Central Victoria
Salvos urges careful Christmas spending
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The Salvation Army is urging people to carefully plan their spending over Christmas to avoid getting into financial trouble.
Report reveals house prices fall
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House prices in Bendigo, Castlemaine and Echuca have dropped slightly in the June quarter.
Den Houting re-elected as Gannawarra Mayor
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The Gannawarra Shire has elected Keith den Houting for another term as Mayor.
Echuca festival to go ahead in February
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The Echuca Riverboats, Jazz, Food and Wine Festival will continue to be held in February.
Miner 'owes $1.2m' to unsecured creditors
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The administrators of central Victorian mining company GBGM Operations have found it owes more than $1 million to unsecured creditors.
Central Vic firefighting resources bolstered
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Firefighting resources have been boosted in central Victoria.
Gibbins to head up Bendigo council
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A newsagent at Huntly, Kevin Gibbins, will lead the new Bendigo council.
Pair had heated conversation before man died, inquest hears
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An inquest into the death of a man who was punched and hit his head outside a Bendigo hotel has heard the incident happened quickly.
Wetter November for central Victoria
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Most parts of central Victoria received higher than average rainfall last month.
Survey shows Vic farmers gloomy about coming year
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A survey has found most Victorian farmers are expecting the next 12 months to be worse than this year.
More Bendigo jobs gone
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About 50 jobs will be slashed at a Defence engineering plant in Bendigo.
Drying vegetation poses bushfire risk: DSE
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The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) says a lot of trees and bushes are drying off in forests and creating a higher risk of bushfires.
Over 2,000 breath-tested in drink-drive crackdown
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Traffic police breath-tested more than 2,000 drivers across Bendigo on Saturday night as part of the continuing Operation Raid, aiming to remove all impaired drivers.
New faces on Bendigo council
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New councillors have been elected in six of the nine wards of the Bendigo council.
Townsville, Bendigo score WNBL wins
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Townsville narrowly edged the Dandenong Rangers to claim a 64-60 victory in their Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) clash at NPA Stadium on Saturday evening.
Man critical after car smash
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A man has been critically injured in a car accident, north of Melbourne.
Costume collection rated internationally important
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A collection of Chinese costumes and regalia in Bendigo has been declared as internationally significant.
Police hunt cannabis crop growers
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Police are searching for the growers of a cannabis crop worth about $200,000, north of Bendigo.
Truck driver pleads not guilty over Kerang crash
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The truck driver involved in the fatal level-crossing crash in Central Victoria last year has faced the Victorian Supreme Court to formally plead not guilty to 21 charges.
Deadline looms for council postal voting
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Postal voting closes tonight for tomorrow's local government elections in regional Victoria.
Federal Govt urged to keep ABC Learning centres open
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Victorian councils are calling on the Federal Government to keep all ABC Learning childcare centres open until Easter.
Timbercorp to restructure amidst economic woes
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The big almond and olive producer, Timbercorp, is restructuring its business.
Pair charged for helping Mokbel flee
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Two people have been charged with helping Tony Mokbel flee from Australia in 2006.
No-one immune from financial crisis: minerals council
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The Victorian division of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) says no-one is immune from the global financial crisis.
Education chief backs college performance record
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The head of the Loddon Mallee education and training department has defended the performance of the Bendigo Senior Secondary College.
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