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Darley fires after quarter-time to keep pressure on Ballarat Football League ...

The Devils are within a game of Redan and North Ballarat City after 10 rounds, having copped their only two losses of 2015 against the competition's pacesetters. Darley booted 15 goals to seven after quarter-time on Sunday to overpower the Lakers ... >> view original

Premiership battle continues at Ballarat

The seesawing Melbourne jockeys' premiership race continues at Ballarat on Wednesday, minus the leader Craig Williams. A careless riding suspension means Williams will miss the Ballarat metropolitan meeting and Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes day ... >> view original

Ballarat to embrace Bastille Day festivities

THERE will be no shortage of cheese, wine and good cheer at Ballarat Bastille Day festivities next month. The French Alliance of Ballarat, known as the Alliance Francaise de Ballarat, will host its annual dinner party to celebrate French National Day ... >> view original

Ballarat braces for Winterlude winter tourism influx

Record-breaking crowds are expected to flock to Ballarat next month with the start of the city's winter holiday events tomorrow. The City of Ballarat's first Winterlude festival in conjunction with Sovereign Hill's Christmas in July program, are ... >> view original

'Intensely focused' 2015 Festival of Slow Music launched at Ballarat Observatory

The spirit of Sun Ra descended on the Ballarat Observatory last Friday as Origami (pictured) launched the 2015 Festival of Slow Music with an intimate rendition of Love In Outer Space. The trio, led by saxophonist Adam Simmons, director of the strictly ... >> view original

Ballarat left behind by state and federal governments

The biggest single funding announcement for Ballarat came in the Victorian state government's 2011 budget for $73.4 million to recruit doctors and nurses and for new beds at Ballarat Base Hospital. Other major announcements were $46.4 million for a ... >> view original

Post jobs under cloud in Ballarat

Assistant national secretary of the Communication Workers Union Martin O'Nea said regional areas would be particularly affected due to the loss of jobs at regional processing sites. Ballarat's mail centre in Coronet Street is one of the largest in the ... >> view original

Deadline looms, but no end in sight for Greek malaise

Whatever emerges from high-wire negotiations aimed at averting a Greek default and possible exit from the Eurozone, Greece is likely to be reliant on the support of the European Union and IMF for years to come, writes Matt Sherwood. In the last weekend ... >> view original

UberX Australian drivers working as 'co-equals' to ride-share tech company

Passengers consider the ride-sharing service UberX cool, futuristic and clean. But where is this new business model taking drivers? submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. "We see ourselves as very much post-tax." Craig Jurgenson ... >> view original

Star Wars Battlefront Modes: Fighter Squadron, Heroes vs. Villains, Supremacy ...

Star Wars Battlefront has bee shown off enough for us to agree that the game is going to be awesome – however, in terms of gameplay elements we have not been shown what else the game is going to pack. For instance, Electronic Arts boasted of everything ... >> view original