November 15, 2024
Uniting Christmas Drive now live
FEDERAL Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters visited Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church this week to help launch its annual Christmas Drive. Since 2016, the Drive has...
November 15, 2024
Property owners prompted on new payment regime
CITY of Greater Bendigo staff are reminding residents that rate payments have been adjusted for 2024/2025. If rates weren't paid in full by 30 September...
November 12, 2024
Activist to talk on domestic violence, women’s equality
SOCIAL activist and founder of renowned community enterprise the Moroccan Soup Bar in North Melbourne Hana Assafiri will talk about her new memoir at...
November 12, 2024
Pill testing trial a first for Australia
VICTORIA will become the first state in Australia to trial pill testing after the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Pill Testing) Bill 2024...
November 12, 2024
Push to improve safety on local roads
ALMOST eighty local governments around the state have been granted as much as two million dollars each to improve their roads over the next...
November 11, 2024
Author talk to explore the power of creativity
AUTHOR, speaker, independent business advocate and former jewellery tycoon Samantha Wills is heading to Bendigo for one night only to speak about her entrepreneurial...
November 11, 2024
Exhibition documents epic journey
LOCAL farmer, art teacher and painter Elizabeth Conway has chronicled a year-long trip around Australia that she took in 2023 with her husband, and...
November 10, 2024
Local artist profile: Rozlyn Effenberg
THIS week we chat with fibre artist Rozlyn Effenberg, who credits a 12-day immersion craft tour in Japan where she spent her days weaving,...
November 8, 2024
New train services for busy Bendigo Line
TWO services have been permanently added to the Bendigo V/Line route timetable after initially operating as weekend specials introduced to help support demand following...
November 8, 2024
Fun run poised to be biggest yet
Over two thousand, five hundred people are expected to run and walk through the streets of the CBD to raise funds for Bendigo Health...
November 8, 2024
EV fast chargers spark up in Marong
NEW electric vehicle fast-charging stations have been switched on in Marong as part of the National EV Fast-Charging Network. Marong joins other recently opened sites...
November 8, 2024
Have a go during This Girl Can week
STARTING on Sunday and continuing for the following seven days, local women, girls and non-binary people will have the opportunity to try out a...
November 8, 2024
Double dwellings on the cards for eligible owners
CHANGES introduced by the Victorian Government that allow small second homes up to 60 square metres to be built (in many cases) without a...
November 6, 2024
Kwiz to rock and roll into town
FOUR-time Logie-award winning television music quiz, RocKwiz, is coming to Bendigo for a live staging, with presenters Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis, roadie/human scoreboard Dugal...
November 6, 2024
Availability of opioid addiction treatment method to expand
AS much as thirty Community Health Services around the state will share a total of $8.4 million in grants to increase the availability of...
November 6, 2024
Celebrated author to speak on new book
BESTSELLING contemporary fiction author Tricia Stringer has a new book out - Head for the Hills - and is due to visit Bendigo at...
November 6, 2024
Grants for emerging female sports leaders
MORE than one hundred women working in sporting organisations have been announced as recipients of grants of up to $10,000 to access professional development...
November 6, 2024
Tougher penalties for drink-drivers
NEW drink-driving laws have been introduced in Victoria where every offender, even at the lower end of the scale, will now face a compulsory...
November 5, 2024
VCAA brings in maths experts to end exam mistakes
THE Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has joined up with a group of senior Monash University mathematics specialists to strengthen the quality of Victorian...
November 5, 2024
Easier access to help for victims of crime
A NEW State Government initiative designed to help victims of crime access financial assistance outside of court will commence on 18 November. Known as the...
November 4, 2024
David Bowie tribute to emulate the Golden Years
THE music of genre-bending icon David Bowie will be celebrated on Saturday 16 November when Ashes To Ashes: The David Bowie Experience show takes...
November 3, 2024
Local artist profile: Darren Crothers
THIS week we chat with painter Darren Crothers, who says he was inspired by several teachers at Bendigo TAFE to pursue his now successful...
November 2, 2024
How to manage kids’ tech use
THE tricky topic of setting boundaries around the use of technology within the family unit will be delved into at the latest workshop from...
November 1, 2024
Qantas introduces new fleet to Bendigo–Sydney route
FLIGHTS between Bendigo and Sydney can now carry more people and are around 15 minutes faster after the introduction of Qantas's recently expanded Dash...
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