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Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey visited Bendigo this week, spruiking the Liberal Party’s anti-carbon tax message. Mr Hockey said Bendigo businesses would be helped by the scrapping of the carbon tax and mining tax, if the Opposition was elected on September 14. Mr Hockey and Bendigo L..

By ANTHONY RADFORD BENDIGO looks set to become a marginal seat at September’s federal election, despite a swing back to Labor in the latest polls. An analysis of recent national polls has given the Liberal Party a chance of wresting the seat of Bendigo from Labor. Facing a 9.4 per cen..

BENDIGO will celebrate National Youth Week from today, with a range of events planned for across the city for people aged from 12 to 25. Youth Week is an official celebration marking the achievements and talents of young people, and the important contribution they make to society. Greater Bendi..

Shadow Communications and Broadband Minister Malcolm Turnbull sold the Opposition’s cheaper and slower NBN plan in Bendigo this week. Speaking to Bendigo IPTv, Mr Turnbull acknowledged the Liberal Party’s fibre-to-the-node plan, instead of to the home, was technologically inferio..

By MARK KERR The 2013 Australian International Airshow, held at Avalon from March 27 to April 3 can be summed up in one word – AWESOME Perhaps it was the excellent weather, or the ground displays, or the flight program, or the commentary. Somehow everything seemed to fall pe..

The Liberal Party has defended a flyer delivered to Bendigo homes this week which uses the colours of the Aboriginal flag to attack “illegal boat arrivals”. The flyer is headed “Labor’s illegal boat arrivals. The cost.” and was revealed on twitter by the Bendigo..

Federal Labor candidate for Bendigo Lisa Chesters has broken ranks with the government on what is expected to be one of the biggest issues in the September federal election. Speaking exclusively to the Bendigo Weekly, Ms Chesters said she disagreed with the Federal Government’s policy o..

Bendigo's planning for the hi-speed broadband network received the tick of approval today. "NBN4Bendigo was quick to recognise the economic benefits of NBN, beginning a campaign long before I'd even heard of them," the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator St..

By Tan See Tuang On December 12, Charles Lougoon, newly installed president on the Bendigo Chinese Association, led 30 members and supporters on our important mission to Canberra. We were to perform at a banquet at Parliament House, as part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary o..

Despite officially beginning in August with preselections, Bendigo’s federal election campaign kicked off last week. After weeks of promoting national policy and rhetoric, the cuts to Bendigo’s hospital funding all of a sudden focussed the candidates for next year’s poll on..

Member for Bendigo Steve Gibbons has been pilloried on twitter after he apologised for calling Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop a bimbo on the social media site this this week. Mr Gibbons, who retires at the next federal election, tweeted "Libs are led by a gutless douchebag and a narcissi..

So far the Bendigo Relay for Life has raised more than $2.5 million in its short history with another $183,000 raised earlier this year. But with your help they can make the 2013 Bendigo Relay for Life the best yet. Come on down and help paint the Town Purple with the help of Bendigo Relay f..

RECENTLY published research by a team based at La Trobe University Bendigo shows partial success in bringing the fight against cancer one small step closer to success. Saleh Ihmaid, Jasim Al-Rawi, Christopher Bradley and Michael Angove from the School of Pharmacy and Applied Sciences are testing c..

The pain, fear and horror of the 2002 Bali bombing was still obvious on the faces of survivors and families and friends of victims in Bali for last week’s 10th anniversary. The memorial on the site where Paddy’s Bar stood had a “ground zero” feel about it as hundreds..

BENDIGONIANS got behind Australia’s first solar thermal power station by joining the Walk for Solar on Sunday. The walk started at Senator Bridget McKenzie’s office and ended at Federal Member for Bendigo, Steve Gibbon’s office. Walks for SOALRdarity were organised by the 100 p..

A four-bed ward of patients in Bendigo hospital was invaded by a stern Tony Abbott and a small flock of minders this week, causing one patient to duck for cover under the blankets. The ward visit was the prelude to a quick chat with head of Bendigo Health John Mulder and the executive direct..

FEDERAL Opposition leader Tony Abbott is in Bendigo today. He has visited the hospital, where he has discussed the impact of the carbon tax on the organisation, which has been quoted at $600,000 this financial year. More to come. EARLIER FEDERAL Opposition leader Tony Abbott wil..

The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, today launched an $8million, multi-year partnership between the Telstra Foundation and The Alannah and Madeline Foundation to develop and deliver eSmart Libraries across Australia – one of the most significant community cybersafety ..

The carbon tax is now here. Is this the right way ahead for Australia? NO ByPeter Wiseman Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, tells of a boy forced to plead to a magistrate to save himself from what was a very dirty and dangerous job in 17th century London – cleaning so..

FEDERAL Labor Member for Bendigo Steve Gibbons has launched an extraordinary attack on the Canberra Press Gallery, criticised his government’s judgement about major policy announcements and warned next year’s election could still be close. In an interview with Bendigo Weekly chai..