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How Ballarat's unsung heroes are quietly transforming lives for good (opens the original)
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If there is one thing that galvanises Ballarat, it's the incredible way its people support one other and rally behind the causes that truly matter. Whether it's taking a stand against gendered violence, advocating for our kids to have a chance to play community sport, putting in the hours at local service groups or keeping our vital committees running - we run on community spirit. For many of these people, this work isn't a burden. It fills their cup. They thrive by surrounding themselves with g
Driving regional roads shouldn't feel like an obstacle course (opens the original)
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If you've driven any of the routes between Ballarat and Bendigo recently, you don't need me to tell you the horrendous state of the region's roads. I make that drive weekly, and as someone who has driven extensively between our regional cities and towns for decades, what used to be a fairly smooth drive has turned into an obstacle course of rim-shattering potholes. Driving on the Ballarat to Maryborough Road this week, I counted five sets of 60kmh reduced speed signs within just kilometres. Take
Billions for Melbourne, potholes for us: $2b shortcut costs regional drivers (opens the original)
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A new report proves the state government knowingly underfunded regional roads while Melbourne megaprojects blew out by billions. It's enough to drive you mad. Regional Victorians have been paying the price for crumbling roads for years. Vehicle maintenance bills for freight companies have soared by 300 per cent and everyday drivers have been forking out about $200 each time they pop a tyre - more if they damage a rim - after hitting a gaping pothole. A Ballarat-based tyre service operator says h
Regional patients cannot wait: time to fix Ballarat's mental health system (opens the original)
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It's been 2012 days since Victoria's Royal Commission into the Mental Health System was delivered. But last week at the Committee for Ballarat's insights forum, we heard of patients being treated for mental ill health sitting in hospital beds in spaces designed for children having their tonsils out. We heard that carers are unaware of any independent bulk-billing psychiatrist in Ballarat, with most families unable to pay the going rate of more than $500 an hour. They are just some examples of a
Regional voters are angry, but minor parties offer few real answers (opens the original)
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Frustrated voters across regional and rural Victoria say they plan to give the major parties a reality check at the November state election. Our recent voter survey, conducted by the Victorian mastheads of the ACM network, shows support for One Nation has skyrocketed seven times higher than when the state last went to the polls. The strong views expressed about the dreadful and indeed dangerous disrepair of country roads, our struggling health system and the response to crime appear to be drivin
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