Man seriously injured in Calder crash and other top stories.

• Man seriously injured in Calder crash

  Driver hospitalised after Big Hill crash. UPDATE, 10:45am: All lanes of the Calder Highway between the Calder Alternative Highway and Belvoir Park Road are now clear after this morning’s one-car crash.  Police are still investigating the cause of the incident.A spokesman for the Bendigo Highway Patrol unit asked drivers to slow down in foggy and icy conditions.  The crash is the latest incident in a horror 12 hours on Victorian roads. A driver was killed in Beveridge yesterday eve..

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• Fitzroy gallery brings exhibition to Bendigo

  

  Bendigo's growing arts scene attracts exhibition from Fitzroy Gallery. VISITING: Alcaston Gallery director Beverly Knight with some of the works that feature in the exhibition. Picture: CONTRIBUTEDThe growth of arts and culture in Bendigo led Fitzroy’s Alcaston Gallery director to take part in an exhibition in Bendigo.Alcaston Gallery director Beverly Knight, who grew up in Tarnagulla and is very familiar with the Bendigo arts scene, will launch an exhibition at Bendigo’s newest a..

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• Promise to reopen disaster training campus

  

  Labor promises $1.5 million to reopen emergency management institute in Mount Macedon. Lisa Chesters announces the Australian Emergency Management Institute will reopen at Mount Macedon.TWO years after its announced closure, Labor has promised to spend $1.5 million to reopen the Australian Emergency Management Institute at Mount Macedon.Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters made the announcement in Bendigo this morning, which she hopes would return jobs to the institute.In the 2014 bud..

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• Keys to mental health

  

  Forum considers ways to promote youth mental wellbeing. OPPORTUNITIES: City of Greater Bendigo's David Williamson, Young and Well CRC's Dr Michelle Blanchard and VicHealth's Jim Rimmer.LISTENING to and engaging young people was identified as an important factor in supporting the mental wellbeing of youth at a forum held in Bendigo on Tuesday.The Bright Futures forum came to the city following the release of a VicHealth report of the same name and was attended by about 80 people fr..

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• Addressing cycles of poverty in Bendigo

  

  Bendigo Community Health Services has a bold vision to give all children an equal chance in life. Kim Sykes says services will be targeted more towards at-risk children to end intergenerational poverty. Picture: DARREN HOWEINEQUITY is growing faster than ever in Bendigo, and something needs to be done.That was the conclusion from Bendigo Community Health Services, which will place an increased focus on ending the cycle of poverty over the next three years – starting with children...

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• All Things Considered: Bendigo responds

  

  Bendigo weighs in on Infrastructure Victoria's options paper. BIG PLANS: The City of Greater Bendigo has a population of about 110,000 people. It aims to grow to 200,000 people by 2041. RELATED: The City of Greater Bendigo made a submission to Infrastructure Victoria’s All things considered options paper, which will inform a 30-year statewide infrastructure strategy. Council supported many of the more than 200 ideas included in the document, but there were some it was enthusiastic..

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• Bushrangers search for hidden diamonds

  

  The region's top young cricket talent have been put through their paces by Voctorian coach David Saker. FOCUSED: White Hills and Northern Rivers cricketer Jarrett Miles plays a shot during a Diamonds in the Bush high-performance training session. Picture: DARREN HOWECRICKET Victoria has cranked up the pace in its bid to unearth the Northern Rivers region's batch of future stars.It might be winter, but that didn't stop about two dozen talented youngsters going through their paces i..

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• 'Brazen' armed robbery in Bendigo | Video

  

  Police release a video of an armed robbery at an ATM in Hargreaves Mall in January. POLICE have released CCTV footage of an armed robbery at an ATM in Hargreaves Mall in January.The armed robbery occurred at 10.45pm on Saturday, January 30, at a Commonwealth Bank ATM.The video shows a man armed with a metal object approach a woman while she is withdrawing cash.He allegedly threatens her with the object before quickly stealing her wallet and cash.The man then runs away along Mitche..

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• Tuesday Throwback: This week in 2009

  

  Action from South Bendigo's six-point win over Kyneton at Harry Trott Oval.

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