September 1, 2025
How to understand, support neurodiverse staff
THE headspace Bendigo Work and Study team in partnership with Be.Bendigo will hold a free, interactive workshop exploring how businesses can better understand and...
September 1, 2025
Cycle stories to gear up for big screen
AN annual short film showcase featuring bicycles and cyclists from around the world returns to Eaglehawk's Star Cinema once again on Wednesday 10 and...
September 1, 2025
Local schools secure bushfire prevention funds
SEVERAL local education providers including Kalianna Special School, Lightning Reef Primary School and Spring Gully Primary School have shared in $8.4 million to carry...
August 31, 2025
Graduating pilot joins aviation elite at Global Summit
FINAL year RMIT Aviation Academy Bendigo student Harreson Watts has just returned from the trip of a lifetime after representing the new breed of...
August 31, 2025
Local artist profile: Courtney Koop
This week we chat with local graphic designer Courtney Koop, who credits the community at the Emporium Creative Hub in Mitchell Street for being...
August 30, 2025
Share your thoughts on Animal Plan
THE City of Greater Bendigo has called for feedback on its draft Domestic Animal Management Plan 2025-2029 and an amended Keeping of Animals Local...
August 30, 2025
$21 million Dentistry and Oral Health School opens in Arnold Street
LA Trobe University's state-of-the-art twenty-one-million-dollar Rural Dentistry and Oral Health Clinical School has officially opened in Arnold Street, featuring eighty-two simulation workstations. Inside are...
August 29, 2025
Top Timor-Leste honour for friendship committee
THE Bendigo-Maubisse Friendship Committee has been awarded the Order of Timor-Leste Medal - the nation's highest honour. This is in recognition of almost two decades...
August 29, 2025
New George Petrou exhibition honours those who serve
THE Bendigo Military Museum has welcomed its latest exhibition, The Art of Sacrifice - George Petrou OAM, which will remain on display in its...
August 28, 2025
Wil to reveal all in legit stand-up story
STAND-up comedian and television personality Wil Anderson brings his popular Wilegitimate touring show to town tomorrow night in what's expected to be, after several...
August 28, 2025
Prehistoric program unveiled at Science and Technology Centre
BENDIGO's Discovery Science and Technology Centre has celebrated National Science Week with the delivery of a new program, Jurassic Wonders. Funded through the National Science...
August 26, 2025
Aboriginal Honour Roll nominations open
NOMINATIONS for individuals to be inducted into the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll are now open, with a call for people whose advocacy, determination and...
August 26, 2025
Retail lease learnings from Vic small biz commissioner
THE Victorian Small Business Commissioner has shared a number of tips to help small businesses choose an ideal retail lease and location. These include the...
August 25, 2025
Climate-Smart dollars to fund CMA initiative
THE Bendigo-based North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received $1.8 million in Federal Government funds for its Climate Positive Farming Initiative. North Central CMA...
August 24, 2025
Local artist profile: Lloyd Needs
THIS week we chat with local performer Lloyd Needs, who’s playing the role of Ned Schneebly in Bendigo Theatre Company’s upcoming production of School...
August 23, 2025
Up-and-coming author makes Writers Festival debut
EAGLEHAWK nurse, husband, father of three, actor and emerging author Russell Holdaway made his debut at the Bendigo Writers Festival last weekend and, unlike...
August 23, 2025
Persistence personified after mass cancellations
BENDIGO Writers Festival volunteers remained upbeat last weekend after being forced to present a stripped-down version of its planned program. Over half of the...
August 23, 2025
BCHS site receives modern makeover
THE new-look Bendigo Community Health Services (BCHS) fit-for-purpose facility in Seymoure Street, Eaglehawk has opened to clients after a two-year project to renovate the...
August 22, 2025
Bendigo operation with worldwide reach wins big
A WORLD-class outfit that flies almost completely under the radar locally came up trumps at the 2025 Bendigo Bank and Be.Bendigo Bendigo Business Excellence...
August 22, 2025
Filmmaker reflects on validation of Business Awards win
HEBRON Films' co-founder and creative director Caleb Maxwell was "still riding the high" earlier this week after the "epic honor" of receiving the Creative...
August 21, 2025
PBS co-payment to drop on 1 January
FEDERAL member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters visited Terry White Chemmart Pharmacy in White Hills last week to speak about legislation introduced to Parliament that...
August 21, 2025
City backs Qantas’ contentious schedule change
THE City of Greater Bendigo has made further comment on the recent news of Qantas' decision to retire its five-times-per-week 6.45am flight from Bendigo. According...
August 20, 2025
Bendigo Bank ups the ante in fraud, scam prevention
BENDIGO Bank has reported that it prevented forty-seven million dollars in potential fraud and scam payments between 1 July 2024 and 30 June this...
August 19, 2025
Battle of the Bands entries open
ENTRIES are open for Yo Bendigo's 2025 Battle of the Bands competition, with finalists to be given the opportunity to perform at the fourth...
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