This is article #4 in Jon Stanger's series of #5 reasons Ballarat City Council should reject their current course of action on Civic Hall. The articles, including this one, also read as five ways the current Council is heading off track. Here Jon puts the microscope, or possibly the blowtorch, to C
Ben Pobjie goes deep into the bowels of the Australian Labor Party and finds out more than he ever wanted to know about how the party and Australia as a whole is run. Daringly, Ben goes face-to-face with the 'faceless men' we hear so much about.
Two Civic Hall public meetings have been announced, one this Saturday 20 August, the other 18 September. The August meeting is being promoted and organised largely thorugh Facebook while the Setpember meeting is a more formal affair being arranged by the Ballarat Residents and Ratepayers Association
Six Ballarat locals from Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club join 250 international participants in the "Tour De Timor" mountain bike race to help promote tourism in Timor whilst raising money for the Timorese Solar Lighting Project.
Jon Stanger found so many flaws in Ballarat City Council's plan for Civic Hall that it wouldn't fit into one article, so he broke it down to five. As well as five reasons to reject the current course of action on Civic Hall, it reads as five ways the current Council is heading off track. Here Jon p
Britain is a place I have long wanted to visit by myself. Whilst I have not had close family there for a few generations, I still feel some connection to it. So it is here that I begin a 3 month long journey.
Jon Stanger found so many flaws in Ballarat City Council's plan for Civic Hall that it wouldn't fit into one article, so he broke it down to five. As well as five reasons to reject the current course of action on Civic Hall, it reads as five ways the current Council is heading off track. Here Jon p
The drama on the stock markets is largely the product of gambler's panic. Better regulation would see less volatile markets - and better returns in the real economy, writes Ian McAuley.
Jon Stanger found so many flaws in Ballarat City Council's plan for Civic Hall that it wouldn't fit into one article, so he broke it down to five. As well as five reasons to reject the current course of action on Civic Hall, it reads as five ways the current Council is heading off track. Here Jon p
Economist Dr Richard Denniss from The Australia Institute contends that online commerce won't destroy retail, it'll give us money to spend locally.
Selected tweets from the #BallaratMovies hashtag that trended on Twitter on 4/5th August 2011.
A Ballarat church promotes beliefs that would make fundamentalists around the world blush with envy. The 'Statement of Faith' from the Heritage Baptist Church Ballarat has statements that if produced by a Muslim organisation would surely hit the front pages of tabloid newspapers declaring Ballarat
The Waubra Foundation's shady funding, Tea Party style practices and their links to powerful carbon -TBI and AI expose the lies and spin standing in the way of our community's prosperity.
Local business, RU Advertising supports Gallery 806 as a means of encouraging artistic pursuits in the community and supporting creativity as a whole.
Last week I wrote about my arrival in Borneo. This is the second instalment in which I recount the adventures experienced on a three day trek to The Pinnacles and a night safari.
A local foodbowl and one of the fastest growing residential areas of Victoria, Bacchus Marsh is now in the sights of coal miners. Jon Stanger talked to Managing Director of Mantle Mining, Ian Kraemer.
''I've knocked the brick wall down; this is going through, this is done, full stop.'' Prime Minister Julia Gillard, 10 July 2011. The good news is that the modest carbon price announced yesterday will neither impoverish Australians nor bankrupt our economy. The bad news is that the modest carbon pr
A combination of Ballarat weather, a hectic schedule, cheap flights, and an unused Lonely Planet guidebook for Borneo led me to visiting the island of Borneo recently on a whim. Read about my experience in two parts which will be published over the coming week.
Global Warming, Risk & Governance Global warming is about risk and uncertainty. Many factors probably contribute to it, including natural variability. However, it is beyond reasonable doubt that the world is warming and that human carbon emissions are a major contributor. The risks of destab
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