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Inside Australia's first qualification for medicinal cannabis cultivation (opens the original)
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Ballarat naturopath Jacqui Fernandez is at the forefront of Australia's booming medicinal cannabis industry. She is one of the first nine students from across the nation who have started Federation TAFE's Certificate III in Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation and Production. Until starting the course, she had never seen a cannabis plant - now she's learning in the greenhouse growing them. The medical herbalist and naturopath has worked in Ballarat for 25 years, and been exposed to medicinal cannabis
'Dream big and aim higher': Mars Stadium upgrades open up new opportunities (opens the original)
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Western Bulldogs players Rylie Wilcox and Jess Fitzgerald can't wait to pull on their footy boots and run onto the field of the newly renovated Mars Stadium. The AFLW duo had a sneak peek at the ground during the official opening of the new multimillion-dollar grandstands and other upgrades. "We already loved playing here in Ballarat, but now, even driving in you can feel the atmosphere, it's going to be great having the broadcast on this side, the stands hopefully full," Fitzgerald said. They,
New electronic billboard planned for busy Ballarat Central intersection (opens the original)
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Plans have been lodged for a new double-sided electronic billboard near a busy Skipton Street intersection. Outdoor advertising company Gawk Outdoor has proposed a freestanding electronic billboard at 104 Skipton Street, the site of the former Hammonds Paints store that closed in July 2025. The proposed sign, on the eastern corner of the triangular lot, would be visible to traffic travelling north and south along Skipton Street, and to eastbound traffic turning from Urquhart Street onto Skipton
Ballarat doctors prepare to strike as fatigue, conditions crisis deepens (opens the original)
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Grampians Health doctors will strike again on Thursday as they fight for government to address their concerns about unsustainable working hours, fatigue and threat to patient safety. The Ballarat medical staff will join colleagues across the state in a four-hour strike, which follows the cancellation of an earlier statewide 24-hour stopwork because of patient safety concerns. From 1.30pm to 5.30pm on October 1, exhausted doctors will walk off the job as they push for a new pay deal following 14
All the photos as colour and fantasy come to life at PopCon Ballarat (opens the original)
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Ballarat cosplay fans have shown their alter egos, costumes, characters and creativity as Civic Hall and surrounds transformed into another world. Every year PopCon Ballarat grows in popularity, with hundreds taking part in the 2026 event on Sunday, September 27. Jasmine McBride from Imagined Realms, which ran live action roleplay (LARP) workshops for attendees, said the creativity, fun and inclusiveness of the cosplay world was a drawcard. "It was amazing ... and so wonderful to see everyone pa
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