Last Top Stories: Ballarat's Josh Muir overcomes challenges to win national art award

Ballarat's Josh Muir overcomes challenges to win national art award

It tells the story of the impact of European settlers during the gold rush era on the local Aboriginal people, the Wadawurrung in Buninyong, just out of Ballarat. According to Josh he depicts the Europeans search and hunt for gold and its consequences ... >> view original

V/Line Ballarat train services fail to impress with punctuality results 10pc ...

The punctuality of Ballarat train services in July was 10 per cent lower than the target of 92 per cent. The Regional Rail Link opened in June and has been the subject of increased criticism. Mr Guy said public transport users were fed up with the ... >> view original

Pell should take Ballarat stand: Andrews

Cardinal George Pell should give evidence to the child abuse royal commission in Ballarat, not Melbourne, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says. The commission has moved the second stage of public hearings into clergy abuse in the Ballarat diocese to ... >> view original

Ballarat police forced to give evidence over alleged attack on handcuffed woman

Two Ballarat police officers will be forced to give evidence at a public anti-corruption hearing over claims they attacked a handcuffed woman with mental health issues and she had to drink from a cell toilet. The officers, one male and one female ... >> view original

Australia's second P-TECH school to be set up in Ballarat

The Ballarat school follows the first P-TECH pilot to be announced, at Newcomb Secondary College in Geelong. The schools are modelled on a successful US program called Pathways in Technology Early College High School, which has established nearly ... >> view original

Ruby Walsh rides Bashboy to gutsy win in Grand National at Ballarat

LEGENDARY Irish jumps jockey Ruby Walsh combined with champion jumper Bashboy to rewrite the jumping record books with a gutsy effort to win the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat. Bashboy became the first horse in history to win three ... >> view original

Three To Watch - Ballarat

This talented stayer has won $340,285 in 28 starts on the flat and now he embarks on a career over the jumps. Trained by Robert Smerdon, he's been very competitive in Saturday class recently and won a hurdle trial last month. If he can show the ... >> view original

Josh Frydenberg on Q&A: entitlements changes 'shouldn't be unreasonable'

On Monday's Q&A, with Frydenberg (pictured), the focus was on entitlements rather than the Zaky Mallah affair, which brought about the prime ministerial ban. Photograph: Andrea Francolini/Corbis. Amanda Meade. Monday 10 August 2015 19.19 EDT Last ... >> view original

Alleged cocaine trafficker Victor Twartz: 91-year-old warns 'bring nothing ...

Victor Twartz, a 91-year-old Sydney man accused of cocaine trafficking, has a warning in the pocket of his brown check suit that he wants on the back of every airline boarding pass. "Bring nothing back for anyone, no matter what one is promised or ... >> view original

Sydney man Roger Greville killed in avalanche

AN AUSTRALIAN has died after being buried by an avalanche on a heli-ski trip in New Zealand. Sydney man Roger Greville, 58, initially recovered after being pulled from avalanche debris just before 3pm on Monday, but died a short time later. He was one ... >> view original