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National Disability Insurance Scheme: Ballarat to join initial rollout with ...

Ballarat and the Central Highlands will be in the initial rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Victoria and New South Wales are the first to enter agreements with the Commonwealth for the full rollout, with the scheme due to ... >> view original

Body found at property in Springbank, near Ballarat

Police at the property near Ballarat where a man's body was found on Tuesday. Photo: Lachlan Bence, Ballarat Courier. Police are investigating the suspicious death of an elderly man from Springbank, near Ballarat, after his body was found in his home ... >> view original

Ballarat man Jonathan Crowden killed by lightning strike at Grand Canyon

A holiday of a lifetime has ended in tragedy for a young Australian man who died after reportedly being struck by lightning at the Grand Canyon National Park in the US. Jonathan Crowden, 21, from Alfredton near Ballarat in Victoria, had been hiking ... >> view original

Ballarat ready for National Futures Championship

Being staged for the 2nd year in succession in Ballarat from October 20-23, the Futures Championship holds the title as the richest Trainee event in the world, bringing the most talented Trainees from around the globe and across Australia to pursue the ... >> view original

YMCA hands over management of aquatic centre to City of Ballarat

Management of the Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre will be handed back to the City of Ballarat, less than three years after a decade long contract was controversially awarded to the YMCA. The decision comes days after a series of confidential ... >> view original

Rangers upset fancied Ballarat

Division 1 preliminary final - Ballarat v Forest Rangers: David Cannan (Forest Rangers) and Liam O'Shae (Ballarat). Picture: Kate Healy. See your ad here. FOREST Rangers have put highly rated Ballarat out of the Ballarat and District Soccer Association ... >> view original

Rivers cuts 130 jobs as clothing retailer closes Ballarat retail warehouse

"The group looked at all options before it made this decision and concluded that Sydney is a better location to service its national business and that a warehouse in Ballarat is inefficient and not adequate to support the future of the business," he said. >> view original

Indonesian dragon unveiled in Ballarat

Another killer lizard has taken up residence at Ballarat Wildlife Park. In a coup for the zoo that has mainly native animals, the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, will join the park's crowd-pulling crocodile Crunch and the friendly kangaroos ... >> view original

Ballarat residents urged to be fire-ready

Victoria Police, Country Fire Authority and Neighbourhood Watch Ballarat is urging residents in Ballarat and the surrounding areas to start preparing for what could be a drier-than-average summer. CFA Community Engagement Project Officer Melissa Burke ... >> view original

Bulldogs' Ballarat Boon

Premier Daniel Andrews joined Western Bulldogs President Peter Gordon and Ballarat local and Bulldogs Vice-Captain Jordan Roughead at Eureka Stadium on Friday to announce the new five-year partnership that will support the Bulldogs to strengthen ties ... >> view original