Bendigo, Australia News

HEATHCOTE greyhound trainer Michael Chilcott will tonight chase his first Group One win when Maddison Dee contests the $125,000 Sandown Cup.

MARK: Castlemaine's Meg Ginnivan marks at last night's training session for the Bendigo Junior Football League's under-18 girls squad at Kangaroo Flat's Dower Park.

Rebecca Wagner and her cousin Joel Brian have plenty to dance about, after placing third in the Victorian Rock 'n' Roll Dance Association state titles.

Two central Victorian shires have thrown their support behind a planned $40 million upgrade of irrigation channels south of Bendigo.

The Australian singer-songwriter will take to the stage at The Capital tonight and tomorrow night as part of his Get Along tour.

TO PLAY: Lalbert's Jake Maher will be the only Pioneer to pull on the "Big V" this weekend.

SMARTPHONES are making it easier for gambling to spiral out of control, according to St Luke's Gambler's Help therapeutic counsellor Julie Betteridge.

Mr Fettling has a strong vision for the La Trobe Art Institute and aims to build on Bendigo's growing reputation as a regional arts hub.

The group, with the help of Country Awareness Network , is hosting an event in Hargreaves Mall today in support of sexual and gender diversity.

FORMAL: Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief Australian economist Saul Eslake and Rural Finance chief executive Rob Goudswaard before the Rural Finance Budget Dinner at the Bendigo Town Hall.

Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks.

STAR Gisborne ruckman Tom Waters remains hopeful of a return to the field in 2013, but concedes his Bendigo Football League season may be over.

She said the federal government was "brave and bold" and did what it needed to do to ensure fairness for everyone.

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The Mount Alexander Shire is considering asking for an urgent meeting with the Victorian Government to express its concern about local train services.

NATIONALS Senator Bridget McKenzie spoke about women and politics at the M.A.D.E By Women: How Women Do-Mocracy event in Ballarat at the weekend.

Organisations across central Victoria are set to hold morning teas, trivia nights and a number of other events to honour the thousands of volunteers that work in the community every day.

In a new partnership between Salvos Stores and MobileMuster, the official recycling program of the Australian Mobile Phone Industry, residents will be able get rid of their old phone and accessories and raise money for the Salvation Army.

CITY Central Newsagency is expected to see busy lines today, as Bendigo punters try their luck in winning a piece of tonight's "It has been pretty steady," she said.

He has been reluctant to speak publicly on the Essendon issue since the investigation was launched in February, but briefly addressed it during an interview with the Bendigo Advertiser on his new role in Bendigo.