Visitors aplenty in Ballarat at Easter and other top stories

Visitors aplenty in Ballarat at Easter

BALLARAT doesn't have a big Easter festival. Nor does it need one, judging by accommodation bookings. Seymours on Lydiard Motel is booked out for the Easter holiday period while Ballarat Regional Tourism is reporting occupancy rates of 80 per cent for ... >> view original

Ballarat has much to offer its residents, and visitors, at Easter

Ballarat raises the bat, offers no shot and lets the ball go through to the keeper. The same happens on Easter Eve, Easter Day and Easter Monday. At the batting crease is the opportunity for special events. Here is the second major holiday period of ... >> view original

Payday loan debtors putting increased demand on Ballarat UnitingCare

UnitingCare in Ballarat says it is increasingly having to support low-income people who have gotten themselves into debt from payday loans. The welfare agency says more people are borrowing from lenders who promise a temporary fix but charge 100 per ... >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report |Tuesday March 31, 2015

BALLARAT man Tai Sharp has been sentenced to eight years in jail for the fatal one-punch attack of Darley man John Starling in 2013. Sharp, 22, trembled in the dock at the Supreme Court on Monday as Justice Phillip Priest delivered his fate while Sharp ... >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report | Friday March 27, 2015

07:33 AM The change of weather in Ballarat on Thursday did not result in any jobs for the State Emergency Service. Mid-west duty officer Gavin Kelly said crews experienced a quiet night. 07:27 AM: Ballarat Police also experienced a quiet Thursday night. >> view original

Ballarat Drag Racing club bids farewell to Ballarat Airport | PHOTOS

Saturday March 28, 2015. News. Larger / SmallerNight Mode. Ballarat Drag Racing club bids farewell to Ballarat Airport. By Pat Nolan. March 23, 2015, 12:34 p.m.. The uncertainty of the Ballarat Drag Racing Club continues as the club holds its last ever ... >> view original

Ex-Ballarat Christian Brother jailed over sex abuse

A former Christian Brother who was part of a notorious paedophile ring involving the clergy in Ballarat has been jailed for a minimum of three years for abusing 20 young boys. County Court judge Richard Smith said on Friday that Ted Dowlan, who changed ... >> view original

Blue Bell Hotel in Wendouree robbed by armed bandits wielding gun, baseball bat

Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Blue Bell Hotel in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree the early hours of this morning. About 1:00am (AEDT), two balaclava-clad intruders smashed their way into the hotel, in Howitt Street, via a rear door ... >> view original

More Australians moving to Ballarat

AUSTRALIANS moving interstate are flocking to areas including Ballarat, with our population almost at a record 101,000 people. Recent Bureau of Statistics data showed Ballarat was one of the top destinations for people moving interstate, with Victoria ... >> view original

Michelle and Malcolm Kidd say daughter Erin abused at EW Tipping in Ballarat

In August 2013, she was placed into a "pilot program" in Ballarat in which four children in need of 24-hour care would live together under the care of disability services provider The E. W. Tipping Foundation. The program has since ended and the ... >> view original