Saturday is shaping as one of the most thrilling of the local footy season so far. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the weekend. With the local footy season in now swing, every week presents more exciting storylines to keep an eye on. Here are the key things to look out for this … [Read more…]
The up and coming stars of the Ballarat Football League will be on show as interleague representative football returns. The league announced an initial squad of 58 players, with a final 22 and two emergencies to be named closer to July 1, when the league will take on the Hampden Football League. The teams this … [Read more…]
AT this time each year, the Aussie rules teams at Ballarat Grammar play a traditional game with an old-world twist. This week, the senior Lionesses are set to play their annual Heritage Match, this time against Ballarat Clarendon College, following the senior boys’ win over Ballarat High School late last month. Director of sport Dean … [Read more…]
MORE women than ever before are heading to Federation TAFE to learn a trade according to recently released data. About 340 women studied to become a tradesperson at the institution throughout 2022, growing from an average of about 240 female students in 2020 and 2021. Seventeen per cent of trainees and apprentices learning at FedTAFE … [Read more…]
Many people don’t really know the difference between an architect and a draftsperson/building designer. Because of this they end up either spending way too much on a simple renovation or alternately investing too little, getting a poor result and ultimately losing themselves money in capital growth. A draftsperson or building designer, was originally (and sometimes … [Read more…]
JOHN Barker has declared he will never return to coaching, such is the hardships of the industry. Barker started his coaching career at St Kilda before moving to Hawthorn and then spent 10 years at Carlton, most noticeably featuring as the club’s interim coach following the sacking of Mick Malthouse. He won three of his … [Read more…]
April: The streets of Melbourne are deserted due to the draconian measures imposed by Dan Andrews’ government to prevent an outbreak of the global pandemic. Those coming in from abroad are rushed into hotel quarantine. But in a dramatic breech of protocol, it is discovered that one of the hotel quarantine guards has been secretly … [Read more…]
“We plan to grow the number of units to about 20,000 through a range of new developments and upgrading and rebranding existing properties.” One of the directors in CBRE’s healthcare & social infrastructure team, Jimmy Tat, said the country’s retirement living market is seeing consistent development activity from operators who offer intergenerational models of care. … [Read more…]
WITH a winning run ended on four, Inglewood faces a fired-up Calivil United in Saturday’s ninth round of senior footy in the Bendigo Bank Loddon Valley FNL. The Darrell Billett-coached Inglewood will aim to bounce back from defeat to Pyramid Hill when it faces the Demons at Inglewood’s Dissy Machinery Oval. Heat will be on … [Read more…]
THE feature match as the Bendigo Bank Bendigo FNL marks Indigenous Round this Saturday will be Eaglehawk against Kyneton at Canterbury Park. Both clubs have passionate fan bases who will be in the Borough for a crucial contest. The Travis Matheson-coached Eaglehawk is on the rebound from defeat for the first time this season after … [Read more…]