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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 to 287 prisoners. Works should be finished by the middle of next year.   IMAGE: GCV

Facebook will reinstate Australian news on its platform after the Morrison government agreed to further amend its mandatory media bargaining code.

Facebook will reinstate Australian news on its platform after the Morrison government agreed to further amend its mandatory media bargaining code. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed the last-minute legislative changes on Tuesday afternoon after days of high-level negotiations with the social media giant. "Facebook has re-friended Australia," he told reporters in Canberra. Mr Frydenberg...

Unemployed workers will be given an extra $50 a fortnight once coronavirus supplements are scrapped, but bosses will be able to dob in anyone who turns down a job.

Highly influential French Electronic pop duo Daft Punk has officially announced they are calling it quits after three decades of hits. The announcement comes in the form of an eight-minute video titled “Epilogue” (taken from their 2006 film Electroma" posted online this morning, and followed with a release to media. Daft Punk...

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 resources and is being released to a channel that flows into the Goldfields Reservoir, through...