30/11/2001 | BALLARAT council's push to attract Melbourne-based State Revenue Office staff has been declared a success with 33 new residents confirmed to make the move.
30/11/2001 | POLICE targeted notorious trouble spots in a traffic blitz last weekend, checking 156 cars and issuing 94 on-the-spot fines.
30/11/2001 | LAST WEEK, Dalkeith was a virtually-unknown independent movie playing to packed houses in Ballarat, where it was shot, but struggling to make an impact elsewhere.
30/11/2001 | THREE more Sturt St intersections will be upgraded early next year as the City Council continues to implement its controversial road safety program.
30/11/2001 | BALLARAT launches celebrations this morning that Mayor David Vendy says will go down in history as one of the city's most important events.
30/11/2001 | NEIGHBORHOOD Cable will launch its television advertising campaign today as the company gears up for a full scale bid to capture the Ballarat market.
30/11/2001 | THE END of spring always signals the arrival of a new batch of gallopers to the racing circuit.
30/11/2001 | BALLARAT has been awarded the National Schools Basketball Tournament until 2003.
30/11/2001 | THE VICTORIAN Hillclimb Championship final round _ the Ararat Golden Mile_ run by the Ballarat Light Car Club tomorrow, sets the scene for some great rivalry between friends Glenn Latter and Steve Grinstead.
30/11/2001 | THE decision by controversial Government appointee Jim Reeves not take up a $221,000 a year position as the head of Victoria's Urban and Regional Land Corporation has gone some way to taking the pressure off Premier Steve Bracks.
30/11/2001 | GRASS COURTS _ to be or not to be.
This is one of the big questions facing the Ballarat tennis community.
30/11/2001 | THE Harry Potter phenomenon hit Ballarat yesterday when approximately 3700 people attended eight sessions of the movie in what Regent Multiplex staff described as the biggest day they have seen at the theatre.
30/11/2001 | HAND-MADE flags will be handed out to those taking part in the inaugural Eureka Diggers March tomorrow.
30/11/2001 | THE Salvation Army has combined with Coles supermarkets for its annual Christmas appeal and is calling on Ballarat residents to make an extra effort so this Christmas is special for those in need.
30/11/2001 | BALLARAT State MPs yesterday chorused their regret at the resignation of a friend of Premier Steve Bracks' from a top government job.
30/11/2001 | BALLARAT has an unacceptable level of violence on the streets around licensed premises in the Central Business Area, according to police, council and licensees.
30/11/2001 | TWENTY-SIX years after the disappearance of a Maryborough boy, new evidence has surfaced this week which could yet lead to a conviction in the case.
29/11/2001 | THE Ballarat Cricket Association is hoping the Eastern Oval will be ready for use later this season.
29/11/2001 | BALLARAT city councillors were "shocked" last night to learn that the city had slashed the funding for its road safety and fire prevention "roadside slashing" program.
29/11/2001 | TWO Ballarat Cricket Association players have been selected to represent Victoria in the Australian Country Cricket Championships to be played in Warrnambool in January.