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More COVID cases for Ballarat, but active cases drop

More COVID cases for Ballarat, but active cases drop

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SUPPORTED: Midtown Cellars and Bar co-owner Jonny Driver. Picture: Adam Trafford

HAVE YOUR SAYMore love than hate for Ballarat CBD bar after protest attack

Jackson Russell

WINNERS: Kadota owners Risa Kadota and Aaron Schembri. Picture: Kadota

Ballarat region hospitality venues clean up in Golden Plate Awards

Jackson Russell

Ballarat Fire Brigade has a new rescue support vehicle. Photo: Ballarat Fire Brigade

Exciting new fleet addition benefits firefighters and the community

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No student to miss out on school camps and excursions due to disadvantage in 2022

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'It is a really disturbing social problem': people escape family violence into homelessness

The 'disturbing' stat in which Ballarat almost doubles the national average

Rochelle Kirkham

Rise Up: Cr Hargreaves

HAVE YOUR SAY'A question that only she can answer': CEO says councillor did not represent council at protest

Caleb Cluff

Woman switched off headlights, drove on wrong side of highway to evade police

Woman switched off headlights, drove on wrong side of highway to evade police

Rochelle Kirkham

St Columba's pupils with a passion for helping others

Generosity flows again in one of the all-time great 3BA appeals

Ballarat's most outstanding youth awarded at Town Hall

SILENT ASSASSINHow to manage fastest-growing chronic disease in Australia

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More COVID cases for Ballarat, but active cases drop

More COVID cases for Ballarat, but active cases drop

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Victoria has recorded 1185 COVID-19 cases and seven deaths in the latest reporting period.

Victoria's border exemption system described as 'inhumane' by Ombudsman

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Emergency services treated two teenagers injured in an apparent shark attack in Victoria.

Two teens in hospital after Ocean Grove shark attack

SHOT: Matt Short will enter his fifth Big Bash League campaign with the Adelaide Strikers. Picture: Getty Images

Short, Strikers ready to fire in BBL opener

The truck crash on the Western Freeway. Picture: Hayley Elg.

UPDATEDTruck carrying 4000 chickens rolls on Western Freeway

BCA Firsts Cricket Brown Hill v Wendouree. Picture - Carly Blower

Weekend in Sport 4-5 Dec | Photos

Consumers take Omicron in their stride

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South Aust hopeful of leaving borders open

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I'm not who I was, wrongly jailed man says

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Gun pointed at Melbourne university guard

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Aust Beijing boycott 'under consideration'

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Pedophile jailed for abusing eight kids

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A inquest will look at warning signs before the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three children.

Coroner to probe Clarke family murders

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Households have accumulated some $240 billion in excess savings, ready to be spent over Christmas.

Consumers take Omicron in their stride

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SA authorities are hopeful the state's borders can remain open despite concern over Omicron.

South Aust hopeful of leaving borders open

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Judge Salvatore Vasta allegedly acted beyond his judicial power by jailing a man in a divorce case.

I'm not who I was, wrongly jailed man says

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A man has been arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a security guard at Swinburne University

Gun pointed at Melbourne university guard

Melissa Meehan
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Government senators want Australia to ban its diplomats from the Winter Olympics in China.

Aust Beijing boycott 'under consideration'

Andrew Brown
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Alex Chak Lau has been jailed for sexually abusing two girls and six boys.

Pedophile jailed for abusing eight kids

Margaret Scheikowski
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Tina Sahin has spoken at the sentence hearing for her father's killer in the NSW Supreme Court.

Daughter speaks of NSW dad's violent death

Greta Stonehouse
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SHOT: Matt Short will enter his fifth Big Bash League campaign with the Adelaide Strikers. Picture: Getty Images

Short, Strikers ready to fire in BBL opener

Felix Fogaty is among four Rebels named in the inital Vic Country under 18 boys squad. Picture: Adam Trafford

Rebels earn selection in Vic Country squads

Abbey Wehrung has been named in the Opals' squad for the 2022 World Cup. Picture: Lachlan Bence

Ballarat product named in Opals' squad for home World Cup

BCA Firsts Cricket Brown Hill v Wendouree. Picture - Carly Blower

Weekend in Sport 4-5 Dec | Photos

GOOD SHOT: David Anderton of Webbcona (right) celebrates with Matthew Blackburn after securing points against BMS. Picture: Adam Trafford

Webbcona hold off BMS challenge in Round 8 bowls action

Greg Gliddon

Dean Cooper of Creswick during the BHBR bowls match against Ballarat. Picture: Luke Hemer

Saturday Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region scores

Greg Gliddon

Joshua Pegg added to the century fest at Eastern Oval this season.

