A BALLARAT-raised business owner is getting ready to take part in a fundraising walk with the cash going towards Parkinson’s research. eQuality Support founder and managing director Mark vanHammond is aiming to raise $38,000 for the Shake It Up Australia Foundation. Running more than 40 kilometres in the Sydney Marathon in September as part of … [Read more…]
VICTORIAN Law Week begins on Monday and education sessions are set to engage not-for-profit community organisations and clubs. Free workshops for grassroots groups on learning the law will be held on Monday, 15 May at the Ballarat Neighbourhood centre and online. Presented by Ballarat and Grampians Community Legal Service and Consumer Affairs Victoria the sessions … [Read more…]
VICTORIAN Law Week begins on Monday and education sessions are set to engage not-for-profit community organisations and clubs. Free workshops for grassroots groups on learning the law will be held on Monday, 15 May at the Ballarat Neighbourhood centre and online. Presented by Ballarat and Grampians Community Legal Service and Consumer Affairs Victoria the sessions … [Read more…]
WITH the Sebastopol Primary School community set to celebrate one-hundred-and-fifty years this week, past students and teachers have been invited to share in the reminiscences. One of them is Maureen Payne, who taught at the school from 1977 to 2020. She said throughout her time the school’s always had a defining characteristic. “It’s a battling … [Read more…]
CELEBRATIONS are on the horizon for the Sebastopol Primary School community, with past and present staff, families and students set to ring the milestone. With the school turning 150 years old this month, a two-day birthday party will take place at the end of this week, with everyone invited to attend. Sebastopol Primary principal Michelle … [Read more…]
ONE of the city’s hospitality veterans is preparing a different kind of late-night meeting place for Ballarat’s central business district. After 40 years in the business, Gary Morris has been in what he calls his “showcase period” as he readies to launch his non-alcoholic lounge, rehearsal and art space called Mok Bar later this year. … [Read more…]
Nine rounds of the AFL have come and gone and the upper echelon, main contending group of teams to win the 2023 premiership looks to be taking shape. The 2023 AFL season has also proven extremely even: from fifth to fifteenth (sorry GWS, in 16th you won’t make it) on the ladder, a case can … [Read more…]
By Dan Cancian For Daily Mail Australia 14:17 15 May 2023, updated 16:52 15 May 2023 Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has warned Tasmania the federal government could pull its funding if protests around the new stadium continue. Earlier this month, Tasmania secured a licence to host the 19th club in the AFL with the team slated … [Read more…]
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says early indications are key forward Jack Darling will miss around a month with a broken arm while captain Luke Shuey and fellow senior players Jeremy McGovern and Elliot Yeo were still “a few weeks away” from returning. But young guns Noah Long (hamstring), Campbell Chesser (knee) and Elijah Hewett … [Read more…]
A Queensland man is recovering in hospital after he spent two days lost in dense bushland in the Lockyer Valley. Farmer Steve Sutherland, from Gatton, was travelling in his car on Saturday when it broke down. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: 75-year-old man recovering after being lost for two days in the bush. Watch the latest … [Read more…]