Last Top Stories: Turning Pages: The good life, horror writers and more at Bendigo Writers Festival

Turning Pages: The good life, horror writers and more at Bendigo Writers Festival

He went on to delight his audience at the Bendigo Writers Festival with his version of Fraser's plaintive election loss speech, as scripted by Don Watson. But he wouldn't do any impersonations of today's politicians: "The current mob doesn't inspire ... >> view original

Bendigo student art exhibition inspired by controversial Fear and Loathing book

Hunter S. Thompson's acclaimed novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream was the inspiration for a group exhibition from La Trobe University's Visual Arts students from both Bendigo and Mildura campuses ... >> view original

Choosing a good death: Bendigo hearings for state inquiry into end of life choices

Dr Jason Fletcher, an Intensivist and advance care planning lead from Bendigo Health agrees with Mr O'Donohue. He said the biggest problem lies with the level of care that can be delivered at home. According to him a 'good death' involves a patient ... >> view original

Mildura to Bendigo and back again, in two tractors

Katerina and Ivana Blekic will set off today on the trip from their hometown to Bendigo and back again to raise money for childhood cancer research. Members of the Sunraysia Leos club, Katerina, 19, and Ivana, 22, say they have a fundraising goal of ... >> view original

'I'd rather birth a baby than do this'

EXCLUSIVE. A tonsillectomy is an excuse to live off ice cream and jelly but new evidence shows young patients are being left in excruciating pain by the surgery. Pain management provided by hospitals is so poor that half the children have to go to ... >> view original

Coroner to investigate patient who died after 20 hours in hospital toilets

The coroner has been asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a Sydney man who spent more than 20 hours lying unconscious in the toilets of Royal North Shore Hospital. Andrew Montague, the director of operations at the Northern ... >> view original

Rehab will make addicts human: Lambie

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie is unapologetic that her call for parents to get the power to force ice addicted children into rehabilitation is confronting. "People have accused me of ignoring civil liberties, of jumping to punitive measures too ... >> view original

Study: 'Sexting' boosts sexual, relationship satisfaction

Researchers from Drexel University's Women's Health Psychology Lab in Philadelphia discovered that "sexting" or sending sexually suggestive messages thru phone is correlated with sexual and relationship satisfaction, especially among those who with a ... >> view original

Woman, 91, waited 6 hours to receive medical care after breaking leg

A 91-YEAR-OLD woman with a broken leg waited three agonising hours before an ambulance crew came to her aid and then faced another three-hour wait in hospital to see a doctor. After a fall on Wednesday afternoon at Kalyra Woodcroft Aged Care facility ... >> view original

Man grows ear on arm for art

(CNN) —It's gruesomely fascinating and strangely beautiful, but is an ear on an arm art? Police: Man held pet tortoise for ransom 18min; Man grows ear on arm for art 31min; Police: Sex toy thief signs arrest... Man, 33, has been arrested 32 times ... >> view original