ALL THE SCORES: Ballarat Cricket Association | Firsts Scoreboard

Greg Gliddon

HOME COMFORT: The AFLW Bulldogs will play Fremantle at Mars.

Dockers to drop anchor on Mars as AFLW confirmed for Ballarat

Greg Gliddon

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

DIGESTTime to turn up the music and turn down the dysfunction

MOVEMENT: The national vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the Therapeutic Goods Administration's approval of the Pfizer vaccination on Sunday.

Vaccine approval a shot for return to normal for at-risk kids

New COVID-19 cases recorded in Ballarat and surrounding areas

UPDATEDNew COVID-19 cases recorded in Ballarat and surrounding areas

Five decades of medicine: Professor Michael Toole, AM of the Burnet Institute in Melbourne.

Why vaccines work so well (hint: it's science)

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the TGA's approval. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Peace of mind for parents': COVID vaccines for kids set to start in January

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Jump in numbers as 11 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Ballarat

Jump in numbers as 11 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Ballarat

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has again urged the public not to focus on COVID-19 case numbers on Friday. Photo: File, AAP.

WATCHNSW records over 300 new cases as state's Omicron cluster rises to 13

Fleur Connick

Not done yet: Dr Ian Kamerman says we need to decide which protections will be made permanent. Photo: File

VAX THE NATIONMaintain restrictions in face of new variant, rural doctors urge

Andrew Messenger

Welcome to the new Shout – where young people can be heard

Welcome to the new Shout – where young people can be heard

Welcome to the new Shout – where young people can be heard

Welcome to the new Shout – where young people can be heard

What I learned about the platypus, Australia's unsung icon

What I learned about the platypus, Australia's unsung icon

What I learned about the platypus, Australia's unsung icon

What I learned about the platypus, Australia's unsung icon

Bonds and Bushes. Picture: Jacob Van Raaphorst, St Patrick's College year nine

Bonds and Bushes - a new look on COVID effects

Bonds and Bushes. Picture: Jacob Van Raaphorst, St Patrick's College year nine

Bonds and Bushes - a new look on COVID effects

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

CITY MOVE: Harcourts Horsham agent Tim Coller has sold St John's Church three times, this time most of the demand came from Melbourne, and ended up with a city owner.

City buyers ditch plans to stay close to the office

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

No end in sight in race to the regions

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

Infrastructure and services racing to keep up across regional Australia

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GROWING: CHS Broadbent chief operating officer Michael Broadbent shows FECRI's George Kannourakis about fields near the company's Lake Bolac storage facility.

One-tonne impact offers first Grains of Hope for Ballarat cancer research

Melanie Whelan

IN YOUR FACE: Urzila Carlson is bringing her It's Personal tour to Newcastle Entertainment Centre on May 5. Tickets are on sale now.

WHAT'S ONUrzila Carlson is laughing through lockdown

Lisa Rockman

Terracotta figurine of women playing knucklebones, circa 330-300 BCE, part of the Ancient Greeks exhibition at the National Museum of Australia from December 17.

SUBSCRIBERForget what you thought about the Greeks. That's ancient history

Sally Pryor

STUNNING: The tour will end in beautiful Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast. James Davis Photography / Shutterstock.com

Discover the beauty and wonders of Regional NSW

Connecting Victoria to cleaner, more sustainable energy.

Transmission project hits major milestone

Green thumb farmer making a tree change for the environment

Green thumb farmer making a tree change for the environment

STUNNING: The tour will end in beautiful Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast. James Davis Photography / Shutterstock.com

Discover the beauty and wonders of Regional NSW

VIEW INSURANCE - CHANGE YOUR VIEW: Every policy helps the Kindness Factory educate our children on the impact of kindness.

