	{"id":66280,"date":"2019-12-29T11:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T00:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=66280"},"modified":"2019-12-29T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T00:31:06","slug":"budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget blues and election woos &#8211; April 2019 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Air force vet shares story &#8211; Thursday, 4 April edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66282\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66282 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5412-for-web.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Bell (centre) with Charles Fairbairn-Calvert and Catherine Calvert, the grandchildren of his commanding officer from his time serving at Ballarat Airfield during WWII. Photo: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One-hundred and one-year-old air force veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/lifes-lessons-learned-during-wwii\/\">Jack Bell was the guest speaker<\/a> at the official opening of the Airforce Association of Victoria\u2019s Ballarat branch\u2019s rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the restored airport hut 48, the rooms are the site of the former RAAF Ballarat Officers\u2019 Mess, at the Ballarat Aerodrome.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bell went through the No 1 Wireless Air Gunners School at the RAAF Air Base at Ballarat before posting to RAF 216 Squadron in El Adem in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>After being injured in a crash-landing Mr Bell experienced harrowing conditions in a prisoner or war camp but also saw the good in people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66283\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66283\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT_April-18_001-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT_April-18_001-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT_April-18_001-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT_April-18_001-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT_April-18_001.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thursday, 18 April front page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Great women honoured &#8211; Thursday, 4 April edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NINE of Ballarat\u2019s best were celebrated as part of the 2019 Zonta Club of Ballarat\u2019s Great Women awards.<\/p>\n<p>The diverse were honoured for their life-long commitments to community service, philanthropy, cultural leadership, advocacy, ambassadorship and volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Browning, Dr Shantini Deutscher, Sheilagh Kentish, Paula Nicholson, Robyn Reeves, Geraldine Roberts, Janet Rundell, Leading Senior Constable Janine Walker, and the late Dr Joan Hunt were all recognised at the gathering at Barkly Motor Lodge.<\/p>\n<p>Zonta Ballarat\u2019s President, Donna Campbell said the awards celebrate the \u201cwonderful contributions\u201d of local women from different walks of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt blows me away, the fact that we\u2019ve had so many people recognised over the years, and we know there are others out there,\u201d she said. \u201cAll of them recognise the fact that they wouldn\u2019t have achieved what they\u2019ve done without members of their family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Keep an eye out in the new year as we will be celebrating this year\u2019s group of Ballarat\u2019s Great Women.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66284\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66284\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/DSC_0087-for-web.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woady Yaloak Primary School\u2019s Scarsdale Campus Captains, Victoria, Maia, Jayden and Ryan with former student and anti-bullying campaigner, Luke Getsom. Photo: EDWINA WILLIAMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Pushing back against bullying &#8211; Thursday, 11 April edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golden Plains Shire young citizen of the year for 2019, Luke Getsom took his <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/battling-bullying-schools-invited-to-help-realise-dollys-dream\/\">campaign against bullying<\/a> and support of Dolly\u2019s Dream bigger than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Getsom had first come to attention of an anti-bullying campaign at his high school, Mount Clear Collage, but was now looking to take the effort to schools across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never going to stop, but we want to see many people just not getting bullied anymore. Even if only one person stops getting bullied, that\u2019s still a win. It\u2019s just trying to get someone a better life to start with,\u201d Mr Getsom said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Budget bypasses Ballarat &#8211; Thursday, 11 April edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the lead up to the Federal election the Commonwealth government handed down the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/budget-a-mixed-bag-for-ballarat\/\">2019-22 Federal budget<\/a>, and there wasn\u2019t a lot in it for the city.<\/p>\n<p>While people in the region could benefit from nationwide programs outlined in the fiscal plan, the lack of local funding led Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King to say budget had \u201cbypassed Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBallarat and Bendigo are two of our biggest inland cities with massive population growth, they seem to have completely forgotten about that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems a lot of their road projects are really focussed on Liberal National Party seats across the country and certainly not on Ballarat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66285\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66285 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT-April-25_001-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT-April-25_001-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT-April-25_001-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT-April-25_001-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/BALT-April-25_001.