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A GovHub manager says the facility will offer a number of opportunities to students and university graduates. Operations manager at Consumer Affairs Nick Eaton says contact centres within the facility will provide entry level pathways into...

The Ballarat Table Tennis Association has a new state-funded solar system. A system worth upwards of 20k has been installed at the centre as well as at McCallum Industries and Ballarat Child and Family Services.   They...

  Ballarat Health Services have revealed plans to extend the Covid vaccine roll-out to over-50s from next week. Chief Executive Dale Fraser says the age-group will be eligible from May 3 at their Mercure Hotel Hub, provided...

Despite less than ideal weather at times, crowds of around 2500 were reported at both the dawn and 11am Anzac Day services in Ballarat at the Sturt Street Cenotaph yesterday. By comparison, the 11am service normally...

Ballarat trains will be out of action for eleven days from Tuesday as part of annual maintenance works.  Coaches will replace rail services for the entire journey on the Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough lines. Spokesperson for the...

The Mercure Covid-19 vaccination facility in Ballarat will be open to anyone over 70 from Monday. People will receive the AstraZenica jab and will no longer have to go through a GP referral. Walk-in’s are permitted, however...

Two well-known buildings in Ballarat’s CBD are set to go under the hammer. The old state savings bank at 48 Sturt Street will be auctioned off on June 18.  Meanwhile the building which once belonged to Berry,...

Crowd registration numbers are lower than the normal numbers expected for Ballarat's Anzac Day services at the Cenotaph in Sturt Street. After being cancelled because of the pandemic last year both the 6am dawn service and...

  Coronavirus fragments have been detected in wastewater in Daylesford. The Department of Health says fragments have also been found in the states north-east at Benalla as well as some metropolitan areas of Melbourne.   A spokesperson says the...

Thirty four thousand dollars to establish a beekeeping program for returned serviceman suffering from PTSD has been handed down in Ballarat. The program, funded by the state government, will see the Ballarat Veterans Assistance Centre team...