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Claims of Bullying within Victoria Police at the Ballarat police station have come to light.

Daylesford based Senator John Madigan is giving away part of his salary to Australian manufactures and farmers

Democratic Labor Party Senator John Madigan is giving away his parliamentary pay rise after he was told he couldn't give it back to the Commonwealth Government.

Wedderburn College in the state's north west is the first to benefit picking up more than 23 hundred dollars for a new drill.

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Senators Pay Up For Grabs

Senators Pay Up For Grabs

Claims of Bullying within Victoria Police at the Ballarat police station have come to light. Daylesford based Senator John Madigan is giving away part of his salary...

23 May 2013

Bullying Claims At Ballarat Police

Bullying Claims At Ballar…

Claims of Bullying within Victoria Police at the Ballarat police station have come to light. Former Sergeant Paul Irving, a 23-year veteran who was forced to retire...

23 May 2013

Pergola To Be Torn Down

Pergola To Be Torn Down

The Lake View Hotels controversial Pergola will be ripped down after councillors decided its fate at last nights City of Ballarat council meeting. Councillors last night voted...

23 May 2013

Burts Name Off M.A.D.E Plaque

Burts Name Off M.A.D.E Pl…

The City of Ballarat has agreed to make the plaque for the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka more historically accurate by removing Mayor John Burts name. ...

23 May 2013

Ramping Times Improving

Ramping Times Improving

The times taken to transfer patients from an ambulance to the Ballarat Base Hospital Emergency Department  are improving according to Victorian Health Minister David Davis. Figures released...

23 May 2013

Daylesford Tourism App Launched

Daylesford Tourism App La…

Daylesford tourism has been boosted with the launch of the recent discover Daylesford smart phone app. The app will provide visitors greater access to local businesses and...

23 May 2013

V-Line Survey

V-Line Survey

  V/Line commuters from Ballarat central Victoria are being given the chance to have their say on the performance of train services and the quality of facilities at...

23 May 2013

11,000 Kept waiting For Emergency Treatment

11,000 Kept waiting For E…

Sharon Knight says she is disgusted that well over 11,000 people were forced to wait for emergency treatment over the past 12 months at the Ballarat Base Hospital....

22 May 2013

MRI Machine First Of Its Kind In The State

MRI Machine First Of Its …

A cutting edge medical imaging device being installed in Ballarat is the first ever to be installed across in Victoria. Lake imaging's St John of God site...

22 May 2013

Lost Library Books A Thing Of The Past

Lost Library Books A Thin…

Lost library books will be thing of the past with new radio tagging technology being provided in the City of Ballarats draft budget. Local libraries will utilise...

22 May 2013

TAFE Concerns

TAFE Concerns

The State Opposition says the Napthine Government's TAFE reform package, primarily designed to assist campuses in regional Victoria, is more about spin than substance. The claim follows...

22 May 2013

Pergola Future To Be Decided By Council

Pergola Future To Be Deci…

The future of Ballarats Lake View Hotel controversial pergola will be decided by Council at its meeting tonight. City of Ballarat Councillors will vote wether or not...

22 May 2013

Kryal Castle Launches Education Program

Kryal Castle Launches Edu…

Kryal Castle has launched a new educational exhibit. The revitalised tourist icon has launched its educational discovery program that has been designed to fit in with the...

22 May 2013

Streetlife Funding Boost

Streetlife Funding Boost

The State Government is offering money to help revitalise local shopping strips. Funding under round two of the Victorian Governments Streetlife program have opened with local councils...

22 May 2013

Shotgun Blasts To Mans Face

Shotgun Blasts To Mans Fa…

  Ballarat Police are still investigating what is believed to be an accidental shooting in Wendouree yesterday. A 20 year old man remains in a coma in...

20 May 2013

Nurses Under Attack

Nurses Under Attack

  The State Government has been urged to help protect local nurses and midwifes from being assaulted at work. The Australian Nursing Federation has launched a campaign...

20 May 2013

New Implant Register

New Implant Register

  The Federal Government will provide funding to establish two new clinical registers for patients across Ballarat and central Victoria with breast implants and pacemakers. The registers...

20 May 2013

Cyber Security Awareness

Cyber Security Awareness

  Ballarat and central Victorian residents are being warned that mobile devices and tablets are becoming an increasing target for cyber security threats. As part of National...

20 May 2013

Final Wishes

Final Wishes

  A new survey suggests many people throughout Ballarat and central Victoria are in the dark when it comes to knowing their loved ones' dying wishes. A...

20 May 2013

Carbon Tax Scrapped But Entitlements Maintained In Budget Reply

Carbon Tax Scrapped But E…

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has vowed to take the pressure off households in his budget reply speech He's promised to ditch the carbon tax while keeping four...

