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January 28, 2022
Keeping kids safe
As we ready our children for the start of the 2022 school year, this is a timely reminder to be thoughtful of your child’s...
January 28, 2022
Unexpected benefits of COVID
By Lachlan Ellis As the Omicron COVID variant spreads and daily case numbers are broken regularly, it’s no surprise that many Australians are alarmed right...
January 27, 2022
UNAUTHORISED DRIVERS UNCOVERED
Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology has helped police detect 424 unauthorised drivers during a two-day road safety blitz. Operation Amity saw police enforcing...
January 27, 2022
Path makeover
Next week Moorabool Shire Council are starting work at Caledonian Park in Ballan! They are making upgrades to the existing gravel path from Blackwood...
January 27, 2022
Newborns to benefit
Victorian researchers from Murdoch Children's Research Institute - MCRI have created a new screening test that could pave the way for earlier and easier...
January 27, 2022
How well do you know fire?
Do you know how far an ember can travel before starting a new fire? Or that the heat and ferocity of a bushfire could...
January 27, 2022
No shed after deadlock
By Lachlan Ellis A recommendation for a dwelling, shed and pool to be built at Chapmans Road, Gordon, has been rejected, following a 3-3 deadlock. Prior...
January 27, 2022
Jack and Louis claim third Cup
By Michael Howard and Tim O'Connor (HRV) Spirit Of St Louis stamped himself as the horse of the summer with a stunning Ballarat Pacing Cup...
January 26, 2022
History – Back in the day.
By Bacchus Marsh Historical Society Dethridge Water Wheel - manufactured in Bacchus Marsh by State Rivers & Water Commission. Photo PROV c1950s Its initial use...
January 26, 2022
Melton Hospital Another Step Closer
In case you missed the recent news….here it is. The land at 245-267 Ferris Road, Cobblebank has been selected as the site for the brand...
January 26, 2022
Vale Frank Evans
By HRV The harness racing industry is in mourning following the passing of highly-respected horseman Frank Evans at 91 years of age. The pinnacle of Evans’...
January 26, 2022
Rate cap tightens Council’s purse strings
By Lachlan Ellis “I think Government needs to stop looking in the mirror, and look out the window.” - Cr Paul Tatchell An announcement by the State Government...
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