Alex Dalziel

A young offender is looking at prison time after near collision.

It doesn't matter what you drink, there was something on over the weekend.

A controversial “glamping” campsite proposal near Daylesford has been granted a permit, after its developer took Hepburn Shire to VCAT. The proposal will see the construction of four yurts, three dome tents and four caravans at 153 Charlies Road, Elevated Plains, to provide luxury camping accommodation for up to 26 people. Behind the proposed glamping site was David Penman, who operates Clifftop Hepburn, and was also responsible for the controversial “sky barrels” accommodation proposal in Bunin…

City of Ballarat animal welfare officers have saved seven puppies and their mother from squalid living conditions at a house in Wendouree, charging their former owner with animal cruelty. The court heard the council workers attended the Marigold Street property on June 16, 2023, after they were advised of a Facebook marketplace advertisement listing six puppies for sale, in poor health condition. Upon arrival, the officers saw an “emaciated” female Huntaway dog in the backyard of the property.…

A court has heard of the ongoing impact of a five-vehicle crash on the Western Freeway, caused by an inattentive truck driver. The crash occurred at about 2.15pm on October 7, 2022, when a prime mover without a load crashed into the back of heavy traffic on the Western Highway near Gordon. Five vehicles in the Melbourne-bound side of the freeway were impacted in the crash, which saw three people airlifted to the hospital and multiple others taken by paramedics. The driver of the prime mover,…

A “porch pirate” who pleaded guilty to stealing people’s meal delivery boxes from their front doors has told the court it will be his “last offence” A 26-year-old Ballarat man appeared at the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Monday to plead guilty to the multiple charges, after a spree in late July which saw him driving around various suburbs and taking off with people’s deliveries. The man will not be named as he avoided conviction. The thefts occurred across two separate occasions, beginning on…

A notorious Ballarat couple are facing a fresh set of animal cruelty charges, related to the operation of an alleged illegal kitten breeding operation. Kon and Liudmila Petropoulos appeared at the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to seek additional time to find a lawyer after being charged for alleged illegal activities between May 2021 to early 2022. The pair had previously been slapped with an almost $200,000 fine in September, after previously being found guilty of a swathe of anima…