Today is January 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, most of Ballarat and the region's roadworks should be completed by March, says the Department of Transport, and three more people linked to the Australian Open have tested positive for coronavirus in Victoria.

Today is January 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, makeshift barriers placed outside Coles supermarket after botched plans for a new airlock are likely to remain in place at least until the end of March, and more than 26,000 pine trees on former plantation blocks near Gordon could be cut down if a permit is approved.

Today is January 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, the head of Australia's health department believes it is unlikely international borders will substantially reopen this year, even if most people are vaccinated against coronavirus, and Victoria will reopen to the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and parts of Sydney as the state eases its border restrictions for NSW.

Today is January 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, a new fund has been launched to help people looking for ways to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill, and residents from Glenorchy and Stawell woke to the news of another earthquake on Sunday.

Today is January 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, it is hoped that new, temporary dining pods on Sturt and Armstrong streets could bring as much as $1.3 million to the Ballarat economy, and the state government has announced rules for wearing masks inside will be eased from this Sunday night.

Today is January 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, a truck driver has miraculously survived after his truck plummeted more than 20 metres off a bridge and his truck cabin was crushed by the trailer, and the City of Ballarat will unveil a new approach to outdoor dining in some of the CBD's most high-traffic areas on Wednesday.

Today is January 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, after years of accidents and almost daily near-misses, the Dana Street Primary School community has had enough, and another day has passed without the state recording a new, community-transmitted case of coronavirus.

Today is January 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Victoria will reopen to people from regional NSW, with the government introducing a new "traffic light" system for interstate travel, and a child who attended a childcare centre in Melbourne's southeast has tested positive to COVID-19 since travelling overseas.

Today is January 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, a male motorcyclist was taken to hospital after colliding with a car at Warrenheip on Saturday afternoon, and a summer hot spell is fuelling bushfire fears, with total fire bans declared for large swathes of Victoria.

Today is January 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, regional residents who consistently see one GP for their health care are less likely to need treatment in hospital emergency departments and more likely to undergo preventative screening tests than those who visit multiple practices or see different doctors, according to new research, and Ballarat leaders have expressed their horror and alarm at unfolding riot scenes centred in the United States Capitol in Washington and what this could signal for all democracies.