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| Mayor Relieved Super Bill is Paid |
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Ballarat Mayor Mark Harris is relieved Ballarat City Council is paying its hefty ‘super’ bill off early. Other regional councils hit with the bills are still going through their options with councils in the Bendigo region banding together to fight the bill. Ballarat Mayor Mark Harris said Ballarat would have faced interest rate charges of 1500 dollars a day if it didn't pay the bill on time. Mr Harris said the bill had to be paid and called on other councils to pay it off as soon as possible. |
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IBM Plays Down Job Cuts R…
IBM is playing down rumours is set to slash its workforce. The Computer giant IBM is refusing to confirm it's planning to cut jobs across the country....
20 Jun 2013
Rate Rise Debated
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20 Jun 2013
Clunes Shops Up For Grabs
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20 Jun 2013
Teenager Charged Over All…
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20 Jun 2013
Clive Palmer Unveils Ball…
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20 Jun 2013
NBN Asbestos Training
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20 Jun 2013
Fire Destroys Buninyong H…
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20 Jun 2013
Teens assault man on busy…
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19 Jun 2013
Jill's killer due to be s…
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19 Jun 2013
Gonski Funding Muck Up
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18 Jun 2013
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18 Jun 2013
Well Being Survey
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18 Jun 2013
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18 Jun 2013
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Police Investigate Rock T…
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17 Jun 2013
No Guardians Named
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17 Jun 2013
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17 Jun 2013
Cemetery Funding
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Local TAFE Student Off To…
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Bernard Fanning on The No…
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M.A.D.E.
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18 Feb 2013
Andrew Stockdale on The N…
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Sectrol Security
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