Newsletter edition
Good morning, Ballarat. Thursday is here, 6 degrees and overcast, with some significant local news to start your day.
Ballarat councillors will be reinstated after the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew charges against them. The prosecutor said it was 'not something I wanted to be involved in'.
Ballarat is struggling to meet its annual housing targets as part of a wider national housing crisis. The city's targets are being called 'arbitrary' amid broader housing pressures.
A farm shed siege in Ballarat ended with police rescuing a crying toddler. A father then grabbed a chainsaw during the incident.
Buninyong school is achieving strong NAPLAN reading results by focusing on phonics in the classroom. The back-to-basics approach is driving the school's success.
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