local news
| Ballarat Feels Quake |
|
Last nights Earthquake was felt by some Ballarat residents last night, The 5.5 magnitude earthquake which originated in Moe made its presence felt across The state. Some parts of Ballarat reported the feeling the quakes with its influence reduced to rattling windows no damage or injuries reported. |
Ballarat News
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
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
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
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
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 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
Budget Survey
The Ballarat Residents and Ratepayers Association has launched an online survey to gauge locals reaction to the City of Ballarats recent draft budget which proposes a rate rise...
17 May 2013
Banksia Repayments
Banksia investors will today receive another repayment as hopes increase they will get most of their money back. The sale of Banksia Securities loan portfolios which is...
17 May 2013
Flood Mitigation Works To…
Flood mitigation works will be undertaken in Creswick next week. Works along Creswick Creek will be carried out from Monday with trees set to be cleared...
17 May 2013
Freight Hub Fracas
The row over when the Federal Government will commit funding to Ballarat Regional Freight Hub continued throughout yesterday. Liberal Senator Michael Ronaldson yesterday morning hit out...
17 May 2013
Online Medical Services
A new virtual healthcare service is being expanded that is set to change the way patients throughout Ballarat and central Victoria see a visit to their doctor....
17 May 2013
Car Gets Trapped Under Tr…
Emergency services have been called to a more unusual crash this morning a car has become trapped underneath a parked truck trailer at a car wash in...
17 May 2013
Cost Of Cold & Flu
New figures reveal families across Ballarat and Victoria are set to spend up to $100 every time someone in their household suffers a cold or flu this...
17 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
Space Oddity in Space
We don't usually talk about David Bowie, but this is sensational. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded this haunting cover on the International Space Station, presumably when he should have been doing...
14 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
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
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
Robin Thicke - #1 Monday
Spending a second week at #1 on the ARIA Chart, and back at the top of The Noise Off The Net Countdown Monday night – Robin Thicke feat T.I...
20 May 2013
Kesha&Will.i.am - #1 Frid…
Your votes Off The Net took Ke$ha’s new one featuring Will.i.am to #1 on The Noise on Friday night! Have a listen here, and I’ll catch ya next week...
17 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
Central Highlands Wa…
Central Highlands Water is a regional water corporation providing high quality drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services to customers in Ballarat and surrounding towns. Central Highlands Water provides...
103.1 Power FM
56 Lydiard Street
North Ballarat, VIC 3350
ballarat@powerfm.com.au
Phone: (03) 5331 1333 Studio: (03) 5333 1031
A part of the 100% Australian family-owned Grant Broadcasters network. ABN: 65 000 667 470