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thursday, 25 April front page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>The smell of democracy on the horizon &#8211; Thursday, 25 April edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the Federal election only weeks away, the pledges to woo voters to one side or the other had begun.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine King was out in the electorate pledging money for a range of causes including $10 million for Sovereign Hill and just over $200,000 for school across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Sovereign Hill money was actually a matched pledge that had been made by the Liberals a few hours earlier that had been included in the budget from a few weeks before but not announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air force vet shares story &#8211; Thursday, 4 April edition One-hundred and one-year-old air force veteran Jack Bell was the guest speaker at the official opening of the Airforce Association of Victoria\u2019s Ballarat branch\u2019s rooms. Located in the restored airport hut 48, the rooms are the site of the former RAAF Ballarat Officers\u2019 Mess, at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":66281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-66280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Air force vet shares story &#8211; Thursday, 4 April edition One-hundred and one-year-old air force veteran Jack Bell was the guest speaker at the official opening of the Airforce Association of Victoria\u2019s Ballarat branch\u2019s rooms. Located in the restored airport hut 48, the rooms are the site of the former RAAF Ballarat Officers\u2019 Mess, at [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golden Plains Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1154\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1135\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Ballarat Times\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Ballarat Times\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4301f908d92f821f2752c965ef566687\"},\"headline\":\"Budget blues and election woos &#8211; April 2019 in review\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":700,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/\",\"name\":\"Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg\",\"width\":1154,\"height\":1135,\"caption\":\"East Point FNC had an extra reason to celebrate the return of BFNL actions as the club raised their first senior\u2019s premiership flag since amalgamation. Hundreds of supporters turned out for the special occasion at the Eastern Oval, with the \u2018Roos going on go get their title defence started in style, downing Lake Wendouree but 101 points. Photos: ALISTAIR FINLAY\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/news\\\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Budget blues and election woos &#8211; April 2019 in review\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/\",\"name\":\"Golden Plains Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Golden Plains Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/GoldenPlainsNew.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/23\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/GoldenPlainsNew.png\",\"width\":3208,\"height\":336,\"caption\":\"Golden Plains Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4301f908d92f821f2752c965ef566687\",\"name\":\"The Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/goldenplains\\\/author\\\/ballarattimes\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times","og_description":"Air force vet shares story &#8211; Thursday, 4 April edition One-hundred and one-year-old air force veteran Jack Bell was the guest speaker at the official opening of the Airforce Association of Victoria\u2019s Ballarat branch\u2019s rooms. Located in the restored airport hut 48, the rooms are the site of the former RAAF Ballarat Officers\u2019 Mess, at [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/","og_site_name":"Golden Plains Times","article_published_time":"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1154,"height":1135,"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Ballarat Times","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Ballarat Times","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/"},"author":{"name":"The Ballarat Times","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#\/schema\/person\/4301f908d92f821f2752c965ef566687"},"headline":"Budget blues and election woos &#8211; April 2019 in review","datePublished":"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/"},"wordCount":700,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/","name":"Budget blues and election woos - April 2019 in review - Golden Plains Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-29T00:31:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/12\/IMG_5976-for-web.jpg","width":1154,"height":1135,"caption":"East Point FNC had an extra reason to celebrate the return of BFNL actions as the club raised their first senior\u2019s premiership flag since amalgamation. Hundreds of supporters turned out for the special occasion at the Eastern Oval, with the \u2018Roos going on go get their title defence started in style, downing Lake Wendouree but 101 points. Photos: ALISTAIR FINLAY"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/budget-blues-and-election-woos-april-2019-in-review\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Budget blues and election woos &#8211; April 2019 in review"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/","name":"Golden Plains Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#organization","name":"Golden Plains Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/GoldenPlainsNew.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/GoldenPlainsNew.png","width":3208,"height":336,"caption":"Golden Plains Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/#\/schema\/person\/4301f908d92f821f2752c965ef566687","name":"The Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/author\/ballarattimes\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66280"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=66280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}