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Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music review: a success to shout ...

... dispatched by Williams and G'Froerer, was the prelude to a reading of Austrian cross-disciplinary composer Olga Neuwirth's​ score for a 1914 Belgian film, Maudite​ soit​ la guerre​ (or War Is Hell) by BIFEM's Argonaut Ensemble (Bendigo), conducted ... >> view original

Bendigo: A city split over a multicultural future

Bendigo, a week on from violent protests over plans for a mosque. Photo: Paul Jeffers. Friday afternoon, ground zero in the latest round of the culture war over Islam: A man and woman in their 60s are carrying a newly-bought Afghan carpet to their car. >> view original

Bendigo-based disability service agency fined $15K over injured worker

A Bendigo-based disability service agency has been fined $15,000 for failing to provide a safe environment for a carer who was injured. WorkSafe Victoria said Golden City Support Services was found guilty of one charge but avoided a conviction. >> view original

Buy local campaign lifts Bendigo traders' spirits after mosque protests mar ...

"We're actually going to change it to 'Eat, Drink, Shop and Stay' to try to get some tourists back into town, to try and rebuild a bit of our image out there in Melbourne and in other parts of Australia, remind people to come to Bendigo - they'll have ... >> view original

Appeal against Bendigo mosque plans

A group of residents have opened a new front in their bid to overturn plans to build a mosque in Bendigo. The group has lodged an appeal against a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision to approve the project. "It's been lodged with the ... >> view original

Bendigo Festival of Exploratory Music review: a success to shout from the rooftops

Joshua Hyde (saxophone), Anita Hustas (double bass) and Phil Collings (drums) perform Alexander Schubert's Superimpose Cycle for Jazz Quartet and Electronics. Photo: Jason Tavener. MUSIC BENDIGO FESTIVAL OF EXPLORATORY MUSIC September ... >> view original

ANZ, Bendigo join Matchi fintech platform

Bendigo Bank has joined a platform to introduce it to global fintech players. Darrian Traynor. by James Eyers. ANZ Banking Group and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have joined a global matchmaking platform called Matchi, to help them link with global ... >> view original

Former soldier jailed over Marong burglary near Bendigo

A judge has told a 32-year-old former soldier, jailed for her role in an aggravated burglary near Bendigo, that her life is on a knife-edge. The County Court has been told Melanie Warren went to a home in Marong in March last year to recover a drug debt. >> view original

North-South Korea agree to family reunions

North and South Korea have agreed to host family reunions for families separated by the Korean War, according to media reports. The reunions for 100 separated families will be held Oct. 20-26 at Mount Kumgang, a resort on the North's east coast., South ... >> view original

Dentist who killed Cecil the lion to return to work Tuesday

The Minnesota dentist whose killing of Zimbabwean lion Cecil sparked global outcry from animal lovers has maintained that the hunt was legal and says he plans to work on Tuesday, U.S. media reported. Walter Palmer shut his dental practice in ... >> view original