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If you think you saw Mel Gibson in Ballarat today, you probably did! Lachie snapped this shot at The Lane! #MelWatch pic.twitter.com/FV1xuE7vSv. — Power FM Ballarat (@1031powerfm) April 14, 2015 ... >> view original

Motorcyclist dies after collision in Cardigan, Ballarat

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a station wagon in the Ballarat suburb of Cardigan. Police believe the collision took place at the intersection of Cuthberts and Whites Road around 4.30pm on Monday. The motorbike rider died at the scene. >> view original

Ballarat breakfast report | Tuesday, April 14

Ballarat police confirmed one of the offenders caught on Monday morning was Jake Castner. Detective Sergeant Brett Caddy said police pursued the three offenders on foot for 10 minutes through backyards and bushland along Mount Helen Avenue at Mount ... >> view original

IBAC investigates allegations of excessive force by Ballarat police

Victoria's anti-corruption commission will hold public hearings into accusations of use of excessive force against a vulnerable person by two Ballarat police officers. The senior constables from the Ballarat police station, one male and one female ... >> view original

Ballarat-Melbourne trains cancelled after collision at level crossing

Six train services inbound and outbound have been disrupted by the incident while the Ballarat line is suspended. A V/Line spokesman said services were being replaced by coaches until the accident scene is cleared. Rockbank is about 29km west of ... >> view original

Ballarat mayor's plan to drain Civic Hall funds

In a document seen by The Courier, Cr Philips put forward his own alternative budget, which outlined that millions of dollars should be used for other projects including repairing rural roads, revamping the Sebastopol Library, the Black Hill lookout ... >> view original

National 'ice' task force: Uniting Care Ballarat calls for education focus

Uniting Care Ballarat is calling for the Federal Government's new national task force on 'ice' to focus on educating people about the drug. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the task force, which will focus on stamping out the use ... >> view original

Children make robots at Ballarat Library

Eight school children, aged nine to 14, worked on a robot-making assembly line at the Ballarat Library on Thursday. Their production materials were Lego blocks and their finished products were programmed machines capable of obeying simple instructions. >> view original

Online petition backs traditional owners' calls to name new Ballarat suburb ...

On the basis that community members found it too hard to spell or pronounce, the Ballarat Council last year rejected a proposal to name a new suburb Mullawallah after a much respected Wadawurrung ancestor. Signatories to a new petition hope to reverse ... >> view original

Chinese history of Ballarat goldfields inspires Eugenia Lim's video ...

A sci-fi meta-narrative, a homage to Jacques Tati's film Playtime and a non-linear approach to Australian history and personal identity, Eugenia Lim's new video installation, Yellow Peril, looks at the Chinese history of gold digging at Sovereign Hill ... >> view original