Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, last week launched an important new national resource of isotopic data – food’s unique fingerprint – that can be used to help protect and further grow Australia’s reputation for high-quality, safe, and sustainably-produced food.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas last week met with nurses and midwives to announce amendments to the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Act to put more nurses and midwives on shift – at all hours of the day.
The Victorian state government has announced it's boosting mental health support for young people across Ballarat and surrounding areas, with construction now underway on a new Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) centre.
It seems Australians don’t want to just relax on holiday, with new survey findings - supplied by Budget Direct Travel Insurance - indicating that 80 per cent of respondents holidayed to either hike, fish, or ski.
The Western Bulldogs and Mars Wrigley have announced a three-year partnership extension, which will see Ballarat’s showpiece AFL, sporting and events venue continue to be known as Mars Stadium until at least the end of 2027.
In some great news for music lovers, Victoria's creative industries minister Colin Brooks visited Odessa at Leaver’s Hotel in Creswick in recent days to announce a new round of the state's Live Music Festivals Fund.
Hepburn Shire Town Crier, Philip Greenbank, has officiated at the establishment of the "Parliamentary Friendship Group with Thailand" in a special event held this earlier month in Toorak, Melbourne.
Ozact Theatre Company is preparing to bring its new autumn season of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the Hepburn Sound Shell with performances announced for April 5 and 6.
Close to 530,000 Victorians who appear to have failed to vote in the October 2024 local council elections will have a chance to explain why when they receive an ‘Apparent failure to vote notice’ in the coming days.
Police have dismantled an organised crime syndicate allegedly involved in a series of commercial burglaries targeting crypto ATMs and collector cards across Melbourne’s north west.
Lyster Opera is returning to the historic Creswick Town Hall this April in a rousing new production of Mozart's great comedy, The Abduction from the Seraglio.
There was great excitement recently, when this solitary koala was spotted atop one of the massive eucalypts fronting our house, much to the delight of the local children and their parents.
A free virtual women’s health clinic providing access to services like endometriosis and pelvic pain care, menstrual health, cervical screening, menopause care, breast health care and abortion, will be launched this year.
This issue's rant has two non-segued bits to it. I just wasn’t feeling clever enough to link them after witnessing that buffoon’s comments about clearing out the Gaza Strip and turning it into a resort. FFS.
FEDERAL MP for Ballarat Catherine King has joined with the St Michael’s school community in Daylesford in recent days to officially open the school's newly refurbished learning space.
Local small business owners looking to sharpen their social media and content marketing skills are invited to a free workshop facilitated by Hepburn Shire Council with Business Victoria.
