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Contracts worth $3.8 million awarded by Ballarat City Council 

City of Ballarat Mayor elected Regional Capitals Australia Chair 

City of Ballarat is proud to present the 2021 Ballarat Winter Festival, celebrating Ballarat’s signature season with an array of events and activities for all ages.   From 26 June to 18 July 2021, the ever-popular ice-skating rink will return for another year against Ballarat’s beautiful heritage streetscape, in the heart of the city, between the Town Hall and Myer. Experience the thrill of gliding across the ice to great tunes and disco ...

  The Pet Insurance Australia Companion Animal Rescue Awards has just announced the Ballarat Animal Shelter as a finalist in the category of ‘Outstanding Council Animal Shelter’.  The Rescue Awards shines the light on rescue groups, animal shelters, and companion animal welfare organisations who continue to save thousands of animal lives during these challenging ...

The Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre (BALC) is hopeful it’s come through the worst of the COVID-related staff shortages.  While no aquatic facility was an exposure site, BALC, along with the outdoor pools across Ballarat, experienced a major shortage of staff, including customer experience and lifeguard staff, shortly after Christmas due to the impact of COVID-19 testing and isolation requirements.  Black Hill, Brown Hill and...

The City of Ballarat is investing $3.4 million to improve our network’s sealed roads.  The organisation and Council acknowledge the community’s frustration in relation to the city’s damaged road network and have been working on repairing as many of our roads as possible throughout summer.  A combination of ageing roads, traffic and wet weather has damaged the city’s road network, leading to an increase in potholes.   ...

Laneway and carpark activations, entertainment in the CBD and more outdoor dining options are some of the suggestions for bringing Ballarat to life as we inch closer to 70 and 80 percent milestones on the State Government’s Roadmap to Recovery.  A City of Ballarat survey to gauge how Council can support the extension of Ballarat’s dining footprint and reinvigorate the CBD received overwhelming support from the City’s hospitality industry....

$7.3 million worth of tenders to be voted on by Ballarat City Council  

The regional City of Ballarat will leverage its ranking as one of Australia’s most liveable cities, as part of the newly launched Regional Activators Alliance (RAA). RAA is made up of 36 Councils, Regional Development Australia regions (RDAs), economic development groups and industry representatives with the purpose of creating national awareness of the benefits of regional living, to drive population growth in Regional Australia.   "W...

Increased flexibility in electronic hosting and attendance at Council and Delegated Committee meetings, as well as increased opportunity for public questions to be answered at Council meetings were two of the Governance Rule changes approved by Ballarat City Council on Wednesday.