Last Top Stories: Dylan Long Takes Aim At Victorian Title At Ballarat This Weekend

Dylan Long Takes Aim At Victorian Title At Ballarat This Weekend

Benalla's Dylan Long is just three races away from winning the Pro Open title at this year's final round of the 2015 Victorian Senior Motocross Championships at Ballarat this weekend, Sunday, August 16. Dylan, 20, has a 42-point lead going into the ... >> 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

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

Ballarat secures decisive break

While leading scorer Luke Moodley was putting five goals away to take his season tally to 21 as Ballarat defeated Vic Park 5-1 on Sunday, fifth-placed Forest Rangers upset second-placed Sebastopol 1-0. This gives Ballarat a seven-point advantage over ... >> view original

Moving to Ballarat: The positives and negatives

AFFORDABLE housing, quality schooling and excellent health care continue to be major drawcards for city slickers opting to make the move to Ballarat. Projections suggest Ballarat's population will explode to 120,000 by 2025 and a number of projects are ... >> view original

Irish champion jockey Ruby Walsh the star of the show in Ballarat

From that moment it was the Ruby Walsh show at Ballarat and he didn't let anyone down. The champion Irish jumps jockey on ten occasions and nine time champion jockey at the Cheltenham festival took centre stage. He said he was coming as soon as he ... >> 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

Taliban peace talks derailed by Mullah Omar's death

The belated revelation that Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead for more than two years delivered a serious blow to a nascent, Pakistani-brokered peace process aimed at ending the group's long-running insurgency in Afghanistan. >> view original

91-year-old accused of smuggling cocaine

Victor Twartz fronts court over charges of trafficking drugs from India, as federal police say the Sydney man may have been groomed online for months. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. 12/08/15. Akon Guode charged with murder (Video Thumbnail). Up next. >> view original