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May 8, 2019

Dealing with digital disruption

JAMES Stewart, Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, is speaking at Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out on Wednesday, May 29. Mr Stewart’s presentation will illustrate how...

May 8, 2019

Feet and pedal power take kids to school

NATIONAL Walk Safely to School Day is an annual, national event when children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. The community event,...

May 2, 2019

Sarah Henderson ready for next bout

SARAH Henderson is a self-confessed fearsome warrior for the people she represents. As the sitting Member for Corangamite she has just over 110,000 voters in...

May 2, 2019

Bowelscan focuses on over 40s

ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...

May 1, 2019

These are mine and I earned them

MEMBERS of Australia’s defence forces play a proud part in Anzac Day Services. Active service personnel and veterans display their medals on their left side,...

May 1, 2019

New music launched in old church

SINGER-songwriters Claire Anne Taylor and Áine Tyrrell are holding a double album launch to celebrate their new releases. They are performing All the Words and...

May 1, 2019

At the end of the road

MICK Thomas’ newest ensemble Roving Commission is on the road with their latest full-length album Coldwater DFU. The tour winds up at the Cabaret Club...

May 1, 2019

Forrest Lump boasts the most roast

SHANE Scott and his brother-in-law Cameron Fordham got into barbeques around four years ago when they both bought Webers and started cooking roasts. Chloe Scott...

May 1, 2019

Botanical background for Inverleigh artist’s sculpture

CERAMISIST Ade Loe is opening her Art Rocks Gallery in Inverleigh for the upcoming Golden Plains Community Art Trail. Set high in the Inverleigh hills...

May 1, 2019

Wine maker CEO cheers on business

ELIZA Brown, CEO All Saints Estate describes making good mistakes as never believing people when they say you can’t do something. “When you do it...

May 1, 2019

Creswick Brass Band turns a corner

THERE is a right way and a wrong way for a marching brass band to turn a corner. Then there is the Creswick Brass Band...

May 1, 2019

Bowelscan focuses on over 40s

ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...

April 25, 2019

New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board

THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...

April 25, 2019

What does Anzac Day mean?

ANZAC Day means different things to different people. It commemorates the landing of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli during WWI, it’s considered by some to symbolise...

April 25, 2019

Sell your trash to buy a truck

MAUDE CFA is holding its annual trash, treasure and craft market on Sunday, 5 May. Bron Warfe, Fundraising Sub-Committee Secretary, is putting out the call...

April 25, 2019

A new spin for old records

LYDIARD Furniture and Antiques is holding its third Wizards Annual Book Fair at Messenger Hall over the weekend of Saturday, 4 and Sunday, 5...

April 25, 2019

Spoilt for choice at Booktown

EACH May for the past 12 years Clunes morphs into Australia’s largest book shop. This year its heritage buildings will host celebrated authors and guest...

April 25, 2019

New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board

THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...

April 17, 2019

Sapper to lead Meredith commemoration

LIEUTENANT Justin Taskin is the third generation of his family to grow up in Meredith. He now serves an engineering officer in the army in...

April 17, 2019

Teeing off into the future

JOHN Dearden was having a hit in a paddock near where he lived in North Ballarat in 1919. Mr Dearden explained he was a golfer...

April 17, 2019

Wine and chocolate, two great tastes

CLYDE Park Vineyard will be hopping on Easter Sunday. For the kids there is an Easter egg hunt, a roaming Easter bunny to meet, face...

April 17, 2019

Aim to have fun

HOP on down to Wendouree Archery Club For something completely different this Easter. The club is holding its annual Easter novelty fun shoot at its...

April 17, 2019

Take the Arts Trail to Linton

ARTIST Pam Farey’s home and studio, Peacock Cottage, will be open for the Golden Plains Community Art Trail on the first weekend in May. The...

April 17, 2019

Sharing the start-up story

ONE of the aims of Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out 2019 is assisting businesses with localised support and access to tools and information that...