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Community Could Take Over…
Ballarat Mayor John Burt has opened the door for a community group to take over Wendouree Pool. The City of Ballarat is currently reviewing its commitment...
24 May 2013
BHS To Lobby Medicare To …
Ballarat Health Services are calling on Medicare to subsidise access to its new 3T MRI Scanner. The cutting edge medical scanner which is the first of...
24 May 2013
Wendouree Pool Doesn’t Ha…
The Wendouree Pool does not have to be closed down for city of Ballarats draft budget to proceed. Ballarat Mayor John Burt yesterday clarified the issue...
24 May 2013
Mentally Ill Residents Ha…
There are new calls for greater action to improve the physical health of Ballarat and central Victorian residents who have a mental illness. It comes as...
24 May 2013
Walk To School
Students across the region will brave this mornings chilly weather and are walking to school. Today marks the 14th National Walk Safely To School Day. ...
24 May 2013
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 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
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 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
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 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 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 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 …
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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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 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!
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
Community Could Take Over…
Ballarat Mayor John Burt has opened the door for a community group to take over Wendouree Pool. The City of Ballarat is currently reviewing its commitment...
24 May 2013
BHS To Lobby Medicare To …
Ballarat Health Services are calling on Medicare to subsidise access to its new 3T MRI Scanner. The cutting edge medical scanner which is the first of...
24 May 2013
Wendouree Pool Doesn’t Ha…
The Wendouree Pool does not have to be closed down for city of Ballarats draft budget to proceed. Ballarat Mayor John Burt yesterday clarified the issue...
24 May 2013
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 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 …
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
Robin Thicke - #1 Friday
After two weeks at #1 on the ARIA charts, Robin Thicke has managed to take the top spot on The Noise as we kick off the weekend. We’ll...
24 May 2013
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
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
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
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!!!
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
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 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 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 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 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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