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Student trek to relive Burke and Wills expedition

Posted August 7, 2008 09:43:00

A PhD student is walking through central victoria this week in an effort to recreate the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition.

Tags: history, human-interest, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, bendigo-3550

Financial counsellors face funding hurdle

Posted August 7, 2008 09:26:00

Financial counsellors say they are turning people in financial strife away because counsellors are underfunded by the Victorian Government.

Tags: federal-government, states-and-territories, rural, bendigo-3550

Workplace Ombudsman to audit Vic farmers

Posted August 7, 2008 09:24:00

The Federal Workplace Ombudsman will crack down on Victorian farmers who do not keep proper employment records for their staff.

Tags: business-regulation, farm-labour, work, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550

Meeting to address underage drinking

Posted August 7, 2008 09:17:00

Bendigo Community Health says immediate action needs to be taken to stop underage people from drinking alcohol.

Tags: drugs-and-substance-abuse, youth-issues, alcohol, community-organisations, bendigo-3550, kangaroo-flat-3555

Seven arrested in Vic drug raids Photo

Posted August 7, 2008 08:00:00 | Updated August 7, 2008 08:10:00

Drugs, cash and guns were seized in drug raids at a number of properties in Melbourne and country Victoria overnight. Seven people have been arrested.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, australia, vic, ballarat-3350, macedon-3440, melbourne-3000

US woman pleads guilty to child sex offences

Posted August 6, 2008 13:14:00

A 36-year-old woman has pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates Court to child sex offences.

Tags: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, bendigo-3550

Historic brothel to get structural fix

Posted August 6, 2008 12:13:00

Emergency structural work will begin at an historic brothel in Echuca.

Tags: history, local-government, bendigo-3550, echuca-3564, wodonga-3690

Man charged with murder over motorcycle crash

Posted August 6, 2008 11:42:00

A central Victorian man has been charged with murdering a man on Christmas Day in 2006.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, vic, malmsbury-3446, melbourne-3000

Govt defends DPI jobs shake-up

Posted August 6, 2008 07:31:00

The Victorian Government says cuts to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are a response to wider changes in agriculture.

Tags: states-and-territories, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, ararat-3377, charlton-3525, hopetoun-3396, horsham-3400, irymple-3498, mildura-3500, rainbow-3424, sea-lake-3533, st-arnaud-3478, stawell-3380, walpeup-3507

Vic Govt announces major changes to DPI

Posted August 5, 2008 19:10:00

The Victorian Government has announced major changes to the state's Department of Primary Industries.

Tags: community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, work, vic, eildon-3713, queenscliff-3225

Vic Govt defends rail freight investment

Posted August 5, 2008 08:00:00

The Victorian Government has rejected criticism that its not putting enough money into upgrading the regional rail freight network.

Tags: states-and-territories, rail-transport, bendigo-3550

Farmers warned of spring locust threat

Posted August 5, 2008 08:00:00

The Department of Primary Industries is warning Victoria is on high alert for a locust plague in spring.

Tags: pest-management, bendigo-3550, mildura-3500, sale-3850

Fears Kangaroo Flat youth turning to alcohol

Posted August 5, 2008 07:43:00

A community group is concerned children as young as 12 are drinking alcohol in the Kangaroo Flat area.

Tags: drugs-and-substance-abuse, youth-issues, alcohol, bendigo-3550, kangaroo-flat-3555

Bendigo misses out on party zone troublemaker ban

Posted August 5, 2008 07:41:00

Bendigo police are disappointed state legislation to ban troublemakers from designated entertainment precincts, does not include Bendigo.

Tags: crime, police, bendigo-3550

Evans passed fit for Beijing road race Video Photo

Posted August 4, 2008 17:09:00 | Updated August 4, 2008 17:28:00

Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans has been cleared to compete for the Australian cycling team in Beijing.

Tags: sport, cycling, olympics-summer, australia, katherine-0850, barwon-heads-3227, china

Public provide Bendigo brawl details

Posted August 4, 2008 11:34:00

More than 20 people have provided information to police about a vicious brawl in the Bendigo CBD late last month.

Tags: assault, bendigo-3550

VFF warns on rail freight revamp

Posted August 4, 2008 09:16:00 | Updated August 4, 2008 09:15:00

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says $47 million is needed to ensure the state's rail freight network can cope with the expected grain harvest this summer.

Tags: grain, bendigo-3550, berriwillock-3531, mildura-3500, robinvale-3549

Hamilton racing rethink a 'one-off'

Posted August 4, 2008 09:07:00

Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) says it is not considering reinstating meetings at five north-west Victorian tracks.

Tags: clubs-and-associations, boort-3537, gunbower-3566, hamilton-3300, mildura-3500, ouyen-3490, st-arnaud-3478, wedderburn-3518

Teen sexually assaulted in Kerang

Posted August 4, 2008 09:05:00 | Updated August 4, 2008 09:04:00

Detectives are appealing for public help, after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in Kerang on Friday.

Tags: sexual-offences, assault, bendigo-3550, kerang-3579, mildura-3500

Fatal dam crash

Posted August 1, 2008 16:29:00

One person is dead after the car he was travelling in ran off the road and crashed into a dam near Queenscliff.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, australia, vic, mannerim-3222, melbourne-3000, queenscliff-3225

Union to seek pay boost for Don Castlemaine workers

Posted August 1, 2008 14:47:00

A union will be pushing for higher wages at the Don KRC factory at Castlemaine as it becomes the smallgoods manufacturing base for the company.

Tags: food-and-beverage, unions, work, bendigo-3550, castlemaine-3450

AMA questions state funding 'spin'

Posted August 1, 2008 13:00:00

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the Victorian Government is misleading people by saying central Victorian hospitals will get record funding this financial year.

Tags: states-and-territories, healthcare-facilities, health-administration, bendigo-3550, echuca-3564

New train carriages to relieve overcrowding

Posted August 1, 2008 13:00:00

A Bendigo Transport Group says new train carriages the Victorian Government is buying for the main regional lines, will help address overcrowding.

Tags: states-and-territories, rail-transport, bendigo-3550

Husband of murdered woman refused bail

Posted July 31, 2008 18:28:00 | Updated July 31, 2008 18:27:00

A man charged with the murder of his wife in northern Victoria has been refused bail.

Tags: crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, vic, pyramid-hill-3575