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About: Alistair Finlay

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Editor at the Ballarat Times News Group. Once at Westlock News, The Advocate, and the Latrobe Valley Express. Oilers fan. Email: [email protected] Facebook: @alistairfinlayjournalist twitter: @alistairfinlay_ Instagram: @alistairfinlayeditor

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November 25, 2022

Cash offered for employment zone

THE Labor Party has committed six-million-dollars to build basic infrastructure at the planned Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct if it retains government on Saturday. Committed last...

November 25, 2022

Call for info on dog baiting

THE RSPCA is calling for information about suspected illegal dog baiting along the Bendigo Creek Trail in Epsom and White Hills. The call comes after...

November 22, 2022

Returning play continues to thrive

BLACK Apple Theatre’s production of Thrive: Queer voices, out loud is returning for another run in Castlemaine at the end of the month. The play...

November 20, 2022

Labor commits to Sports Star Awards

THE State Labor Government will provide a significant funding grant to the Bendigo Sports Star Awards if re-elected next weekend. Announced late last week, $50,000...

November 19, 2022

Dam works damn needed

REPAIRS to the dam wall at Kennington Reservoir will be undertaken by the City of Greater Bendigo next year. The $2 million project will include...

November 19, 2022

Group ready for a big 16 days

LATE November will once again see the global 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign take a local flavour. Regional activities for the event,...

November 19, 2022

Suburb by suburb snapshot – East Bendigo

East Bendigo is approximately 11.2 square kilometres and in 2016 the population was recorded at 2100 people. By the 2021 Census the population had increased...

November 18, 2022

Game on for Bendigo Monopoly!

IT’S official, Bendigo has joined the great cities and regions of the world with its very own edition of Monopoly. The ever-popular board game was...

November 18, 2022

Strong results roll in for mental health campaign

THE numbers are in for this year’s Move for Mental Health fundraising initiative, and they’re wheely good! Run by Bendigo Health, the campaign raised more...

November 18, 2022

Gallery secures dualling commitments

NO matter who wins government on 26 November, the Bendigo Art Gallery is getting some of the money needed for its proposed major overhaul. Last...

November 18, 2022

Banner day for veterans’ group

A BANNER used by former Australian military personnel who served with the armed forces following the end of the Vietnam War was donated to...

November 18, 2022

State election candidates confirmed

THE list of people running in this month’s State election have been locked in. Last Friday saw the close of nominations for the vote, with...

November 18, 2022

Taekwondo champs returning to town

THE Australian Taekwondo National Championships will return to Bendigo for the first time since 2018. Set for Red Energy Arena on weekend of 3 and...

November 18, 2022

Labor commits to regional publishers

AN election pledge from the Labor Party would see support for regional newspaper publishers continue if re-elected. Announced last Friday at the Victorian Country Press...

November 17, 2022

Birds of a feather fiesta together

WHAT better way to celebrate the end of the collaborative and creative partnership than with a party! That’s the idea behind the Free as a...

November 15, 2022

Name change for local Lifeline

THE region’s mental health and crisis telephone support service, Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee, has undergone a name change. From now on, the volunteer-run service...

November 3, 2022

Local CFA ready for open day

IF you’re keen to learn more about what the CFA and other volunteer emergency services do, and how they help the community, Maiden Gully...

October 28, 2022

Fun day out for Rochester kids

A WEEK after eighty-five per cent of their town went underwater, children and teenagers from Rochester got a chance to escape and chill out...

October 28, 2022

Spirit, TAC team up for road safety push

THE Transport Accident Commission has entered a two-year deal with local WNBL side Bendigo Spirit. As part of the agreement, the State Government-backed TAC will...

October 26, 2022

Game on for major school sports comps

FOUR national school sports tournaments will be heading to Bendigo next year. Part of the first-ever National All Schools Sport Challenge, Bendigo will host boys...

October 25, 2022

Volunteers sought for cultural program

THE call is out for people to join the municipality’s intercultural ambassador program. Trialled between 2019 and 2021, the program will now become a permanent...

October 25, 2022

Family history weaved to life

A NEW art exhibition on at the Living Art Space in the Bendigo Visitor Centre is marking a family’s links to First Nations culture. Titled...

October 24, 2022

Women’s health group outlines election issues

WITH the State election slightly more than a month away, a Victoria-wide coalition of women’s health groups, including a local organisation, have listed their...

October 24, 2022

Next major Galley exhibit revealed

A KEY piece of the Bendigo Art Gallery’s 2023 autumn and winter program has been revealed. Australiana: Designing a Nation, will debut from 18 March...