Friday, January 15, 2016

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  • Five Reasons to Leave Melbourne for the Ballarat Beer Festival This ...

    Five Reasons to Leave Melbourne for the  Ballarat  Beer Festival This  ...
    Ballarat is a long way to go for a beer. This festival makes it worth the drive.It takes an hour-and-a-half to drive from Melbourne’s city centre to the Ballarat Beer Festival – and that’s without traffic.Melbourne is hardly short of craft beer. So why should we travel 120 kilometres to wrap our lips around a craft brew?The fifth annual Ballarat Beer Festival returns this Saturday. Here are five reasons why it’s worth the trip.1. Ballarat is the home of Australian home brewing“It’s home to three..
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  • Ballarat breakfast report | Friday, January 15, 2016

    Ballarat  breakfast report | Friday, January 15, 2016
    Two Ballarat police officers accused of using excessive force against vulnerable women are taking the state's anti-corruption body to the High Court next month.
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  • Planning hurdle overcome for Ballarat's proposed $21m saleyards ...

    Planning hurdle overcome for  Ballarat's  proposed $21m saleyards  ...
    BALLARAT’S proposed new $21 million saleyard development has overcome an important planning hurdle.Victoria’s Labor Government has approved changes to the Ballarat Planning Scheme that will facilitate the relocation and development of a new $21 million state of the art livestock exchange facility near Ballarat.The planning scheme amendment included rezoning of the proposed Miners Rest site from farming zone to special use zone to allow development of what will be calle..
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  • Ballarat police take IBAC to High Court

    Two Victorian police officers accused of assaulting a mentally ill woman at a country police station are taking the state's anti-corruption body to the High Court.The male and female officer from Ballarat are accused of kicking and stomping on a woman arrested for public drunkenness in January 2015, and say any possible future trial against them by the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission could be prejudiced if they are forced to give evidence in public hearings.The officers, ..
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  • Ballarate residents to pay for green waste service

    Ballarate residents to pay for green waste service
    BALLARAT residents will have to fork out for the incoming green waste service which is due to begin in July this year.BALLARAT residents will have to fork out for the incoming green waste service which is due to begin in July this year.Picture: Jeremy Bannister.While the City of Ballarat received $500,000 from the state government in 2014 to deliver the service, acting chief executive Natalie Reiter confirmed there would be an additional charge for ratepayers.The council is currently encouraging..
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  • Podcast looking for gigglers

    Podcast looking for gigglers
    Podcast looking for gigglersJan. 15, 2016, 12:31 p.m.BALLARAT comedy fans have been invited to a live podcast recording of the Little Dum Dum Club.Healthy fun: Karl Chandler and Tommy Dassalo will record a live podcast show of the Little Dum Dum Club in Ballarat next week.BALLARAT comedy fans have been invited to a live podcast recording of the Little Dum Dum Club.Hosted by comedians Tommy Dassalo and former Ballarat resident Karl Chandler, the show has hosted everyone from Jimeoin to Adam Hills..
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  • Tour of the Gildfields run its race

    Tour of the Gildfields run its race
    The pin has been pulled on the NRS women's cycling event, the Tour of the GoldfieldsNO MORE: Riders contest the first stage of last year's Tour of the Goldfields - a criterium in Victoria Park.BALLARAT has lost a national women’s cycling event.The Tour of the Goldfields, which was part of the National Road Series, has been discontinued.Ballarat Regional Tourism’s Robbie Burns said it had been a mutual decision between BRT and Cycling Victoria to call it day with the three-day event in October.He..
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  • Touring Archibald Prize exhibition a 'blockbuster' for regional New ...

    Touring Archibald Prize exhibition a 'blockbuster' for regional New  ...
    Touring Archibald Prize exhibition a 'blockbuster' for regional New South WalesPostedJanuary 15, 2016 16:27:06 The Tweed Regional Art Gallery in the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah is about to be filled with bustling crowds eager to catch a glimpse of Australia's most renowned portrait prize.A touring exhibition of the Archibald Prize has just been hung at the gallery and will remain on show for six weeks.For the first time, visitors to the gallery are being issued with wristba..
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  • Windscreen smashed in Sunshine road-rage attack involving men ...

    Windscreen smashed in Sunshine road-rage attack involving men  ...
    Windscreen smashed in Sunshine road-rage attack involving men on monkey bikesUpdatedJanuary 15, 2016 20:49:18 A man says he was terrified when his car windscreen was smashed in a road-rage attack involving a group of men on monkey bikes in Melbourne's west.Brenton Davey, 31, said he was harassed by four men at the intersection of Ballarat Road and McIntyre Road in Sunshine about 10:00pm on Thursday.He said the men on the low-powered motorcycles cut in front of him, were blocking lanes and ri..
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  • Bendigo Ultimate Frisbee club set for home soil clash

    Bendigo Ultimate Frisbee club set for home soil clash
    Bendigo Ultimate Frisbee club set for home soil clashJan. 15, 2016, 10:53 a.m.Bendigo to host Ultimate Frisbee action on Saturday.FRISBEE FUN: Bendigo Ultimate Frisbee Club members Brendan Rayson, Nathan Twigg and Julia Birchall. Ultimate Frisbee matches will be played at Epsom-Huntly Recreation Reserve on Saturday. Picture: NONI HYETTTHE Bendigo Ultimate Frisbee Club will be hoping to capitalise on home ground advantage on Saturday.The final two rounds of the inaugural Victorian Ultimate League..
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