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400 jobs gone, sub contractors owed thousands of dollars.
12:00 AM | ARARAT - The loss of 400 jobs at the Hopkins Correctional Centre work site will have far reaching and devastating consequences in the Ararat community.  | Prison crisis must be solved | Council demands meeting with ...
Mother's Day Classic was in the pink
12:00 AM | ARARAT - Despite the frosty weather it was a warm atmosphere at Richardson Oval on Sunday for the 2012 Mother's Day Classic.
Community can't afford to lose DPI jobs
12:00 AM | ARARAT - Ararat Rural City Council has hit out at the State Government following last week's announcement that the Ararat office of the Department of Primary Industries will close.
Council demands meeting with Premier
12:00 AM | ARARAT - Ararat Rural City Council is demanding an urgent meeting with the Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu.
Prison crisis must be solved
12:00 AM | ARARAT - Ararat Rural City Council has criticised the State Government following the announcement that one of the parties involved in the construction of the Ararat Correctional Centre has gone into liquidation.
Salvos offering hope
12:00 AM | ARARAT - Door knockers will be out in force this weekend collecting for the Salvation Army's Red Shield appeal.
Prison crisis: update
16 May 12 | ARARAT - The Ararat community will be hit hard by the closure of the Hopkins Correctional Centre worksite.  | CommentsComments (1) | Ararat Prison development in ... | Ararat jail rescue plan
Mother's Day Classic
15 May 12 | Despite freezing conditions, hundreds turned out for the 2012 Mother’s Day Classic to walk or run the Richardson Oval circuit to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Men's Shed benefits from Rotary donation
15 May 12 | ARARAT - The Ararat Rotary Club has made a significant donation to the Ararat Men's Shed which will assist the members in delivering two worthwhile community projects.
Vintage cars visit Ararat
15 May 12 | ARARAT - Visitors in vintage cars descended on Ararat during a seven-day tour of the region.
Support our swimming pool
15 May 12 | Ararat - GJ Gardner Homes Ararat is supporting the redevelopment of the Ararat Solar Olympic Swimming Pool with a fundraising event at Fishers IGA this Saturday.
DPI closure disappointing
15 May 12 | Region - The Ararat/Tatyoon branch of the Victorian Farmers' Federation is disappointed with the announcement that the Ararat office of the Department of Primary Industries will be closed, but believes it was inevitable given the lack of staff replacement over the past few years.  | CommentsComments (1)
Lunchtime concerts as popular as ever
15 May 12 | ARARAT - One of this year's free lunchtime concerts at the Ararat Performing Arts Centre saw plenty of local talent impress the large audience.
Hive of activity at apiarist picnic
15 May 12 | ARARAT - There was a hive of activity at Canes' honey extracting shed as beekeepers flocked to the Central Victorian Apiarist Association's annual beekeeping picnic day.
11 May 12 | ARARAT - Work on the newest prison in Victoria will grind to a halt today as contractors and workers deal with the news that the companies building the complex cannot pay them.
11 May 12 |  ARARAT - The Baillieu government has prepared a contingency plan to potentially take over the troubled construction of a new jail in western Victoria - as figures reveal a spike in the population of the state’s already over-crowded prison system.
11 May 12 | HALLS GAP - It was a twenty-first birthday to remember at this year's Grampians Grape Escape, with what was believed to be record crowds converging on the Halls Gap Village Oval at the weekend.
Ararat Prison development in crisis
11 May 12 | ARARAT - The Department of Justice has criticised the performance of the consortium overseeing the construction of the new prison at the Hopkins Correctional Centre following damning revelations in The Saturday Age last week that claimed the project 'may be more than $100 million short of capital and, without government intervention, in danger of collapse'.   | Money woes halt new jail project | Ararat jail rescue plan
Sporting memorabilia to be auctioned at Blue Ribbon Ball
11 May 12 | ARARAT - The Victorian Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat branch Gala night of Nights is fast approaching and as all regular ball goers know, the auction is a highlight, with amazing auction items offered each year.
Pool fundraiser planned for next weekend
11 May 12 | ARARAT - The team at GJ Gardner Homes and Blyss Kitchens together with Fishers IGA Ararat, are holding a day of fun activities to raise funds for the Ararat Solar Olympic Pool redevelopment.
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