17 May 2013

Clive The Storm Chaser

Clive The Storm Chaser

In the wake of the tornado in Oklahoma Jane and Leigh spoke with storm chaser Clive Herbert from Australian Sky and Weather. Clive's originally from Trentham but is currently based out...

23 May 2013

Daft Punk in Wee Waa

Daft Punk in Wee Waa

Daft Punk are launching their brand new album Random Access Memories in Wee Waa! We caught up with Sam Lowcock from Prime 7 to find out how the town...

17 May 2013

Strassman!

Strassman!

David Strassman is coming to Ballarat with his Careful What You Wish For tour. He's going to be hitting the Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday at 7pm and...

15 May 2013

Senators Pay Up For Grabs

Senators Pay Up For Grabs

Claims of Bullying within Victoria Police at the Ballarat police station have come to light. Daylesford based Senator John Madigan is giving away part of his salary...

23 May 2013

Bullying Claims At Ballarat Police

Bullying Claims At Ballar…

Claims of Bullying within Victoria Police at the Ballarat police station have come to light. Former Sergeant Paul Irving, a 23-year veteran who was forced to retire...

23 May 2013

Pergola To Be Torn Down

Pergola To Be Torn Down

The Lake View Hotels controversial Pergola will be ripped down after councillors decided its fate at last nights City of Ballarat council meeting. Councillors last night voted...

23 May 2013

 

Daft Punk in Ballarat?

Daft Punk in Ballarat?

Okay, well, not really. We played a prank on our new Workdays guy Aaron, and we ended up getting the entire city in on it! Hear the audio...

17 May 2013

Charles Ramsay gets the autotune treatment!

Charles Ramsay gets the a…

Charles Ramsay is being credited as a hero by authorities, after helping three women escape their predator’s house in the United States, after ten years held captive....

08 May 2013

E! Online Twitter hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

E! Online Twitter hacked …

The team at E! Online got a rude shock at the weekend, when their Twitter account was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, with four tweets posted by the...

06 May 2013

 

Passenger - #1 Thursday

Passenger - #1 Thursday

After being a little neglected in the past few weeks, Passenger was back to the top, thanks to your votes Off The Net, on Thursday night! RBumgq5yVrA Image Source.

23 May 2013

Daft Punk - #1 Wednesday

Daft Punk - #1 Wednesday

  Thanks to your votes, Daft Punk were back at number one on The Noise Off The Net Countdown on Wednesday night!   Check the clip below, and make...

22 May 2013

Bastille - #1 Tuesday

Bastille - #1 Tuesday

Thanks to your votes Off The Net, check out Tuesday night’s #1 song – Pompeii by Bastille!  F90Cw4l-8NY Image Source.

21 May 2013

 

M.A.D.E.

M.A.D.E.

The all new Museum for Australian Democracy Eureka gave us a sneak peek inside before their official opening. Have a look at some of the great displays and...

02 May 2013

Evermore Live in Ballarat

Evermore Live in Ballarat

Full house at Karova Lounge for Evermore’s gig on Wednesday, April 24 2013.  Here are some live performances of some our favourite Power FM hits, plus Adam...

25 Apr 2013

At Sunset Live!!!

At Sunset Live!!!

Harrison, Andrew and Jae from At Sunset cruised into Power FM the other day to showcase a couple of their tracks. Check out their acoustic versions of Payphone...

22 Mar 2013

Head to Head with Swatta

Head to Head with Swatta

Wayne Schwass is back for 2013 with all his picks each week, and we’re putting Ballarat’s best tipsters Head to Head with him. Each week you’ll have the chance to win...

25 Mar 2013

Win a $50 rip curl voucher!

Win a $50 rip curl vouche…

Wanna get your mits on a sweet $50 voucher from Rip Curl? Just enter your details below and listen to Jules and Leigh every Friday.

18 Feb 2013

Ben Hazlewood on The Noise

Ben Hazlewood on The Nois…

From Team Joel on season 1 of The Voice AU, Ben Hazlewood dropped in for a chat on The Noise!  Have a listen, and check out the live performance...

21 May 2013

British India Interview

British India Interview

British India play Karova Lounge on Friday night!  If you missed sarahd’s chat with Declan on The Noise, have a listen here! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90434852/ballarat/declanbritishindia.mp3 Or download here. Image Source.

16 May 2013

Wilsons Fruit and Vegetables

Wilsons Fruit and Ve…

Wilson's fruit and vegetables is a family owned business with a proud history of providing fresh produce to the people of Ballarat. First and foremost in the minds of the staff...

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