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February 6, 2019

How do you see the future of Lake Burrumbeet?

THE Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning has launched a process looking at how to manage Lake Burrumbeet’s shore. Known as the Lake Burrumbeet’s...

February 6, 2019

Ballarat’s refurbished Civic Hall officially re-opens in March

CIVIC Hall would be officially re-opened at 9am on Friday, 1 March. The announcement came following the acceptance of a refurbished Ballaarat coat of arms...

February 6, 2019

On ya bikes for a great cause

STEPHEN Byrne, director at BJT Legal, is a cyclist by nature and by choice. This is one of the reasons BJT Legal is a major...

February 6, 2019

Leadership forum takes Ballarat women on a journey of self discovery

AUSTRALIAN Women’s Leadership Forum is coming to Ballarat in March. This informative and exciting one-day event will provide women from Ballarat and surrounding districts with...

January 30, 2019

Late career graduates seize their day

WHEN VCE results and ATAR scores come out implacable hours are spent dissecting and discussing top scores of both students and schools while universities...

January 30, 2019

Lifeline Ballarat seeking volunteers

VOLUNTEERS from all organisations often say they offer their time and commitment in order to give back to the community – they want to...

January 30, 2019

G’day mate – city welcomes new citizens

GRAGANDEEP Kaur Mann came to Australia from India 10 years ago as a student. Last Saturday, after reciting her affirmation, collecting her certificate, a native...

January 30, 2019

Put 2019 Dunnstown Irish Festival in your diary

If you enjoyed the inaugural Dunnstown Irish Festival last year, you are in for a double dose of fun, frivolity, toe-tapping and jig dancing...

January 30, 2019

Royal Commission in Creswick

REGIONAL Victorians are disproportionately affected by poor mental health. Minister for Mental Health Martin Foley held a regional roundtable discussion last week in Creswick to...

January 25, 2019

Locals make Australia Day honours list

Des Hudson - In order: Leading Senior Constable Des Hudson now holds a Medal...

January 23, 2019

Seamstress and spruiker launch Billboard Soapbox

SEAMSTRESS Heather Horrocks, otherwise known as an artist and one half of the Pike- Lettes, is a dab hand with the needle and thread...

January 23, 2019

Bikes in Back Space

BALLARAT Art Bikes is an initiative of the City of Ballarat that merges sport with the municipality’s Creative City Strategy. The artworks are made from...

January 23, 2019

Artistic flair and initiative are key to greatness

FORTY years ago, as Geraldine Roberts and her family drove up the highway to start a new life in Ballarat, she cried all the...

January 23, 2019

Planned book a memorial for Concert Band

TO celebrate the centenary of the Ballarat Memorial Concert Band, an e-book on the history group will be launched during Heritage Week in May...

January 23, 2019

People to power Ballarat North

THE driving force of more power in a group than an individual, is behind the recent formation by residents of the new Committee for...

January 23, 2019

Opportunity to hear business leader

CITY of Ballarat has scored a major coup in the world of business events. Cecilia Ambros, head of creative studios US for Amazon Advertising, will...

January 16, 2019

Partnership to help cancer research

THE ability for radiologists to compress images small enough to be transferred to an iPad or iPhone is a mutual area of technological interest...

January 16, 2019

Game set and match on resurfaced courts

OVER 800 people play tennis at Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre each week. They now know what local tennis pro Zoe Hives felt under foot, winning...

January 16, 2019

Game, set and match for Real Tennis championships

REAL tennis has been described as a ridiculous sport that is addictive, played with rackets that are bent and balls that aren’t round and...

January 16, 2019

Teamwork focus for orientation week at BHS

COLLABORATION was the key word for just over 70 new graduates who took part in a unique orientation week at Ballarat Health Services recently. Graduates...

January 16, 2019

What has the selfie done to photographic portraiture?

LUMINA Collective: Echoes exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat displays photographic work by eight Australian women – leaders in their craft – studying...

January 16, 2019

Returning Ballaarat’s coat of arms to past glory

IT was Barbara Cytowicz’s eagle eyed spotting of the Ballaraat coat of arms, originally hung in the foyer of Civic Hall, auction listing that...

January 16, 2019

School’s in, for the 1850s at Sovereign Hill

JANINE Baker has been appointed the first female principal of the school that sits in Sovereign Hill. The school actually consists of five costumed goldfields...

January 16, 2019

Battle of words and smells at CVLX

CONCERNS raised by Miners Rest residents regarding smells coming from the Central Victorian Livestock Exchange have resulted in a compliance order being issued by...