Ballarat
- Perspective
- Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison, slimmed-down man for all seasons, gets a new platform
“Very few political stories end well,” Scott Morrison said, as he enjoyed the unveiling of a bronze bust in Ballarat’s Avenue of Australian Prime Ministers on Friday.
- Tony Wright
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I arrived grumpy in ‘Australia’s happiest city’. I left charmed
There are far more glamorous destinations in Australia, but none quite offers the sheer variety, warmth and charm of this inland oasis.
- Mark Chipperfield
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.
- Shona Hendley
- Editorial
- Editorial
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.
- The Age's View
- Exclusive
- Drugs
‘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 and Broede Carmody
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.
- Bianca Hall
New targeted police search for Samantha Murphy
Police are undertaking a “targeted search” for the missing mum, nearly two years after her disappearance.
- Isabel McMillan
- Exclusive
- Private schools
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
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
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.
- Carolyn Webb