With a view to keep you covered

You can turn your shed into an extension of your garden and home while keeping equipment and tools safe and out of the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Why this shed is your new best friend

Linda Lambrechts

A deposit of less than $100,000 could score you a cute cottage in Launceston's suburbs. Picture: Supplied

Six regional locations where you can buy with a $100k deposit or less

Jack Needham

Upcycling is super easy now with a host of products that take out a lot of the grunt work. Picture: Shutterstock.

From drab to fab, change the look of your home with furniture upcycling

Reality Reno with Mitch and Mark

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Hamish Geale

A deposit of less than $100,000 could score you a cute cottage in Launceston's suburbs. Picture: Supplied

Six regional locations where you can buy with a $100k deposit or less

GROWING: CHS Broadbent chief operating officer Michael Broadbent shows FECRI's George Kannourakis about fields near the company's Lake Bolac storage facility.

One-tonne impact offers first Grains of Hope for Ballarat cancer research

Melanie Whelan

Want to share Ballarat sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share Ballarat sport results, draws or teams?

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GROWING: CHS Broadbent chief operating officer Michael Broadbent shows FECRI's George Kannourakis about fields near the company's Lake Bolac storage facility.

One-tonne impact offers first Grains of Hope for Ballarat cancer research

BE WISE: Be suspicious of too-good-to-be-true offers and any sellers that ask you to pay by bank transfer, gift cards or cryptocurrency.

All the online scams you need to avoid

INFORMATIVE: Native violets are now flowering. They are among 120 flowers included in a local pictorial brochure.

New edition of useful local wildflower brochure

Roger Thomas

'It is a really disturbing social problem': people escape family violence into homelessness

The 'disturbing' stat in which Ballarat almost doubles the national average

BCA Firsts Cricket Brown Hill v Wendouree. Picture - Carly Blower

Weekend in Sport 4-5 Dec | Photos

Brett Jefferson, Kenneth Spedding, and Cass O'Mara are among the growing cohort at the Ballarat Kendo Club. Picture: Matt Currill

IN DEPTHSwords, sweat and tradition: Meet Ballarat's new-age samurai

Anniversary: Dr Joe Toscano speaks at the Dawn Service commemorating the Eureka Stockade, which was fought 167 years ago. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

COVID argument surfaces at Eureka commemoration

WORKING MAN: Ryder Tucker with his lawnmowing tools of the trade wears a t-shirt from his The Young Mob Club business. Picture: Luke Hemer

Meet the young entrepreneur mowing for the mob

Michelle Smith

Huge storm crosses Ballarat region, brings heavy rain

WATCHHuge storm crosses Ballarat region, brings heavy rain

The crash

Road blocked after crash north of Ballarat

CITIZEN SCIENTIST: Zara Fammartino helped Landcare volunteers collect samples at waterways around Ballarat. Picture: Bianca Fammartino

Ballarat citizen scientists contribute to platypus research

Rochelle Kirkham

Why 'reclaiming the Eureka flag' just doesn't make sense

OPINIONWhy 'reclaiming the Eureka flag' just doesn't make sense

Dr. Anne Beggs-Sunter

Welcome return of an old favourite

REVIEWWelcome return of an old favourite

Bronislaw Sozanski

What needs to be done to make Little Bridge Street safer?

What needs to be done to make Little Bridge Street safer?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

DISCUSSION: Plant-based proteins are no vegan fad, the company says.

'We're part of Australia's meat industry': v2foods

Shan Goodwin
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STRONG INTEREST: Cashmore Oaklea ewe lambs which weighed 53kg and were bought for $270 during the sale.

Cashmore Oaklea ewe lambs hit $502 to buyers from five states

Bryce Eishold

DEAL: Dirty Clean Food has secured its largest distribution agreement to date, with Woolworths having agreed to carry regenerative oat milk, OatUP.

Dirty Clean Food secures large Woolworths' oat milk deal

Shannon Beattie

TWIRL: Inside the Asteroid belt seen against the sun in deep space. Picture: Shutterstock

How the asteroid belt formed in space

Lauren Fuge

Physician Dr Saundra Daulton-Smith, author of the book 'Sacred Rest', says we need to replenish our drained selves in seven different ways. Picture: Shutterstock.

Replenish yourself with seven types of rest

Wellness with Amy Cooper

One of the most stunning perfumed plants of summer is the gardenia. Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICEBest of gardenias, the unofficial scent of summer gardens

John Gabriele