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The City of Ballarat is proud to work with local innovation start up, Suggest it, to bring Ballarat’s Best Ideas back for its third year running.  The theme for 2023 is ‘People and Planet’, which reflects an emerging trend from last year’s entries that centred around issues of interest to Ballarat locals of the environment and supporting people including staff, customers, and the community.  To date, Ballarat’s Best Ideas has ...

Ballarat is ready to roll out the welcome mat once again as the Western Bulldogs return to town this weekend to host the Adelaide Crows.For the second year in a row the Ballarat clash will take place during Sir Doug Nicholls Round, the AFL’s two-week celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and its contribution to football.The occasion will also feature a Welcome to Country before the match and other Indigenous celebrations to...

Are you ready to experience a world of culture, music, food and dance? Ballarat’s most vibrant celebration of cultural diversity, Harmony Fest, is back for another year. Being celebrated for the 13th year, the theme for the 2023 event is: Our Past. Our Future: celebrating and reflecting on the contributions of Victoria's multicultural communities. The festival, to be celebrated on 16-26 March, will be headlined by three key activities, w...

Almost a year on from crowning the gurus of Ballarat’s Best Ideas 2022, award winning ideas have taken shape as the city turns its attention to the third year of the competition.   Ballarat’s Best Ideas competition calls for members of the community to share their positive ideas to support Ballarat businesses and organisations through the Suggest It platform.    One of the award-winning ideas from 2022 provides spor...

The award-winning Live4Life program will roll out in eight secondary schools across the City of Ballarat in the coming months, focusing on increasing mental health knowledge amongst students, parents, teachers and other community members to reduce barriers for young people seeking help. The City of Ballarat is working closely with representatives from local youth, school and community agencies as part of the Live4Life Ballarat Partnership Grou...

The City of Ballarat has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Government that a new Meals on Wheels supplier will be established in Ballarat to ensure a seamless continuation of the vital service.

Recognising the experiences and achievements of the transgender and gender diverse community was at the heart of celebrations marking Trans Day of Visibility at Ballarat Town Hall on Friday.       Celebrated annually on March 31, Trans Day of Visibility is an international event designed to foster trans pride and awareness by sharing stories and starting conversations.     The City of Ballarat marked the occasion with...

The City of Ballarat is undertaking two important studies to further understand the community’s stories and how it impacts on Ballarat heritage.   Lydiard Street Heritage Assessment  The City of Ballarat is undertaking a heritage assessment of Lydiard Street to investigate the potential of having the significance of the streetscape elevated at both state and federal level.   Ballarat’s Lydiard Street is an import...

New figures released on Wednesday show tourists are injecting more money into Ballarat than ever before, exceeding the industry’s pre-pandemic value to the city.    The positive results come from the latest Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the year ending December 2022.    Despite visitor numbers yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, the tourism industry is recovering well with visitors bringing $65...

The City of Ballarat Youth Ambassadors will address domestic violence and bullying awareness in Ballarat as their central project for the year.