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Bendigo Jockey Club Cup coup

“The Bendigo Jockey Club has worked hard to come to this exciting point where the Jayco Bendigo Cup is positioned to be a legitimate option for horses aiming for the Emirates Melbourne Cup, now as a Group 3 race with the lure of a $300,000 purse,'' BJC ... >> view original

Taskforce gets more time to make recommendations on proposed Bendigo ...

A community taskforce has been given an extra month to report back to the Victorian Government on the proposed Bendigo Metro rail service. Labor has promised to spend $2 million developing regular passenger services between Bendigo and the city's ... >> view original

World's best eye Australian snooker title

THE world snooker spotlight turns to Bendigo this week for the Australian Snooker Goldfields Open. Six of the top 10 snooker players in the world have converged on Bendigo Stadium to battle for $500,000 in prize money. The tournament will be watched by ... >> view original

Bingham beaten by O'Brien

Bingham, playing his first ranking event match since claiming the Crucible crown back in May, got his season off to the worst possible start by falling at the first hurdle in Bendigo. World number 27 O'Brien trailed Bingham 4-2 in the best-of-nine ... >> view original

On the go: June 30, 2015

We're in for a cloudy day, with the slight chance of a shower - Bendigo 13, Echuca 13, Maryborough 13, Kyneton 11, Redesdale 13, Castlemaine 12. Police find drug ice in man's underwear. A Bendigo man caught with four snap lock bags of the drug ice and ... >> view original

Obama gains power to press ahead on Pacific Rim free trade pact

US President Barack Obama (centre) meets with the leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries in Beijing Nov 10, 2014. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all 0 comments. Published: 11:21 AM, June 30, 2015. WASHINGTON — US President ... >> view original

Woman dies after Taiwan water park blaze as over 200 party goers in serious ...

A young woman died on Monday, the first fatality among nearly 500 casualties from a weekend blaze at a Taiwan water park, officials said, as investigators focused on the coloured powder that rained fire as it was sprayed over revellers from a stage. >> view original

Bomb kills Egypt's top prosecutor as he drives to work

Policemen secure the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. Photo: Reuters. Cairo: A car bomb killed Egypt's chief prosecutor on Monday in ... >> view original

Tunisian beach gunman was 'radicalized online' - Al

Seifeddine Rezgui was the 23-year-old author of the worst extremist attack in Tunisian history. (Photo courtesy: Facebook). Share. Text size A A A. AFP, Tunis Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid told CNN he believes the jihadist ... >> view original

Islamic State targets Houthi mourners in Yemen with car bomb

A car bomb claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil) ripped through a crowd of Yemeni mourners on Monday night, killing 28 and wounding dozens more. The vehicle's mangled wreckage was shown in photographs taken shortly after the blast, ... >> view original