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THE CFA has extinguished a grass and scrub fire at Longlea. Bendigo Weekly photographer Andrew Perryman came across the fire near the intersection of McIvor Road and Longlea Lane at 2.45pm. A local resident said there was a bonfire in the area two weeks ago. The fire has crossed padd..

Police are appealing for public assistance to help identify two youths who assaulted a teenager in Rosalind Park this week. Investigators have been told the 19-year-old girl was sitting on the grass in the park on the corner of View Street and Pall Mall around noon when she was approached and v..

WORKS have finished to restore the façade of the Beehive building, one of Bendigo’s most important and historic buildings. Greater Bendigo mayor Lisa Ruffell said the council partnered with the adjacent property owners to undertake the much-needed upgrade. “The restora..

Youth mental health campaigner Patrick McGorry told a packed auditorium in Bendigo on Monday that regional centres like Bendigo are leading the fight against mental illness. "It's working already in this region here," Professor McGorry said. "Headspace, from what I've seen, works better ..

The man charged with killing Bendigo newsagent Garry Angus in a frenzied attack on October 17 last year today pleaded not guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court. Antony John Duguid, 47, will not stand trial for the murder following agreement by crown and defence lawyers that he was suffering ..

Bendigo Health has defended its financial sustainability after an Auditor General's report revealed Bendigo was one of a handful of hospitals that needed a letter from the State Government to prove it could meet its obligations. Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan said the report raised q..

GREATER Bendigo council has approved an application for demolition and land subdivision of a property owned by its mayor. Despite council staff recommending against the demolition, council voted to approve the development on Little Breen Street. The Federation House is on the corner of Russe..

Greater Bendigo council has voted to approve a major expansion of Centro Lansell Plaza. Council planning officers recommended approval after considering the development’s overall design and amenity; access and connectivity to the surrounding area; environmental impacts; and economic i..

UPDATE By Rosemary Sorensen groups wanting to run community events in the Hargreaves Mall can now get help more easily, with the creation of a new customer service role within Greater Bendigo council. “People found it difficult or did not know how to access council to hold an event o..

Bendigo’s newly appointed Botanic Gardens curator has a vision. “I want it to be a social hub, to connect people to the place and the surrounding areas,” Brad Creme said. “It’s connection as well as cultivation, conservation and recreation, the whole busines..

PLANS for an independent review of Greater Bendigo operations will be re-introduced to council within weeks. The review is the brainchild of residents Ted Coleman and Michael McKenzie. Council rejected it earlier this year, but last weekend’s elections saw the balance of power tip..

Locals can expect to see more smoke in the air over the coming days as the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria continue the spring planned burning program. DSE Murray Goldfields acting district manager Paul Bates said township protection burns will be undertaken n..

THREE councillor have confirmed they will contest the Greater Bendigo mayoral vote tonight. Rod Fyffe, Lisa Ruffell and Barry Lyons all began campaigning last night, at the new council's first preliminary meeting. Cr Ruffell is expected to poll well. As the only mayoral candidate who su..

Greater Bendigo officials have refused to enter into a public debate with newly elected councillor Elise Chapman over her view on slashing art gallery funding. Cr Chapman caused an online sensation yesterday when she told the Bendigo Weekly she wanted to cut the gallery's budget. “..

BENDIGO will have at least two new councillors tomorrow for the start of what has been billed as one of the most important council terms in the city’s history. The retirement of councillors James Reade and Keith Reynard has left the vacancies, with James Williams one of the likely new ..

Organisers have cancelled a planned jelly wrestling and beer pong event after a public outcry. The Universal on McCrae nightclub promoted the event as a competition between Bendigo schools Catholic College and Bendigo Senior Secondary College on Friday night. After it was revealed on ..

THE excavation works for the $8.4 million expansion of Bendigo Art Gallery are now complete with more than 8,000 cubic metres of soil removed from the site leaving a large nine-metre deep hole at the construction site. Greater Bendigo City Futures director Stan Liacos said work at the site ..

ALMOST 40 mentally ill patients waited for more than eight hours at the Bendigo hospital emergency department from April to June. The Victorian Health Services Performance revealed 39 patients waited longer than eight hours during the period, making Bendigo Health figures in the worst third ..

THE call has gone out to save Bendigo’s three heritage tourist attractions. The Bendigo Trust, which runs the city’s famous Talking Trams, the Discovery Centre and the Central Deborah Mine, fear the city’s main tourist attractions may become stale. It also fears the l..

MEMBER for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan has urged the State Government to put ideology aside, put patients first and ensure the $630 million hospital redevelopment is completed on time. Ms Allan was commenting on reports Lend Lease may be banned from government projects because of a deal with ..