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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Relays ready to slay on East Coast tour
DYNAMIC Bendigo punk upstarts Relays' first East Coast tour kicks off tonight at Bendigo Records off the back of the release of their self-titled...
Concert for cancer care
A UNIQUE cohort of avid musicians, who also happen to be cancer specialists, will come together on Saturday 16 November at St Paul's Cathedral...
Local artist profile: Jill Connors
This week we chat with painter and installation artist Jill Connors, who regularly engages in “walking and fossicking” to collect “bits and pieces” to...
Play to stimulate men’s mental health dialogue
MEN's mental health will be top of the agenda at a powerful theatre production at the Engine Room on Sunday 3 November starring Australian...