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16 Mar 10 | AMID the continuing debate about alcohol-fuelled violence in our communities, the State Government this week took a sensible position on an issue which has threatened to affect one of our great days.
Bid to fill Lake Wendouree
11 Mar 10 | A BALLARAT businessman has launched a campaign to return Lake Wendouree to its former glory.  | CommentsComments (57) | Lake Wendouree: water costs ... | EDITORIAL: It's time to fill ...
10 Mar 10 | VICTORIAN Governor David de Kretser is on a mission to visit all the state's shires and yesterday stopped at Ballan's new GP super clinic during a tour of the Moorabool Shire.
10 Mar 10 | CITY OVAL users have welcomed the approval of a $1.9 million masterplan for the venue.  | CommentsComments (1)
10 Mar 10 | AN ELEVENTH-HOUR decision will see a $439,000 spa added to the redevelopment of the Ballarat Aquatic Centre.  | CommentsComments (1)
Ballarat Magistrates Court: petrol money dispute led to assault
10 Mar 10 | A BALLARAT woman allegedly stole a handbag from a woman after a fight broke out over the cost of a trip to Melbourne, a court was told yesterday.
10 Mar 10 | POLICE yesterday praised a Ballarat woman whose call to the dob-in-a-hoon hotline resulted in a dangerous driver being disqualified for a year.  | CommentsComments (10)
10 Mar 10 | BALLARAT police say new powers to ban drunken troublemakers from the central business district for 72 hours are a welcome tool in the fight against alcohol-related street crime.  | CommentsComments (6)
10 Mar 10 | LESS than $1 million would be needed to buy the water required to bring Lake Wendouree back to its former glory.  | CommentsComments (10)
Suitcase drive for local foster children
10 Mar 10 | WHEN Ballarat's 90 foster children move homes, their belongings are usually stuffed in garbage bags.  | CommentsComments (5)
10 Mar 10 | THE novelty of an empty lake has worn off for Ballarat. It is time to refill it.  | CommentsComments (6)
09 Mar 10 | IT'S often said that the political wheels turn slowly and this week's debate over paid parental leave schemes is another glaring example.
02 Mar 10 | BALLARAT Police have struck a blow against binge-drinking and its nasty side-effects in the city.
22 Feb 10 | IT would be hard to find a better example of a community rallying for a cause than last weekend's Come to Life Cycle Classic.
15 Feb 10 | WHAT will it take for some members of our community to understand that drink-driving is unacceptable?   | CommentsComments (2)
27 Nov 09 | IT is impossible to see how Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull will survive the fallout from his decision to support the Government's emissions trading scheme.
26 Aug 09 | WE have seen recently in Ballarat what can happen to buildings that are left neglected.   | CommentsComments (2)

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