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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

August 21, 2021

Lots of mysticism on 1000 Doors

WHEN the city’s newest interactive public art installation, 1000 Doors, opens later this month, there’ll be a touch of the dark arts included. As part...

August 20, 2021

BLOC show pays it forward

AS part of opening night celebrations for BLOC Music Theatre’s production of Mamma Mia in May, the performance troop teamed up with the local...

August 6, 2021

Key music fests get cash support

TWIN iconic multiday events, the Meredith Music Festival and the Golden Plains Festival, are set to benefit from a Federal Government grant program. Organisers of...

August 5, 2021

Grants help events get quacking

FIVE community events in the south of the Shire will be able to run in a COVID safe manner, if and when they return,...

August 5, 2021

Netball courts get official opening, finally

OVER a year, and nearly a full - albeit interrupted - season of play, upgraded netball courts at Inverleigh have been officially opened. At an...

August 5, 2021

Commerce programs get State backing

THREE days after the latest round of COVID lockdown lifted, Commerce Ballarat became the recipient of a State Government grant to help local and...

July 31, 2021

Foto makes call out for helpers

ORGNISERS of next month’s Ballarat International Foto Biennale have put out the call for volunteer helpers. Set to run from 28 August to 24 October,...

July 31, 2021

Wind farm passes test

THE Stockyard Hill Wind Farm, located about thirty-five kilometres west of Ballarat, has cleared an important hurdle on its journey to full operation. Know as...

July 23, 2021

Gazette heads online part-time

GOLDEN Plains Shire’s official print publication is expanding with a new e-edition of the municipal gazette set to debut later this year. Known as the...

July 22, 2021

New bus part of transport shortfall

A NEW bus service trial underway in the north and south of the Shire has the ultimate goal of gathering data in support of...

July 22, 2021

Town meeting gets new date

A COMMUNITY feedback session on the Smythesdale Structure Plan originally set for last weekend has been rescheduled after the snap COVID-19 lockdown limited in-person...

July 15, 2021

500 games for Bunga’s legacy legend

WHEN Amanda Clarke walks out on court for her five-hundredth senior game of netball in the Central Highlands league on Saturday, her mind in...

July 15, 2021

New lights officially switched on

A YEARS long process to improve facilities for junior footballers at Lethbridge Recreation Reserve, home of the Rosellas, is complete with new lights and...

July 15, 2021

Miners add key COVID piece

WHILE the NBL1 South season may be well underway, that hasn’t stopped management at the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners from seeking to strengthen the...

July 8, 2021

Final call made on Federal lines

A FINAL decision has been made on the lower house boundaries for the next Federal election, and they are not much different to those...

July 8, 2021

Fines for non-compliant pool owners

OVER two-hundred and fifty pool and spa owners in Golden Plains Shire could be facing fines after the municipality noted they may not have...

July 8, 2021

One seat to rule them all

FOR the first time in the history of Golden Plains Shire, the municipality could have one state lower house member of parliament representing the...

July 6, 2021

Giants to host Suns on Mars

THE Greater Western Sydney Giants will 'host' Gold Coast at Mars Stadium in Ballarat on Sunday, but the GWS are hopeful of playing their...

June 30, 2021

New disability worker registration a safe choice

VICTORIA’S disability workforce will be stronger and safer under a new Victorian Government disability worker registration scheme, giving regional Victorians...

June 29, 2021

Warm donations for Shower Bus

MEMBERS of Ballarat Commandery of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Australasia recently dopped off some winter supplies at the One...

June 27, 2021

Central Highland Netball League – round 10 results

Central Highland Netball League ROUND 10   A GRADE Learmonth 70 - Bungaree 22 Creswick 15 - Buninyong 66 Hepburn 90 - Dunnstown 22 Rokewood 47 - Gordon 30 Ballan 32 -...

June 24, 2021

Youth up build gets underway

WORK on the Shire’s new Youth Hub has begun after an official sod turning ceremony last Friday. Located opposite Bannockburn College P-12, the more than...

June 24, 2021

BFNL rejigs season fixture

SOME games in the current McDonalds Ballarat Football Netball League have been rescheduled or abandoned as competition managers’ seek to cope with impacts of...

June 18, 2021

Sheep show gets new date

THE Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society has announced that the Victorian Sheep Show, supported by Ballarat Grammar has been rescheduled to Sunday, 4 July...