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Bendigo mosque protest could turn violent

Authorities fear the possibility of violence erupting during a protest against the construction of a controversial mosque in Bendigo. The United Patriots Front (UPF) are marching to Bendigo town hall on Saturday at 2pm in protest over plans to build a ... >> view original

Bendigo Bank raises housing investor loan interest rates 0.2 percentage points

Bendigo Bank and ME Bank have joined rivals in jacking up interest rates for property investors, in response to a clampdown on lending to landlords. Bendigo will raise rates on all housing investor loans by 0.2 of a percentage point, while ... >> view original

Neil Mitchell clashes with 'Bendigo stop the mosque rally' organiser

Neil Mitchell has clashed with the organiser of an anti-Islam protest against the development of a mosque in Bendigo. Blair Cottrell from the United Patriots Front said he can't promise tomorrow's rally would be peaceful with "flag-burning neo ... >> view original

Guan Wei wins $50000 Bendigo Art Gallery 2015 Arthur Guy Memorial Prize

The disparate cultures and lifestyles of his native and adopted countries are depicted in Beach 5, a painting for which Guan Wei has just won the Bendigo Art Gallery's Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. Guan Wei was chosen from a shortlist of 32 ... >> view original

Beyond Extreme: Tariq Ali in conversation with Robert Manne (Bendigo Writers ...

In this Bendigo Writers Festival 2015 keynote event, in collaboration with the La Trobe University Ideas and Society program, the British Pakistani writer and filmmaker joins Emeritus Professor Robert Manne to discuss why democracy is under siege and ... >> view original

The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff

In 34 days and counting, Australia is set to blast a satellite weighing as much as an elephant one-tenth of the way to the moon. Its name is Sky Muster, it's worth about half-a-billion dollars, and there's a slim - but very real - chance it could be ... >> view original

Speeding leads to drug charges

A driver who was stopped for speeding just south of Mandurah on Friday has been charged with a string of offences including possessing drugs. Police say officers on traffic patrol in Lake Clifton around 1.45pm clocked a Toyota Camry driving at 134kmh ... >> view original

USA: Vigil honours journalists shot dead during live broadcast 0:29

THE world's biggest social networks do not actively patrol for signs of impending violence or terrorist acts, even though they're often the first mediums to receive it. Instead, with almost two billion active users between them, Facebook and Twitter ... >> view original

How will the Vive headset delay affect the VR market?

Shifting the Vive's launch to 2016 sets up three-way battle for the virtual reality market. Planning on giving or getting a virtual reality headset for the holidays this year? The options just got slimmer. Valve and HTC have announced that the Vive ... >> view original

Australia finds coral reef to rival the Great Barrier Reef

Spectacular corals "teeming with life" and amazing underwater structures have been found on a reef off south Australia. Scientists, excited by footage recorded by robots trawling the reef, have compared the underwater landscape to that of the world ... >> view original