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NEW GEAR: The helmet includes a integrated helmet torch and flame-resistant multi-layer neck flaps. Picture: CFA MEDIA

Ararat CFA receives new 'innovative' firefighting helmets

Taylor Padfield
2hrs ago

Thunderstorm risk continues in West Wimmera, Grampians

FREEThunderstorm risk continues in West Wimmera, Grampians

Alexander Darling
2hrs ago

COVID-19: Victoria reports 28 new cases, three deaths

COVID-19: Victoria reports 28 new cases, three deaths

Taylor Padfield

Grampians rescue prompts timely reminder for walkers, hikers

Grampians rescue prompts timely reminder for walkers, hikers

Cassandra Langley

Police seized a mobile phone and a laptop from fifty-one-year-old man Darren Robert Lawrence. Picture: Shutterstock

SUBSCRIBERMan caught with almost 40,000 child abuse images and videos

Erin Williams

Region's police ensuring no unlawful tourists in area

SUBSCRIBERRegion's police ensuring no unlawful tourists in area

Cassandra Langley

Counterfiet $100 notes circulating across region

Counterfiet $100 notes circulating across region

Cassandra Langley

NEW GEAR: The helmet includes a integrated helmet torch and flame-resistant multi-layer neck flaps. Picture: CFA MEDIA

Ararat CFA receives new 'innovative' firefighting helmets

Taylor Padfield
2hrs ago

Thunderstorm risk continues in West Wimmera, Grampians

FREEThunderstorm risk continues in West Wimmera, Grampians

Alexander Darling
2hrs ago

FIRE: Emergency services were called to a property on King Street Stawell on Saturday evening. Picture: STAWELL TIMES-NEWS

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDWATCH | Emergency services attend house fire

COVID-19: Victoria reports 28 new cases, three deaths

COVID-19: Victoria reports 28 new cases, three deaths

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews. Picture: Getty Images

EXPLAINERWhat next for Melbourne's lockdown?

Why muscle memory matters in a pandemic

DIGESTWhy muscle memory matters in a pandemic

No active COVID-19 cases in Ararat, Premier urges for more tests

No active COVID-19 cases in Ararat, Premier urges for more tests

COVID-19: Victoria reports 11 new cases, two deaths

COVID-19: Victoria reports 11 new cases, two deaths

Taylor Padfield

Will smaller airlines and smaller airports be the way of the future post-pandemic? Picture: Kate Callas

EXPLAINERWhen will air travel take off again?

Steve Evans

The weekend that was. Photos: file

DIGESTCOVIDidiots, Tom Hanks and a dad running on water

Ararat remains COVID-19 free, with no new cases in regional Victoria

Ararat remains COVID-19 free, with no new cases in regional Victoria

Matt Currill

The Melbourne Demons have fallen just short of a finals appearance. Photo: Graham Denholm/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONDisappointing Dees' dreams dashed ... again

Howard Kotton

LEADER: Marc Brilliant was voted in president
at the GCA AGM on Wednesday night.
Picture: CONTRIBUTED

SUBSCRIBERNew president elected, start dates proposed

Cassandra Langley

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

The Melbourne Demons have fallen just short of a finals appearance. Photo: Graham Denholm/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONDisappointing Dees' dreams dashed ... again

Penrith is clearly the most consistent team in the competition going into the finals series. Photo: Matt King/Getty Images

OPINIONNo, the NRL premiership is not a race in four, Laurie Daley says

Laurie Daley

Lucas Hamilton (right) next to Cameron Meyer after the 2020 Cycling Australia Federation University Road National Championships in January, 2020. Picture: ADAM TRAFFORD/BALLARAT COURIER

Hamilton's breakthrough victory amid a busy Italian autumn

Richard Crabtree

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Listen to Australia's newest podcast - The Voice of Real Australia

Launching Voice of Real Australia, your new favourite podcast

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Dimboola resident Tim Skyrme makes cigar box guitars out of recycled timber Photo: ALEX DARLING

LISTENListen to why Dimboola is the escape you were looking for

Will smaller airlines and smaller airports be the way of the future post-pandemic? Picture: Kate Callas

EXPLAINERWhen will air travel take off again?

