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

Kyneton moves to within one win of breakthrough Bendigo Football League finals ...

KYNETON is one win away from its first Bendigo Football League finals appearance in 12 years after a 41-point victory over Castlemaine on Saturday. The Tigers kicked away in the fourth term at Kyneton Showgrounds, rubberstamping a 19.12 (126) to 12.13 ... >> 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

Three To Watch - Bendigo

5 – All Seasons Hotel Bendigo BM70 Handicap - 1100m – Parwan Prince. Promising sprinter Parwan Prince resumes following his latest setback. Having resumed from an injury-enforced break with a dominant victory at Ballarat, the four-year-old then got ... >> view original

Tony Abbott says Australia's target for carbon emissions is 'the best in the ...

The new goal — down from the previous 30% — was hailed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott who said the government's objective was to put jobs and growth first, but came under fire from the Climate Change Authority. The CCA said Government could adopt ... >> view original

'Significant and staggering': Catastrophic El Niño weather event to hit in ...

The strongest El Niño event in almost a decade could take place across the world this year causing catastrophic events such as this lightning storm in Santa Barbara in September 1997. (AAP). fteAPGd. New forecast records say the world could be ... >> view original

Festival of Bright Ideas: Science gathering opens young minds to Mars mission ...

The possibility of travelling to Mars and the benefits of eating bugs have been on show at a festival in Hobart aimed at getting more young people involved in science. The two-day Festival of Bright Ideas, presented as part of National Science Week ... >> view original

Seafloor Digi Map: Graveyards Revealed in Very First Digital Map of Seafloor

A team of researchers in Australia has mapped our planet's seafloor in unprecedented detail with the resulting digital map showing an ocean-less Earth that was color-coded with 13 different hues. The colors represent the different geological features ... >> view original

Is this our first alien contact?

SCIENTISTS are investigating unexplainable bursts of radio waves that could be messages from alien life forms, after an Australian team stumbled upon the phenomenon. Ten of the bizarre flashes have been picked up by radio telescope over the past 15 ... >> view original