CENTRO Lansell shopping centre at Kangaroo Flat is set for a $30 million upgrade. Owners Charter Hall retail have applied for a 5200 square metre extension of the High Street centre, and the construction of 226 more car parks. The development includes the demolition of the existing Coles..

MONASH University has thrown its support behind the plans for the $26 million theatre at the former Bendigo jail. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6ZBTFV9) Monash Bendigo Regional Clinical School director Geoff Solarsh and senior operations ma..

TWO local schools are pitching in to raise much-needed funds for a remote indigenous school in the Northern Territory. The schools – Heathcote Primary School and Crusoe College – have collected about 30 large garbage bags of clothing donated by staff, students and families, to b..

THE City of Greater Bendigo council fears the abolition of Victoria’s Skilled Migration Program could cost the region future jobs growth. The government cut its contribution in the May budget, bringing to an end a program that has serviced Bendigo employers for more than 10 years. ..

THE eat well and exercise message is definitely getting through to Central Victorian primary schools. In June, the Bendigo Marketplace ran its Run Around Australia promotion. The campaign was designed to positively influence children’s, and their parents’, food and lifestyle..

IT’s time to sharpen your brains and head out to be a winner. The Rotary Club of Eaglehawk is holding a trivia night to support its Rotary Orphan Student Exchange program. Under the ROSE program Rotary sponsors students from the Pattaya Orphanage in Thailand and from the Father Ray..

WHEN the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham was badly damaged by fire six years ago, it was more than the local drinking hole that took the hit. “The whole town died off,” shop-owner Jacinta Carboon says. “It became a sleepy hollow.” Spud to the rescue. A couple of locals dec..

INSIDE Job is perhaps the most important film to come out of the US for quite some time and should be on a ‘must see’ list of films. It is an excruciatingly brutal expose of the machinations of those who engineered and profited from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in the United S..

Artist: Clare Maguire Title: Light After Dark Review by Steve Kendall I FIND it worrying when I am told about the next great voice. Funnily enough I like to decide for myself. Clare Maguire’s press has given her such an accolade. With Irish roots and now living in England, Clare ..

Paul Kelly, Rod Laver Arena, Wednesday, April 20 Paul Kelly is at his best in a minimalist environment. Completely dwarfed by the looming Rod Laver Arena stands, and pressed in by the huge amount of people sitting impatiently in them, the stage and its two spotlights were made increasin..

Bob Dylan and his Band, Rod Laver Arena, Wednesday, April 20. In the lead up to this event, my friends and I took great joy in partaking constantly in our new favourite game. It was simple, and consisted only of one person yelling out rather obnoxiously to another in crowded areas; "Hey..

Artist: Adele Title: 21 English singer song writer and Grammy award winner Adele is back for another slice of cool contemporary adult tunes. We all thought she was a grown up when she released 19 two years ago but look at her now with the release of 21 offering a mix of musical styles p..