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Eureka Stadium redevelopment is a must for city’s standing

12:01 AM | THE case for a redevelopment of the Eureka Stadium reaches another important juncture today when community and sporting groups come together to discuss the project’s possibilities.

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Paying tribute to a diamond-studded sense of duty

06 Feb 12 | DIFFERENT people will have different reactions to the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne today.

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Deciding where to send your children to school

04 Feb 12 | DECIDING where to send their children to school is one of the most daunting questions faced by thousands of parents every year in the Ballarat region. |

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Time to take cheap politics out of the asylum seeker debate

02 Feb 12 | IT SEEMS crazy that again Australians will wake to the news of another tragic loss of lives as asylum seekers attempt to travel by boat to Australia. |

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Pay-rise decision may open the doors for union claims

01 Feb 12 | THE decision of Fair Work Australia to give a large pay rise to up to 150,000 community and social workers is a massive boost to those workers and might have implications for thousands more in other fields.

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Ballarat wants honesty on lake, not distortion of reality

01 Feb 12 | BALLARAT City Council mayor Mark Harris’ admission that Lake Wendouree wasn’t up to the required levels for the Australian canoeing grand prix event and suggestion the council will take the blame for any problems encountered during the Head of the Lake regatta in March is both worrying and confusing. |

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Australia Day fallout hurts Gillard's political standing

31 Jan 12 | THE calamitous fallout from the events on Australia Day in Canberra last week seems likely to continue for days, or even weeks. |

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Drivers should shoulder the blame for the road toll

30 Jan 12 | THE death of a woman near Bacchus Marsh on Saturday and the tragic loss of a young Miners Rest father in a fatal crash at Gippsland last weekend, have added to the escalating death toll on the state’s roads in just the first few weeks of 2012. |

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Editorial: Council liquor decision may be a futile conscience vote

26 Jan 12 | THIS council may have its heart in the right place in seeking to avoid the many and widespread problems associated with alcohol, by knocking back a planning application for another bulk liquor store, but it remains to be seen if it has the strength of the law on its side. |

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Civic Hall survey offers invaluable pointers for Council

26 Jan 12 | THE RESULTS of the community survey on the future of the Civic Hall provides the most independent and undisputed evidence yet that the decision taken to abandon the proposed $40 million redevelopment last year aligns with popular opinion in Ballarat.

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Busy weekend shows city's the place to be in summer

24 Jan 12 | THE weather gods shone and the best aspects of Ballarat were on show on the weekend as hundreds of local residents and many from beyond the city’s boundaries turned out for a watershed weekend of activities.

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Progress rolls on but some have to bear the costs

23 Jan 12 | Nothing can stand in the way of progress. The old cliché with the foreboding ring of inevitability is as relevant as ever if it happens to be you standing in its path.

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Wind farm report: when spin meets research

21 Jan 12 | THE evolution of spin and manipulation of fact reached new levels this week following the release of a CSIRO report which detailed research into community sentiment about wind farms. |

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When spin meets research

21 Jan 12 | THE evolution of spin and manipulation of facts reached new levels of clarity this week following the release of a CSIRO report which detailed research into community sentiment about wind farms. |

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Government's gambling solution will reveal attitudes

19 Jan 12 | THE truth is out there but in the world of gaming machine reform, it’s anyone’s guess as to exactly what legislation, if any, the government will consider in the lead-up to this year’s budget.

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The Kangaroos' commitment will strengthen Ballarat

18 Jan 12 | IN PERHAPS the strongest statement of intent in recent years, North Melbourne Football Club chief executive Eugene Arocca has again fortified the commitment of his club to Ballarat. |

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Australian Open serves up yet another controversy

16 Jan 12 | AS ALWAYS, there’s more to the Australian Open than just tennis. From the heat, to crowd clashes and the endless debate about the lack of Australians involved at finals time, the Open always throws up its fair share of controversy. |

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No easy solution to the dilemma of police pursuits

16 Jan 12 | There has been a large amount of debate on the issue of police pursuits lately. This is not an issue that ever goes away but simply resurfaces every time there is a fatality. |

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Progress on increasing police is welcome and overdue

11 Jan 12 | MORE good news on the policing front this week with extra resources allocated to the Ballarat region. The announcement from Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan that our city will receive the majority of the 22 extra police allocated to the Division 3 area follows an influx of senior officers following the election of the Coalition Government in 2010. |

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