Climate change is likely to impact on the Ballarat community over the coming decades. There are expected changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, changes to the water cycle affecting agriculture ...

Recognised as a UNESCO City of Craft and Folk Art, Ballarat is the perfect place to switch off and choose your own analogue adventure. Horsham Regional Art Gallery has an impressive collection of Australia...

Stretching from the western edge of Melbourne to the South Australian border, the Grampians region includes the major townships of Edenhope, Nhill, Warracknabeal, Horsham, Stawell, Ararat, Beaufort, Ballarat, Bannockburn...

Ballarat is home to two major tertiary institutions – Federation University and Australian Catholic University Ballarat Campus – renowned for courses in nursing, education, IT, engineering, science and much more. Fed...

Agriculture is one of the largest employers in the Grampians region, employing 7,804 people and producing outputs worth $2.3billion. The region is one of the world’s largest grain, pulse and oilseed gro...

Grampians Health Ballarat is the main public referral health service to the Grampians region of Victoria, with a catchment population of over 250,000 people. A teaching, training and research provider, we deliver care ac...

Is Australia’s housing crisis self-inflicted? If so, then we need a series of reforms to reverse it
The best long-term solution to the structural problems of the rental crisis is to build more public and/or affo...

We want a future Ballarat with an embedded culture of innovative thinking and entrepreneurialism, where the spark of creativity is nurtured everywhere. A Ballarat that celebrates is unique identity and heritage, that dem...

As chair of the Grampians New Energy Taskforce (GNET) Mr Benjamin oversees working groups to maximise the economic and community benefits of investment and innovation in new and renewable energy. Mining at...

Steeped in gold rush history the Grampians is home to Sovereign Hill, the Silo Arts Trail and natural attractions including the Grampians National Park, Mt Arapiles and the Little Desert National Park. A y...

We want to get our contamination rate of recycling bins down to zero and reduce how much waste is going to landfill. Up to 16% of items that are placed in our recycling bins cannot be recycled. Not transp...