Selected News Stories from this Week's Edition
News
Uniting Ballarat welcomes funding to combat homelessness
UNITING Ballarat is celebrating following the announcement that the agency has received funding for two of its Housing and Crisis Support Programs. The More...
Woowookarung Park
Native trees planted in Woowookarung Regional Park to enhance Wildlife links.
LOCAL groups combined on Sunday to plant 270 native trees to enhance wildlife links...
India Independence Day
INDIA celebrates Independence Day every August 15 to commemorate its independence from British rule in 1947. India attained freedom following a decade’s long independence...
YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED TO PREVENT LOCAL GRAFFITI
YOUNG people have been mentored by local artists to create a public artwork in Sebastopol which will help combat graffiti in the community. Member...
SOVEREIGN HILL’S CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORIA
ERNST & YOUNG ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY REVEALS SOVEREIGN HILL’S CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORIA
THE results of Sovereign Hill’s Economic Impact Study, prepared by Ernst & Young,...
Sport
Bull-Doggie-Do
Four-legged bulldogs, their owners, and three Western Bulldogs players converged on Alfred Deakin Place on Sunday, for the City of Ballarat’s free BullDoggie-Do.
As part...
CHFL – Qualifying & Elimination Finals Preview 2017
As was expected it turned out to be a fascinating final round in Central Highlands FL with close results all round and as a...
Ballarat Bulldog Family
BALLARAT’S four-legged bulldogs are preparing to unite this Sunday, 13 August for the City of Ballarat’s free Bull-Doggie-Do. As part of the City of...
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Ballarat-Melbourne Rail Corridor
Making Rail Travel Faster and More Efficient
BALLARAT City Council has received a report from an independent think tank, the Rail Futures Institute, detailing a...
FIREFIGHTERS CAN’T PUT THE FLAMES OUT
THE debate continues as to whether the Country Fire Authority should be split.
If proposed legislation was passed the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and all paid...
LEGACY JUNIOR PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
THE LJPSA is a national competition conducted through Australian secondary schools and colleges for students aged 12 to 14 years. This year the competition...
CAFS commemorates 100 years since the original planting of the Arthur Kenny Avenue of...
CAFS commemorated an important milestone in Ballarat’s history on Thursday 3rd August, with it being exactly 100 years since the planting of the original...
RSL Celebrates Partnership with Midlands Golfclub
THE official launch of the new home of the Ballarat RSL sub-branch took place on Sunday and there were smiles.
The RSL is now ensconced...
