No party pies at LiveLighter launch
HOW to save money and eat well to avoid unhealthy weight gain and reduce risks was the message delivered at the LiveLighter campaign launch...
Take away more than a G&T
THE audience at Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out 2019 is in for a treat with a world class panel of speakers presenting to Ballarat...
Social Traders matchmaking Ballarat social enterprises
BALLARAT social enterprises looking for new clients or business opportunities should head to the Social Traders Roadshow at The Mining Exchange on Wednesday, 27...
We are still here on country
MURRUP Laarr, or Ancestral Stones, is a new public artwork by Wathaurung woman and artist Deanne Gilson and it will be officially unveiled as...
Ballarat based and biased BIRCH takes root for growth
MARK Yates, Associate Professor and inaugural Executive Director of BIRCH came up with the idea of BIRCH about eight years ago. “I have been banging...
Expo for blind and low vision community
BALLARAT Expo on Thursday, 28 March is for those in the community who are blind or have low vision. Organised by Vision Australia, the Expo...
Friday night fete at Buninyong PS
AFTER 5pm Buninyong Primary School’s grounds on Friday, 22 March will come alive for their school fete. It’s a student run fete with all the...
Is it you or Ballarat they’re coming to visit?
SOVEREIGN Hill draws 800,000 people every year to Ballarat. Some of them are related to, or friends of, Ballarat residents. Visiting friends and relatives (VFR), account...
Women’s Leadership Forum success
THE Australian Women’s Leadership Forum rolled into Ballarat last week providing women from the city and surrounding regions with a unique opportunity to access...
Ballarat, Australia’s first Intercultural City
WHAT started out as a one day event in 2011 has grown to be a 10 day celebration of Ballarat’s diversity. Harmony Fest promotes cultural...
Stainless-steel seed reducing surgery hours
MAGSEED, a vertical stainless-steel implant the size of a grain of rice could revolutionise breast cancer surgery in Australia says Ms Ruth Bollard, an...
Boomtown ‘Rat
HUMANITARIAN and musician Bob Geldof KBE delivered the key note address at Committee of Ballarat’s Round Table Dinner on Friday, 15 March. Mr Geldof was...
African refugee undertakes leadership program
SADIKI Musaka currently wears two hats in his career, one as a Multicultural Ambassador for the City of Ballarat and the other as manager...
McDonalds charity ride for sick kids
ANTHONY Nigro has his sights set on raising over $5,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mr Nigro, general manager of five Ballarat McDonalds outlets, will...
Understanding dying and bereavement
BIRTHS, weddings, birthdays and anniversaries are many of life’s milestones that are planned and celebrated. Living Today, Dying Tomorrow is an upcoming event organised by...
How to be your own boss
ENTREPRENEURSHIP facilitator, a mouthful of a title, belongs to Dr Paul Miller recently appointed by the Federal government as one of 20 across the...
Social enterprise dishes up lunch
TUCKED at the end of Tuppen Drive, Sebastopol, Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre and kitchen garden could easily be missed. However, those in the know make their...
Little Litter Super Heroes take to the streets
A SUPERHERO is thought of as a comic book character, with super natural powers and super human strength who is dedicated to protecting humanity...
Community members welcomed
COMMITTEE for Ballarat recently announced the appointment of seven community members – Daryl Clifton, Kate Davis, Mark Hemetsberger, Nicole Ashby, Rochelle Kirkham, Sarah Myers,...
Narrow Ways explores Ballarat’s lanes
ELIZABETH Wood took an extensive series of black and white photographs of the lanes in central Ballarat in 2002. The images capture the remarkable but...
IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOICE
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is celebrated in Ballarat, and across the country, to raise awareness of the discrimination against women and to stimulate debate and...
Government help for seniors living at home
THE Australian government introduced My Aged Care on 1 July 2013 to assist senior Australians, their families and carers to access information about aged...
Shoot for the stars at Connecting Conference
BUSINESS conferences are normally the domain of executive leaders, management and those occupying the boardroom. The upcoming Connecting Conference is specifically designed for the office...
Huge long weekend of events
BALLARAT residents and visitors are spoilt for things to do this Labour Day long weekend. Bucking bulls, AFL footy, horses racing, Picasso’s prints from the...