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A determined City of Ballarat is on a campaign to lift the COVID-19 fully vaccinated (double dose) rate in Ballarat from 55.3% to the required 70% that will deliver a real shot at getting our hospitality and retail sectors on a sweet road to recovery.  City leaders have welcomed the latest vaccine numbers released this week showing Ballarat has passed the 80% target for those who have received a single dose. That data is a sign of hope...

Between pandemics and earthquakes, I think the planet is trying to tell us something. Some may say that something is a load of rubbish and they may be right. Rubbish is fast becoming one of our most serious environmental and financial local challenges. As David Attenborough once said “We live our comfortable lives in the shadow of a disaster of our own making. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live o...

It was with great pleasure that last week I accepted the position as Chair of the Regional Capitals Australia Committee which was formed in 2012 to bring Australia’s 51 regional capital cities together as one unified voice to the Federal Government.  As with Ballarat, in recent times we have seen the huge shift to regional areas across the country and I shall look forward to championing the interests of regional Australia. Particular...

Tender documents can be obtained from www.eprocure.com.au/ballarat Tender No Tender Description Closes 12 noon 2021/22-423 Reconstruction of Humffray Street South and Flockhart Street, Mount Pleasant 22/12/2021 2021/22-437 Design services for the Alfredton Community Hub 22/12/2021 ...

  Live music lovers rejoice as Summer Sundays returns to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in January 2022.   The free Summer Sundays concerts will occur from 4-8pm on January 9, 16, 23 and 30 with an exceptional line-up of local, emerging, and big-name musical talent.   Ballarat Mayor, Cr Daniel Moloney said the...

Wendouree West Recreation Reserve pump track unveiled

The following statement is attributable to City of Ballarat CEO Evan King The City of Ballarat’s new organisational structure has now been formally adopted. The adoption follows a rigorous process that involved a whole of organisation consultation and submission process.  The new structure will improve our business operations and service delivery to our community. It has been designed to create better collaboration between teams which ...

Decrease in Council decisions made behind closed doors