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Businesses and individuals are invited to submit an expression of interest to become a temporary tenant at the Lanterns in Hargreaves Mall to showcase their goods and services or host pop up events. The short term...

      The new bridge on Eagles Road is now open, providing safer access for pedestrians and motorists as they travel within Harcourt. The 20 tonne load limit has also been removed from  the bridge.  The new bridge includes...

Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson said  the $9 billion Jobseeker boost delivers for regional Victorians. "I welcome the announcement that the Jobseeker rate will increase by $50 a fortnight from 1 April 2021," she said.  The $9 billion...

Back for 2021, the Bendigo Writers Festival is set to return - setting the regional Victorian town alight with four days of events all bookworms and budding writers can enjoy. The festival is one of the most highly...

A Bendigo MP has hit out at yesterday's increase to the Jobkeeper payment. Lisa Chesters says the increase of $50 per fortnight, or $3.57 per day, is not enough and traps people in poverty. Income free earnings...

RACV is calling on Victorians to pinpoint the most dangerous roads in regional Victoria on an interactive online map.Every year hundreds of people are killed or seriously injured in crashes on Victoria's regional roads. The My Country...

Major collision investigation detectives have charged a man following a fatal crash in Sea Lake last November. The 57 year old will face a culpable driving charge after his car hit an off-duty police officer who...

Works are officially underway on an expansion of Castlemaine's Middleton Prison. Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards turned the first sod on the $38 million  project yesterday. The upgrade will deliver 39 new beds, with its capacity increasing...

The water levels at the Goldfields Reservoir in Maryborough have been replenished thanks to a partnership between Central Goldfields Shire Council and Central Highlands Water. The water is being pumped from Central Highlands Water’s available groundwater...

A new four-stream waste and recycling system will be rolled out in the Central Goldfields Shire this year. Last week the State Government announced additional funding to support regional and rural councils to deliver the new...