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The City of Ballarat has welcomed last Thursday’s promise from the Liberal Party that it will commit $750,000 to upgrade facilities at the Mount Clear Recreation Reserve if it wins government at the 26 November state election.  

The City of Ballarat will part fund a new industry arts and heritage PhD program through a partnership with Australian Catholic University.     The PhD program is one of three the ACU will offer as part of a broader partnership with the City of Ballarat, the Art Gallery of Ballarat and Sovereign Hill as industry partners.    The City of Ballarat and the Art Gallery of Ballarat will contribute $5,000 each year for three yea...

The City of Ballarat has reduced chemical usage at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens by more than 70 per cent following the rollout of an innovative approach to pest management.    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an environmentally sensitive approach to pest control in which a combination of methods are used together to holistically reduce the impact of pests on plants. It uses information about the life cycles of pests and the local...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Ballarat.  City of Ballarat crews are busy this week transforming the CBD into a festive wonderland as the countdown to Christmas begins.  Many of the beloved decorations and installations will be returning this year, including: the giant walk-through bauble in the Bridge Mall, the floral reindeer and Santa’s sleigh, and much more.  Four Ballarat artists have been commissioned...

More families are switching to reusable nappies, period and sanitary products to reduce their waste under the City of Ballarat’s rebate program.   The City of Ballarat’s reusable nappy, period and sanitary products rebate is receiving a strong uptake from the community.  As of Friday 11 November, there were 671 applications for the rebate with $30,025.52 provided in rebates.  At the 28 September Council meeting, the s...

The magnificent Victoria Street gardens will soon receive their seasonal make-over with the planting of the summer and autumn display.  The City of Ballarat’s City Entrances team will plant 25 garden beds filled with 7,000 pastel-coloured annual plants along the 2.4km stretch between Bakery Hill and Fussell Street in the next few weeks.  This season’s plants will feature petunias, marigolds, osteospermum, salvias, geraniums, coreo...

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As Mayor of Ballarat, I am motivated to keep a focus on the basics of our service delivery and exploring ways in which we can continuingly improve them. One of the ways to achieve this is through enabling our community to have a voice to help shape our path forward.   The mySay.ballarat.vic.gov.au website is the City of Ballarat’s online platform that provides you the opportunity to have your say and this week sees two very important...