May 17, 2013 THERE might have been dozens of people at a dinner in Creswick this week who would have liked to hear guest speaker Tim Costello much earlier in their lives.  

May 16, 2013 IT would be naive at best to think that illicit drug use in young footballers – who fall into the high-risk category – would not be prevalent in local leagues.  

May 12, 2013 Plans for the helipad at the base hospital are moving ahead, and Ballarat will greet the news with much relief.   

May 8, 2013 The question the Ballarat community might ask of the state and federal governments is not which projects they fund for the development of the city but how better our community might be able to sell a united plan for growth.  

May 7, 2013 THE steady-as-she-goes government presided over by former Premier Ted Baillieu was reinforced with what can only be termed as a steady state budget handed down yesterday.  

May 2, 2013 THE federal opposition has finally said it is prepared to support an increase in the Medicare levy to help fund the new National Disability Insurance Sceheme.  

May 1, 2013 IT’S not surprising that the continued rollout of the myki public transport ticketing system in Ballarat has come under fire.  

April 29, 2013 IF anything, the evidence provided to the state inquiry into institutionalised child abuse yesterday confirmed much of what has long been suspected about the handling of offenders in the Catholic Church.  

April 25, 2013 Anyone who has taken a trip along the major roads of Alfredton lately at peak hour has good reason to be concerned  at the latest pronouncement from Planning Minister Matthew Guy regarding halting Melbourne’s urban sprawl.  

April 24, 2013 THE debate about the focus of school curriculums on the Anzac story was pushed back into the spotlight this week.