Party’s lead candidate in the region. Mr Meddick was first...

August 25, 2022

Miners name MVPs

THE season’s most valuable players for the Ballarat Miners have been announced. Awarded at the annual Basketball Ballarat Ray Borner and Robyn Maher Awards night...

August 18, 2022

Hawks, Tigers headline finals

AN Inverleigh verses Bannockburn double header is the jewel in the crown of this weekend’s finals match ups, as local teams head into post...

August 18, 2022

Defibs aim to save lives in Smythesdale

THERE are currently twelve automated external defibrillators in Smythesdale with three publicly accessible. Confirmation of the numbers came as Ambulance Victoria announced the town is...

August 4, 2022

Junior Miners off to nationals

A SQUAD of young local basketballers are heading to the National Club Championships in Sydney in September. The Ballarat Miners under 14 boys are set...

August 2, 2022

Holy cow! Shire buys church in secret

A MAJORITY of Golden Plains Shire councillors have voted to, and subsequently purchased, a church at Smythesdale. The move was approved after two behind closed-door...

July 21, 2022

Local take on rep duty

BALLARAT Junior Football Netball League and Greater Western Victoria Rebels listed players were in action for Vic Country against Western Australia at GMHBA Stadium...

July 14, 2022

Miners’ women pushing for post season

SPORTING their First Nations uniforms as part of the Coles Express NBL1’s First Nations Round, the Ballarat Miners has mixed results last weekend. Hosting Keilor...

July 6, 2022

Festive cheers at Little Creatures!

Little Creatures Geelong is a bit like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory… But for beer.

A TRUE brewery village experience with a bustling Canteen,...

June 23, 2022

Back-to-back wins for Miners women

THE Ballarat Miners women claimed two NBL1 South scalps last weekend with home and road wins. On Saturday, the team welcomed the Hobart Chargers to...