Today is November 20, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, the first directions hearing for Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir, former Warrnambool horse trainer Jarrod McLean and stable hand Tyson Kermond has been held at the County Court of Victoria, and Victoria will close its border with South Australia for 48 hours, after fragments of COVID-19 were detected in wastewater along freight corridors.

Today is November 19, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Victoria’s Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Grainger is warning people to be mindful of their activities this fire season, and a $465 million state government tourism package will feature $200 vouchers to encourage Victorians to holiday at home.

Today is November 18, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Victoria isn't moving to screen South Australian residents crossing into the state by road, despite doing so for air travellers, and the Andrews government will spend almost $800 million to help Victorians cover the cost of power bills and make their homes more energy efficient.

Today is November 17, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Victorian primary producers say the most significant task facing the new Victorian Farmers Federation president will be to raise the sector's profile among city residents, and volunteer group Repair Cafe Ballarat has welcomed the federal government's announcement of an inquiry into the right to repair.

Today is November 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, with the bushfire danger period fast approaching, residents in the area of interest for the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project are demanding answers for how the high-voltage powerlines will affect bushfire risk, and work is well under way in the residential part of the Ballarat West Employment Zone development, as expressions of interest end for the second stage in the commercial area.

Today is November 13, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, booze buses have returned to Ballarat roads as police prepare for a surge in traffic to regional Victoria this weekend - the first after the ring of steel was lifted, and Bunnings barbecues will fire up once again this weekend, to support some good causes from across the city.

Today is November 12, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, rain could not dampen them, nor a pandemic condemn, as Ballarat remembered the fallen at a low-key Remembrance Day service on Wednesday, and Tasmania is expected to lower its borders to people from Victoria on November 27.

Today is November 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Ballarat's top ranking police officer is leaving the role and moving away from the city, and the Bureau of Meteorology is tipping a stormy change to pass over the state on Wednesday afternoon, which will drop temperatures from the high 20s down into the mid teens.

Today is November 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Tuesday marks the start of final exams for more than 1000 Ballarat VCE students when they sit down to start the English exam at 9am, and Lyons Street will be blocked to traffic at Sturt Street as works continue to create two U-turns at the intersection.

Today is November 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Courier. In today’s update, Ballarat families who have been divided from loved ones in Melbourne for months will be able to take long awaited visits from midnight Sunday following the lifting of 'the ring of steel', and a planned burning program is expected to take place over the coming days as long as conditions are favourable, authorities say.