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• Bendigo Spirit star Kelsey Griffin to receive Australian citizenship on Sunday

  

  Bendigo Spirit's Kelsey Griffin (No.23) will have her Australian citizenship ceremony at Bendigo Stadium after her team's game on Sunday.Photo: Noni HyettThree years and one month ago, Bendigo Spirit announced WNBA import Kelsey Griffin as their replacement import.Two WNBL championships and three happy years later, Griffin will become an Australian citizen with her application approved and her citizenship ceremony to be completed on court at Bendigo Stadium after this Sunday's clash with Dandeno..

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• What’s coming up in Bendigo this week | Bendigo Advertiser

  Read about what is happening around the Bendigo community.Picnic lunchThe Grandmother Against Detention of Refugee Children are having a picnic TODAY at Lake Weeroona to celebrate what has been a busy year. Bring along your lunch and join the group at midday as a grandmother, friend or relative of a grandmother, everyone is welcome. Keep an eye out for our banner and purple balloons to find us. Contact: Di O’Neil 0408 125 928Information sessionCome along to an evening ‘How to live without diseas..

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• On the go | Wednesday, November 18, 2015

  

  Bendigo is officially home to the first 24/7 parcel pick-up service in regional Victoria after Australia Post opened its new 'superstore' on Tuesday morning.

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• Last free green waste disposal

  

  Last free green waste disposalNov. 18, 2015, 10:31 a.m.This weekend is last chance for the year to dump green waste.Greater Bendigo residents can dispose of their green waste for free at the Eaglehawk and Heathcote Landfills this coming weekend November 21 and 22.City of Greater Bendigo Director of Presentation and Assets Darren Fuzzard said this will be the fourth and final free green waste disposal weekend for 2015.“The previous free green waste disposal weekend in October resulted in almost 1..

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• UFO-shaped clouds above Bendigo | Bendigo Advertiser

  

  UFO-shaped clouds above BendigoByJoseph HinchliffeNov. 18, 2015, 10:30 a.m.Local snaps 'space-ship' like clouds hovering over Lockwood.LENTICULAR CLOUDS: Caught Cathie Simpson's attention in Lockwood yesterday due to their strange, space-ship like shape.A Maiden Gully woman saw two strange objects objects hovering above Bendigo at around midday yesterday.“They looked like space ships to me,” Cathie Simpson said.The office manager was leaving work at about 12:45pm when they caught her attention a..

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• Farm assets cut from means test

  

  Farm assets will be cut from the Youth Allowance asset test from January 1 next year in a win for farming families.The legislative changes that passed last week would mean farming families no longer have farm assets counted towards the means test for their dependent children claiming Youth Allowance.FARM assets will be cut from the Youth Allowance asset test from January 1 next year, delivering great news for farming families while boosting regional education, says Victorian Nationals Senator Br..

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• WA bushfires: Four dead in Esperance

  

  WA: Four people have died in bushfires burning near Esperance.WA bushfires: Four dead in EsperanceBushfires continue to burn in North Cascade, Merivale and Cape Arid National Park in the Esperance Shire.Parts of the devastation caused by the Merivale fire. Photo: Goodwin McCarthy HelicoptersBushfires continue to burn in North Cascade, Merivale and Cape Arid National Park in the Esperance Shire.On high alert: Bushfires continue to burn out of control in North Cascade, Merivale and Cape Arid Natio..

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• Leisure centre levelling begins | Photos

  

  Leisure centre levelling begins | PhotosByJASON WALLSNov. 17, 2015, 6:37 p.m.The fight to save the Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre is finally over.Leisure centre levelling begins | PhotosexitThe battle to save the Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre came to a definitive end when demolition work began at the site on Tuesday.A crane was seen tearing down the walls of the Browning Street centre amid piles of brick and rubble at about 2pm.The demolition draws a line under controversy surrounding the building ..

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• Paris attacks: Broadford Secondary College cancels school trip to...

  

  Paris attacks: Broadford Secondary College cancels school trip to FranceByHenrietta Cook, education reporterNov. 18, 2015, 10:25 a.m.Victorian students who were heading to Paris this week have their trip cancelled as Education Department says it will review all upcoming visits to France.Paris attacks: Broadford Secondary College cancels school trip to FranceexitA Victorian school has cancelled an upcoming trip to France in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Paris.The Education Department i..

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• Marong fires with bat in Bash

  

  Marong fires with bat in BashByLuke WestNov. 18, 2015, 12:32 p.m.Wrap of round one of the EVCA's Bash for Cash.SEAM-UP: Axe Creek's James O'Bryen took 1-21 off his one over against Marong in their Bash for Cash battle at Langdon Building Oval.MARONG cracked the highest score on the opening night of the Emu Valley Cricket Association’s Cathcart Smash Repairs Bash for Cash on Tuesday.Taking on Axe Creek at Langdon Building Oval at California Gully, the Panthers made 4-141 batting first off their 1..

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