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March 18, 2025

Grants to support those living with disability

DISABLED employment and support advocacy agency are-able has opened its 2025 community grants program to applications. Applications opened on 3 March and will close on...

March 13, 2025

Concerns increase for Bacchus Marsh health jobs

THE issue of health service staff cuts in Bacchus Marsh continues to simmer, this time with the proposed move of a 1.4 equivalent full-time...

March 13, 2025

Calls for new secondary school – Moorabool Shire Council meeting briefs

MOORABOOL councillor Rod Ward has launched a campaign to have another secondary school built in the Bacchus Marsh area. A notice of motion Cr Ward...

March 8, 2025

Ballan electricity advocate takes gas-free push to Canberra

BALLAN resident Renee Robinson has taken her campaign encouraging people to go all-electric and gas-free to the corridors of national power. Ms Robinson was among...

February 20, 2025

Outrage at public defibrillator theft

BALLAN'S publicly-available automated external defibrillator (AED) has been stolen, prompting outrage from the man behind its purchase. Ballan Ambulance Auxiliary president Ian Ireland said the...

February 13, 2025

Forest storm damage update sought – Moorabool Shire Council meeting briefs

MOORABOOL Shire Council officers will prepare a report on the status of clean-up works in the Wombat State Forest after the June 2021 storm...

February 11, 2025

Be alert when packing school lunchboxes: Heart Foundation

PARENTS are being warned to watch out for misleading marketing tactics as they pack lunchboxes for their children in the new school year. With more...

February 2, 2025

Junior championships make first appearance in Bacchus Marsh

THE Moorabool Aquatic and Recreation Centre in Bacchus Marsh will host a round of Basketball Victoria's 2025 Junior Country Championships in March for the...

January 30, 2025

Shire pleads for return of missing guardrail posts at Ballan Mineral Springs

AN estimated one hundred and twenty metres of treated hardwood top posts of the guardrail along a walking track at the Ballan Mineral Springs...

January 28, 2025

Statewide awards to recognise sporting contributions

NOMINATIONS are open for players, officials, volunteers and others who have made a contribution to sport around the state to be recognised in the...

January 24, 2025

Club stalwart recognised with life membership

BALLAN Cricket Club has rewarded long-time player and leader Michael Snaith for his years of dedication by inducting him as a life member last...

January 17, 2025

Inclusive sports day at Ken Kay

AS many as 100 people will converge on Ballarat Badminton Association's Ken Kay Stadium in Dowling Street today when Freedom Solutions Australia hosts a...