Steve Evans

Horse studs to blueberry farms: escape crowds with Airbnb of camping

Horse studs to blueberry farms: escape crowds with Airbnb of camping

Explore Travel

Moonbah is its own little slice of heaven. Picture: Colin Chang

Adventurer's paradise waiting once the snow melts

Bernadette Chua

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FUNNY MAN: Ben Stiller starred in Meet the Parents. Image: SHUTTERSTOCK

WHAT'S ONFilms to chase away COVID-19 blues | Keith Lofthouse movie reviews

Keith Lofthouse

Artists launch 'Stawell International LOCK-DOWN Street Art Festival'

WHAT'S ONArtists launch 'Stawell International LOCK-DOWN Street Art Festival'

Cassandra Langley

STAR IS BORN Jane Horrocks at the 1999 Golden Globe Awards, where Michael Caine won an award for Little Voice. Picure: SHUTTERSTOCK

WHAT'S ONA little film with a big voice that launched a career

Keith Lofthouse

Learn how Salt Creek Cottage was transformed. Picture: Marnie Hawson.

Wimmera and Grampians Your Home 2020

Since 1924, Royal Far West (RFW) has been committed to connecting kids like Lucas living in rural and remote areas of Australia with the care they need. Names and images have been changed to protect privacy.

Helping country kids reach their full potential

Emma Brown

Real support: There are over 100,000 children living in rural and remote Australia in need of mental and developmental support.

Far from help is not far from hope

Emma Brown

Learn how Salt Creek Cottage was transformed. Picture: Marnie Hawson.

Wimmera and Grampians Your Home 2020

Spring is the perfect time of year for a hike and the region certainly has plenty on offer when it comes to great walking tracks and hiking trails.

Explore Wimmera & Grampians this spring

Spring clean your life and finances

Spring clean your life and finances

Emma Brown

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

39m ago

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

Aggressive rise in prices is behind us

39m ago

Sydney delivers at auction

1hr ago

Sydney delivers at auction

1hr ago

Your dream home ready for completion and ideally set close to town

Your dream home ready for completion and ideally set close to town

Dawn Rasmussen

The same family has owned this parcel of land now on the market

The same family has owned this parcel of land now on the market

Dawn Rasmussen

HELP: A mortgage broker can take care of all of the paperwork for you.

How to find help to navigate the mortgage minefield

Ruth Lewis

HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

SHOVELLING SNOW IN SYRIA: Members of the 2/3 Battalion clearing snow in 1942.

Tragic drowning of digger who fought the enemy in three countries

SHOVELLING SNOW IN SYRIA: Members of the 2/3 Battalion clearing snow in 1942.

Tragic drowning of digger who fought the enemy in three countries

NEW GEAR: The helmet includes a integrated helmet torch and flame-resistant multi-layer neck flaps. Picture: CFA MEDIA

Ararat CFA receives new 'innovative' firefighting helmets

Taylor Padfield
2hrs ago

Grampians rescue prompts timely reminder for walkers, hikers

Grampians rescue prompts timely reminder for walkers, hikers

Cassandra Langley

SNAKE SEASON: Snake species commonly found in the Grampians region include the Eastern Brown, Tiger and less often, Copperhead and Red Bellied Black snakes. Picture: ATLAS OF LIVING AUSTRALIA

Snake season is upon us, here's what you need to know

Taylor Padfield

NEW GEAR: The helmet includes a integrated helmet torch and flame-resistant multi-layer neck flaps. Picture: CFA MEDIA

Ararat CFA receives new 'innovative' firefighting helmets

2hrs ago

FOR A CAUSE: Aidan Marr will challenge himself by riding 350km over 10 days for cancer research. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

SUBSCRIBER'Challenge of riding is a far from the challenges of cancer'

Cassandra Langley

GONE VIRAL: Zayne Hall and pet lamb Johnny has a growing audience on social media account TikTok. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

SUBSCRIBERMeet the Joel Joel farmer who has captured the world's attention

Cassandra Langley

See where the rain is going to fall in NSW tonight

UPDATEDSee where the rain is going to fall in NSW tonight

FIRE: Emergency services were called to a property on King Street Stawell on Saturday evening. Picture: STAWELL TIMES-NEWS

SUBSCRIBER | UPDATEDWATCH | Emergency services attend house fire

Now is the time to prepare your home for the bush fire season, say firefighters.

