24/07/2008 | MORE young Victorians are living at home with their parents than in any other state, new research has shown.
24/07/2008 | WHEN Lacey Smith was born on January 19, she could fit in the palm of her father, Ben.
24/07/2008 | TRAFFIC lights will soon be directing one of Ballarat's most notorious intersections less than a year after stop signs were installed in an attempt to keep drivers safe.
24/07/2008 | A MOTHER of four young children has told of almost becoming trapped while trying to flee her burning Wendouree West home yesterday.
23/07/2008 | THICK fog and driver error are being blamed for a car accident in Gillies St yesterday morning.
23/07/2008 | A BALLARAT man who beat his partner over four days was yesterday sentenced to a minimum six months' jail.
23/07/2008 | A WENDOUREE woman assaulted another female by throwing a garden gnome at her before using a rock to smash five windows, a court heard yesterday.
23/07/2008 | A BALLARAT City Councillor last night spoke against changing a zone boundary on the edge of the central business district, saying proper process was not being followed.
23/07/2008 | A LEARNER driver caused more than $16,000 worth of damage when he crashed a car into a Wendouree house where four people were sleeping, a court heard yesterday.
23/07/2008 | BALLARAT City firefighters have returned from a massive hay shed fire still burning at Horsham.
The firefighters were called to help local Country Fire Authority volunteers with the blaze, which began about 3.30am Monday.
23/07/2008 | BALLARAT'S new immigrants will drive the streets with confidence after youth organisation Lead On received a $20,000 Traffic Accident Commission grant.
The grant will be used to support an eight-week program providing information and confidence so new arrivals can get their licence and become safe, responsible drivers.
22/07/2008 | A WENDOUREE woman accused of numerous shoplifting offences sobbed as she was refused bail in Ballarat Magistrates Court yesterday.
The court heard Skye Lee Donaldson, 20, allegedly stole a $16.95 cocktail ring from Central Square on Monday while on four counts of bail for other shoplifting offences.
22/07/2008 | NO EVIDENCE has been found to support claims of Telstra pressuring its employees to sign Australian Workplace Agreements, according to an investigation.
The Workplace Ombudsman last week completed a six-month investigation, involving about 15,300 Telstra employees across Australia.
22/07/2008 | TEACHING observation stations will be a key component of a new $6 million senior school centre at Ballarat & Clarendon College.
Connected to classrooms, the stations would allow teachers' classes to be monitored by a senior colleague.
22/07/2008 | A COLLISION between two semi-trailers sparked a mid-morning emergency on the Western Fwy yesterday.
Police said a potential fireball was narrowly averted when a broken down fuel tanker in the west-bound emergency lane of the Western Fwy, near the Pentland Hills Rd, was hit by another truck, causing fuel to spill near the road.
22/07/2008 | KYLIE Bouker is ruing a missed opportunity to make copies of photos, university assignments and lecture notes on her laptop.
The 21-year-old second year University of Ballarat psychology student had her laptop _ and two years worth of work _ stolen during a robbery at her home on Monday.
22/07/2008 | BALLARAT is one step closer to having recycled wastewater fill Lake Wendouree, with the project's tendering process underway.
Central Highlands Water called for tenders for the Lake Wendouree Reuse Scheme in The Courier on Saturday.
22/07/2008 | BEATING global poverty is one of the steps to beating global warming, World Vision CEO Tim Costello said.
Mr Costello made the comments while visiting Damascus College's Energy Breakthrough team yesterday.
21/07/2008 | POLICE are treating a fire at a Golden Point house on Sunday night as suspicious.
21/07/2008 | POLICE are treating a fire at a Golden Point house on Sunday night as suspicious.