Welcome to a popular feature for The Courier, where we show a selection of cartoons from our resident artist, John Ditchburn.
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More commonly known throughout Ballarat as 'Ditchy', the veteran cartoonist brings you a different take on what's making news.
You've probably seen his work in our print edition, as well as in our online stories, but we now bring it to you all in one place.
FEATURE TOON
For many, the biggest news of the week was Facebook following through on its threat to ban Australians sharing news on its platforms. As a result, pages from multiple important Ballarat institutions - such as Ballarat Community Health, Commerce Ballarat and WRISC Family Violence Support - were wiped.
More than 36 hours later, nothing had been rectified.
Meanwhile a multi-million-dollar childcare centre building boom has begun in Ballarat. But as a result, centre directors are scrambling as pressure mounts on finding full-time staff.
A 400,000 bird farm is planned for the Golden Plains Shire.
Citizen scientists have discovered a significant population of Australia's largest owl species in forests north-west of Ballarat.
A Daylesford dad's stranded nightmare is over after he touched down at Melbourne Airport earlier this week. After almost two years apart, and having spent the past six frustrating months trying to get home from the UK, the hugs of his children brought the carpenter to tears.
Serious questions are being asked of the Victorian government's capacity to deal with red tape to allow COVID-safe events.
The decision to restrict crowds from attending Sunday's Head of the Lake has bitterly disappointed one of Ballarat's rowing legends.
That's it for another week! Be sure to check out some of Ditchy's previous galleries below.
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