A 30-second voicemail message from Ballarat Council CEO Janet Dore advises the former mayor she has done nothing wrong, apologises for the error and assures her it ...

As the granddaughter of a Yorkshire miner, Janet Dore works hard to show her affinity for workers at the coalface.

Town hall was not a happy place two months ago. An Ombudsman's investigation - a second highly critical official report within the space of a year - had just been published. As a result, the council's ...

The ratepayers of Wodonga had nearly $25,000 of their money spent on a Victorian government-backed monitor over the first five months of her appointment.

Two reports due to be examined at Wednesday night's council meeting will make painful reading for some councillors, current and former staff and will anger ratepayers, says interim City of Ballarat ...

Two months into retirement, Janet Dore is worried. She has headed local governments from Newcastle to Ballarat, and recently Victoria's Transport Accident Commission (TAC), but Ms Dore isn't troubled ...