Ballarat scored 16th place on a recent global cities ranking.

How much it costs to live in Australia’s happiest city

A recent global ranking featured Copenhagen,Tokyo and Barcelona – and an unexpected Australian city where homes don’t break the bank.

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Then-premier Daniel Andrews and his then-deputy,Jacinta Allan,announce the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on July 18,2023.

Premier,wasting hundreds of millions of dollars is no game

This week,Victoria was supposed to be hosting the Commonwealth Games. Instead,the state is counting the cost of another blunder.

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Ballarat Community Health clinical lead Mel Lishman (right) and peer support worker Dean Seabrook work in drug and alcohol services in the region.

‘Uber drivers’:Why specialist nurses are spending hours ferrying patients across the state

Ballarat nurses are spending hundreds of hours driving clients to detox facilities in Melbourne,despite repeated calls for a facility in the region.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola andBroede Carmody
Satellite images show the destruction in Wombat State Forest from the air.

Fresh logs piled high in Wombat State Forest revive concern about removing fallen trees

The forest will become a national park next year,but contractors are now removing more timber from the forest than before the ban on commercial native logging.

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Police search for Samantha Murphy at Enfield State Park on Thursday.

New targeted police search for Samantha Murphy

Police are undertaking a “targeted search” for the missing mum,nearly two years after her disappearance.

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Ballarat Grammar School has been at the centre of a hazing scandal.

Ballarat Grammar students cautioned by police over strappings

Senior students at the prestigious school have been cautioned against their alleged assaults on younger schoolmates as more legal action looms.

  • Noel Towell
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Police are investigating the death of a young child in Sebastopol.

Homicide detectives investigate Ballarat baby’s death

The one-year-old boy was taken to hospital unresponsive by his mother and her partner last week.

  • Isabel McMillan
Ross Greenhalgh nailing hides to drying racks.

Zebra and giraffe hides? Just another day at this 150-year-old family tannery

A regional Victorian tannery has been in one family for five generations. Brothers Bruce and Ross Greenhalgh are keen to retire – but that will be the end of the business.

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