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2015 Ballarat Community Survey

The Club are pleased to release the Western Bulldogs "Football in Ballarat” survey, aimed at seeking feedback from the Ballarat community to help aid our future activities in the region. The insight gained from this survey will help guide our ... >> view original

Ballarat Community Health urges law reform to tackle problem gambling

A community health advocate says legislative reform is needed to curb problem gambling in Ballarat. Ballarat Community Health has joined a national alliance calling for change to the pokie licensing system. Australia has more poker machines per head of ... >> view original

Ballarat's class of 2015

YEAR 12 students across Ballarat will this week celebrate their final days of classes before starting exams. Ballarat High School students kicked off their celebrations on Wednesday morning. To help mark the milestone, The Courier would like your ... >> view original

The pair dealt well with the more difficult conditions that faced the ...

Laird, who hails from the Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club, carded five birdies and two bogeys while Martin from Marangaroo Golf Course completed his round with six birdies and three bogeys on the card. International players, Englishman Jack ... >> view original

Price adjustment at Ballarat cattle market

STORE cattle prices continued to adjust this week, as rates tumbled by $100-$150 a head across the board at Ballarat on Friday. Agents yarded 4000 head, with many vendors offloading due to the dry season. “It was cheaper, but it was a lot better than ... >> view original

Revenge is sweet for Australian scientist Kang Liang after burglary

It's a storyline straight out of CSI Australia. A young scientist has his home broken into but police can't find any fingerprints at the scene. Rather than give up in despair, Dr Kang Liang uses his awesome science powers to develop a new technique ... >> view original

Professor Graham Farquhar from ANU wins Prime Minister's Prize for Science for ...

An ANU scientist who counts among his achievements improving water efficiency in crops and unravelling a mystery about how rain levels react to climate change has won the Prime Minister's Prize for Science. Professor Graham Farquhar was announced as ... >> view original

Comet 'sun' shower could imperil earth

Earth could be in danger as the sun's journey through the galaxy dislodges comets and sends them flying between the planets, research suggests. Scientists have identified a 26 million-year cycle of meteor impacts that coincides with the timing of mass ... >> view original

Fake fruit lures shy cassowaries to cameras in Daintree research project

A cassowary researcher hopes using fake plastic fruit will aid efforts to survey the endangered birds in remote places such as Cape York in far north Queensland. Southern Cross University honours student Wren McLean used home-made lures to attract the ... >> view original

Antarctic algae under the microscope in Southern Ocean research program

How algae grows under sea ice and the implications for marine food chains is one of the areas of research in the latest Antarctic expedition. Final preparations are underway in Hobart for the beginning of Australia's Antarctic summer season. The Aurora ... >> view original