One of the four alleged offenders, Michael Anthony Dawson, will remain in custody after he was refused bail via the Online Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Police informant Detective Leading Senior Constable Steven Campbell said the 27-year-old and three co-accused parked their car in the driveway of a Mount Helen house on December 19, 2019.

Dawson and two others knocked on the door and allegedly walked into the house when the victim opened the door.

The court heard the alleged offenders had lost the keys to the car they had driven to the house, so Dawson allegedly grabbed the keys to the victim's car and ran to it in the driveway.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Campbell said the victim ran to his car and grabbed the keys back, before running back inside the house and locking the door.

It is alleged three of the accused broke back into the house, punched the victim and regained possession of the car keys.

The court heard the four co-accused allegedly got into the victim's car, rammed the car they had originally driven to the house parked behind onto the roadway and sped away.

Neighbours who saw the incident unfold called police.

Police pursued the car as it allegedly sped up to 140km/h around Ballarat and narrowly avoided a number of collisions.

The court heard police had to take evasive action at one point to avoid being rammed.

Dawson jumped out of the passenger seat when the car came to a stop and allegedly attempted to run from police, before an officer tackled him to the ground.

One of his co-accused allegedly punched a police officer to the face a number of times while resisting arrest.

The court heard Dawson was on bail at the time of the alleged offences for dishonesty matters.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Campbell said police opposed bail because Dawson was an unacceptable risk to the safety and welfare of the public and of committing offences while on bail.

Defence lawyer Andrew Madden submitted a combination of factors created exceptional circumstances for bail.

He said the prosecution case on the head charge of aggravated burglary was not strong, as it relied on finding beer bottles carried into the victim's house were used as offensive weapons.

Mr Madden said Dawson was intoxicated at the time of the offending, was diagnosed with ADHD, had the support of his mother, the availability of the Court Integrated Services Program and could return to a job immediately upon his release.

He said COVID-19 would cause a significant delay for Dawson's case to reach trial which could mean his sentence could be less than time spent on remand.

Magistrate Noreen Toohey said Dawson's 20 charges related to serious offences in which a victim was assaulted and suffered injuries and the public and police were put at risk during a pursuit.

"Irrespective of what charges proceed, in my view the applicant is likely to receive a lengthy jail term," she said.

"I accept even with a committal listed in October... a trial is not likely to be reached by the end of 2021 or perhaps 2022.

"However I am not satisfied the applicant would spend more time on remand than any sentence that would be imposed."

Ms Toohey said the exceptional circumstances test for bail was not met and even if it was, she considered Dawson an unacceptable risk.

Dawson will remain in custody and will return to court for a committal hearing in October.

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