Is your property prepared for this bush fire season?

GONE VIRAL: Zayne Hall and pet lamb Johnny has a growing audience on social media account TikTok. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

SUBSCRIBERMeet the Joel Joel farmer who has captured the world's attention

MASTER OF ITS DOMAIN: A great white shark.

SUBSCRIBERAs summer approaches, we ask: why so many shark attacks?

Ben Langford

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

Victorian farmer takes TikTok by storm

Joely Mitchell

Lucas Hamilton (right) next to Cameron Meyer after the 2020 Cycling Australia Federation University Road National Championships in January, 2020. Picture: ADAM TRAFFORD/BALLARAT COURIER

Hamilton's breakthrough victory amid a busy Italian autumn

Richard Crabtree

Was your pet your co-worker this year? Make them employee of the month!

FREEWas your pet your co-worker this year? Make them employee of the month!

Alexander Darling

The Premier on Wednesday.

SUBSCRIBERStep two: Daniel Andrews answers your regional questions

Alexander Darling

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A LIFETIME'S JOURNEY: Christopher Thompson today and (right) between Alice Springs and Port Augusta in 1972.

How Australia made a drifter's life whole

Seeing kangaroos on the beach in Mackay or visiting outback SA, you can find out where and when you can go at the new web portal.

One-stop COVID travel info shop

Entrepreneurship: Why it's not just a young people's game

Entrepreneurship: Why it's not just a young people's game

Geraldine Cardozo

More than 250 whales are stranded on Tasmania's West Coast. Inset: Dr Kris Carlyon. Photos: Brodie Weeding

UPDATEDRace against the clock to save whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast

Missing: Goolwa Boatie Tony Higgins is once again missing at sea. File photo: Fleurieu Multimedia.

Second sea rescue search for SA boatie in two weeks

Water over paddocks about 100km north-east of Broken Hill. Photos taken by Matt Jackson, Tirlta.

REAL AUSTRALIAThe storms are here, time to sit back and enjoy the show

9m ago

Face masks filter at least 50 per cent of the aerosols caused by coughing, a study shows.

Face masks block half of cough aerosols

23m ago

A Senate inquiry has been warned there will be a surge in demand for domestic violence services.

Warning over second domestic violence wave

Matt Coughlan
33m ago

Social Services Minister Anne Ruston has confirmed the asset test for welfare benefits is back.

Thousands of millionaires pocket JobSeeker

Daniel McCulloch
38m ago

A Queensland man faces an extradition hearing over conspiracy to murder charges in Samoa.

Samoa wants pig-head protester extradited

Aaron Bunch
39m ago

Efforts are under way to rescue as many stranded pilot whales as possible from a sandbar at Macquarie Harbour, south-west of Strahan. Pictures: Brodie Weeding

Are pilot whales their own worst enemy?

Adam Holmes
39m ago

QUALITY BEEF: Nathan Hooper and his father Michael with some of the Angus heifers they sold at Mortlake last Thursday.

Beef operation sits comfortably with dairy

Alastair Dowie
39m ago

RESCUE EFFORT: About 250 whales stranded on the West Coast on Monday. Photo by Brodie Weeding.

UPDATEDHundreds of whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast

Claudia Williams

LOCKED DOWN: Restrictions in saleyards will continue for the forseeable future. Photo by Adam Trafford.

Saleyards show no signs of easing entry restrictions

Bryce Eishold

The monetary investment in our physical fitness seems to outweigh our investment in our mental fitness. Picture shutterstock.

Fitness gap: physical versus mental

Gary Bentley

Catch the early warning signs of glaucoma

Catch the early warning signs of glaucoma

Dr Nathan Kerr

LOOK LOCAL: Australian design in 2020/21 includes slab tiles up to three metres long.

Demand for Australian-made skyrockets as Aussies buy local