30/06/2004 | THE slick transfer of sovereignty in Iraq from the US-led coalition to an interim Iraqi government, while a relief, poses intriguing political possibilities in Australia.
30/06/2004 | BALLARAT Turf Club will have the rare distinction of running two hurdle races at Dowling Forest Racecourse tomorrow.
30/06/2004 | BALLARAT cricket export Shane Harwood has never been more determined to succeed at first class level.
30/06/2004 | TAYLOR Morris is following in the fleeting footsteps of Billy Elliott.The Dana Street Primary School pupil will celebrate her 13th birthday next month dancing at the Royal Ballet School of London.
30/06/2004 | THE Australian Workers Union wants police protection for road workers on the Western Fwy.
30/06/2004 | A DISPUTE over a parcel of native bushland earmarked for a controversial housing development at Mt Helen could be over.
30/06/2004 | MAJOR construction works on the $130 million upgrade of the Ballarat line for the Fast Rail project have been completed.Despite the milestone, it is unclear when passenger trains will roll out on the line.
30/06/2004 | THE Great Western Winery will look to further boost its tourism appeal in the wake of Monday's announcement that 100 workers would be made redundant at the site.
30/06/2004 | THE first in a series of special edition Eureka stamps, pictured above, will be making their way to post boxes across Australia following their launch yesterday.
29/06/2004 | GREAT Western Winery site manager Matt Christie arrived for work yesterday to news that 100 positions, including his own, were being made redundant by parent company Southcorp Ltd.
29/06/2004 | ONE-HUNDRED jobs will be lost at Great Western Winery between Ararat and Stawell after parent company Southcorp Ltd unveiled a new blueprint for its Australian operations yesterday.
29/06/2004 | BALLARAT girls Gina McCartin and Meg Gilbert have been selected in the Victorian primary schools netball state team.
And the girls could not be more excited.
29/06/2004 | DANNY Frawley wants to start rebuilding Richmond before he leaves at the end of the AFL season.
29/06/2004 | IMAGES of the Eureka rebellion will soon be circulating across the globe with a series of commemorative stamps being launched today.
29/06/2004 | RATES relief is in sight for Ballarat residents with councillors forecasting a rates increase of less than four per cent.
Ballarat City Councillors are believed to be discussing a rates increase of about three per cent, roughly half of that experienced last year and in 2002-03.
29/06/2004 | BALLARAT superbike rider Liam Magee had ``no chance in hell'' of avoiding a collision with a concrete barrier which claimed his life in a crash at a South Australian raceway, an inquest heard yesterday.
29/06/2004 | A ROAD worker was killed instantly when he was struck by a 23-tonne semi-trailer on the Western Fwy near Pykes Creek.
The police major collisions unit and Worksafe Victoria were last night treating the accident spot, 2km west of Pykes Reservoir, as a crime scene.
29/06/2004 | THE Ex-Prisoner of War Memorial in Ballarat may not "technically" be a national monument, but for all practical purposes it is.