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The Age is reporting the train that smashed into the Lydiard Street North railway gates was travelling at almost 100 km/h, more than twice the speed limit on that section of track. The leaked V/Line incident...

  With a focus on infrastructure projects by the Victorian Government, the progress of the $461 million redevelopment of the Ballarat Base Hospital remains unclear.   Originally announced in May 2018, works were expected to begin in early...

    Senior Directors at the City of Ballarat will be asked to re-apply for their jobs. It's the first of many changes interim CEO Janet Dore will likely make as a review of councils culture gets underway.   The...

No date has been set for the removal of the barriers at the Lydiard Street North railway crossing in Ballarat. They've been in place since a Wendouree bound Velocity train smashed into the historic gates on...

A motion was moved in State Parliament yesterday condemning the vandalism of the Prime Ministers busts in Ballarat over the weekend. Western Victoria MP Bev McArthur moved the motion labeling the vandals 'self-appointed arbiters of public...

  The public will get a chance to have their say tonight on the City of Ballarat's draft budget. Council has proposed $17 million of new borrowing's to fill the void created by the Covid-19 downturn.   Officers have...

  The Chair of the Grampians region of Regional Development Victoria has welcomed the appointment of Janet Dore as interim CEO of the City of Ballarat. Stuart Benjamin says what has happened in Ballarat following the Ombudsman's...

Trucks started rolling into the Maddingley Brown Coal site at Bacchus Marsh yesterday carrying what council fears could be contaminated soil. The dumping, not far from the Ballarat rail line, comes amid reports that contaminated soil...

  In another positive sign for tourism in Ballarat, Kryal Castle is set to re-open. The draw bridge will be lowered from June 27 with the park remaining open across the school holidays and then weekends.   Tickets to...

Police were called to a Ballarat Primary School on Friday after a male approached a school fence around lunch time. St Alipius Principal Eileen Rice says the man spoke inappropriately to a female year 4 student...