Local News

The first of the locally built OzPress buses have rolled off the production line. The Minister for Public Transport, Melissa Horne, will be in Ballarat this morning to see the first two buses built by OzPress Industries. The State...

A pop-up ice skating rink will return for Ballarat's Winter Festival, with construction set to get underway today. The rink will see traffic changes around Armstrong Street and the surrounding town hall precinct, with Armstrong Street South...

The State Government has announced new measures to bridge the gap between students in metropolitan and regional areas. The Minister for Education, James Merlino, has today ordered for an Expert Advisory Panel to be established, which...

"Serial liar" Nelly Yoa caused a stir in Melbourne yesterday as he arrived for a hearing at the Magistrates Court. Yoa lives in Ballarat with his three children, and works in a storeroom, and fronted court...

A Queensland-based technology company is making the move down south. Cloud based IT business CT4 is relocating its operations from the sunshine state to Ballarat, which will create 62 new jobs in regional Victoria. CT4 are expected...

A man has been denied bail fter being accused of stealing close to $300,000 from ATMs across Western Victoria. Robert Fitzpatrick is one of three men who are alleged to have robbed eight ATMs from November...

A new tourism campaign by the state government will see Victorians to discover their own backyard. In particular, Melburnians are being encouraged to explore all that regional Victoria has to offer as the temperatures drop over...

Tomorrow marks a special day in the Ballarat basketball calendar. Tomorrow is its 70th anniversary of its first ever round of matches held for the first time on June 14, back in 1949. It’s been a big...

The State Government has denied that the Ballarat line will see delays as upgrade works continue., Concerns first started when a date listed in the budget papers for the 2019-20 financial year, where the completion date was...

The Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed close to 1 in 2 businesses audited in Ballarat fail to meet workplace laws.  A total of 192 businesses were audited by the Ombudsman, with 88 found to be non-compliant. Additionally,...