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Mayor’s Message - Friday 22 November 2024

It is an enormous honour and privilege to be appointed Mayor of the City of Ballarat and I thank my fellow Councillors for their support.I am committed to serving in this role with integrity, respect, honesty and great resolve.We have heard loud and clear from our residents during this election that people overwhelmingly want Council to get back to basics. With cost of living pressures hurting our community, it is important that we provide the be...

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Public Notices - Friday 22 November 2024

DECLARATION OF BOATING ACTIVITY EXEMPTIONCity of Ballarat as the declared waterway manager for Lake Wendouree, makes the following declaration under section 203(3) of the Marine Safety Act 2010 (Vic).For the purposes of boating activity conducted by Rowing Victoria, persons and vessels involved in the Rowing Victoria Lake Wendouree Regattas 2024-2025 are exempt from the following requirements:State Rules made under the Marine Act 1988Clause 2(a) ...

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Restoring the Boer War Memorial Statue

Works are well underway on a like-for-like replacement of one of the iconic statues in Ballarat.

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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence

Monday, 25 November – Tuesday, 10 December 2024

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City of Ballarat advertises for kerbside organics processor

The City of Ballarat has advertised a tender for a processor to accept and process the municipality’s food organics and garden organics (FOGO) materials that will be recycled into products, such as compost. The processor is expected to accept up to 21,500 tonnes of food and garden organics a year collected from more than 50,000 households in time for the State Government’s proposed timeframe for the state-wide introduction of FOGO by 1 July...

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Challenging gender-based violence in Ballarat

The Ballarat community will come together over the next 16 days to take a stand against gender-based violence. The City of Ballarat is joining with member organisations of the Communities of Respect and Equality Alliance (CoRE) and the Central Highlands Integrated Family Violence Committee (CHIFVC) to host several events throughout the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign. CoRE is a partnership of o...

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Intercultural Garden

The Ballarat Intercultural Garden project will see a new garden created to celebrate Ballarat's diverse cultural backgrounds.The new garden will be constructed at the intersection of Sturt and Pleasant streets, near City Oval, and designed to provide a public space that can be used by all members of the community and cultural groups to celebrate events.The initiative to create the Intercultural Garden was part of the City of Ballarat Intercultura

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The City of Ballarat is proud of the presentation of the City and its streetscapes

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Len T Frazer Reserve

The Len T Frazer Reserve is the site of Ballarat’s major skate facility, the Ballarat Regional Skate Park.The reserve is also home to the Open Monument, a 430 square metre installation which recognises the contribution of the Chinese to Ballarat and the surrounding region from 1850 onwards.FeaturesPublic toiletsBBQsPlaygroundsSkate park

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Treat a Ballarat Animal Shelter resident this Christmas

The Ballarat Animal Shelter is calling out to the pet loving community to help them provide additional enrichment to the residents of the shelter over the upcoming holiday period. The shelter is a City of Ballarat facility but relies on the generosity of the Ballarat community to provide additional enrichment to the animals. The donations received are a real treat for the animals not with a family over the Christmas period, and are al...