Four-storey, $1.3 million Bendigo CBD development and other top stories.

• Four-storey, $1.3 million Bendigo CBD development

  

  Four-storey, mixed-use development a sign of things to come. ARTIST'S IMPRESSION: Of the proposed mixed-use development in Mitchell Street. Related: $2.8 million apartment block planned for CBDA Bendigo developer plans to build a $1.3 million, four-storey development in downtown Bendigo. The developer’s consultant, Centrum Town Planning owner Raph Krelle, said the Mitchell Street proposal would be a “landmark”.“We think it’s going to be a landmark in the sense that it does everyth..

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• Call for communities to tackle challenges

  

  Push for communities to have more power to solve problems. Victorian Council of Social Service chief executive officer Emma King believes Bendigo is perfectly placed to deliver great change by working together to address its social challenges.RELATED:Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is seeking a shift in the way entrenched poverty and disadvantage are tackled. In its new policy report, Communities Taking Power, the Victorian Council of Social Service calls for communities to t..

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• Graham learns a language

  

  TAC sculpture Graham teaches more than 200 German-language students a lesson or two. Students flock to German Day | Photos exitWhen Graham was moved to the Bendigo Art Gallery he may not have expected to become a German-language learning prop.On Wednesday the sculpture, which the TAC is using in its latest road safety campaign to depict a body capable of withstanding a car crash, became a tool for local school students learning the German words for body part..

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• Bendigo Thunder trio drafted to inaugural AFL Women's League ...

  

  Bendigo Thunder players have figured prominently in the inaugural AFL Women's Draft. SLICE OF HISTORY: Isabella Ayre was the first of three Bendigo Thunder players drafted yesterday to the AFL Women's League.THREE Bendigo Thunder footballers have made their mark as trailblazers of the AFL Women's League after Wednesday's inaugural draft.Young gun Isabella Ayre, skipper Emma Grant and defender Sarah Last were among the the first 145 players to be officially drafted to the new compe..

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• Spirit coach praises tough win

  

  Bendigo Bank Spirit coach Simon Pritchard analyses his side's round one win. Ashleigh Karaitiana moves the ball down court during her Bendigo Spirit debut. Picture: AKUNA PHOTOGRAPHYBENDIGO Bank Spirit coach has praised his side's resilience after a tough season opening win against Adelaide Lightning.The Spirit were forced to dig deep against a pesky Lightning team that has caused more than it fair share of headaches during Pritchard's two-year tenure as coach.Adelaide scored wins..

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• Students flock to German Day | Photos

  

  TAC sculpture Graham teaches more than 200 German-language students a lesson or two. Students flock to German Day | Photos exitWhen Graham was moved to the Bendigo Art Gallery he may not have expected to become a German-language learning prop.On Wednesday the sculpture, which the TAC is using in its latest road safety campaign to depict a body capable of withstanding a car crash, became a tool for local school students learning the German words for body part..

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• Training could start without new coach

  

  Bendigo Pioneers start pre-season training on November 15. Will a new coach be there to oversee it? HAPPIER TIMES: Former Bendigo Pioneers coach Brett Henderson and talent manager Steve Sharp pictured in March last year ahead of the 2015 TAC Cup season.BENDIGO Pioneers’ talent manager Steve Sharp says it will be touch-and-go as to whether the club has its new coach appointed by the start of pre-season training.The Pioneers’ pre-season begins on Tuesday, November 15, with the searc..

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• Giving options for the future

  

  Education and employment information handed out in Hargreaves Mall. PATHWAYS: Constable Gabrielle Swanborough talks to Meisha McGrath, Kate Bordin and Sydney Swoft about working for Victoria Police. Picture: DARREN HOWEREPRESENTATIVES from Victoria Police, the Australian Defence Force and Access Australia were on hand in Bendigo’s CBD on Wednesday to talk to young people about the paths their lives might take.They were in Hargreaves Mall offering information on employment and educ..

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• Shark bites surfer at Ballina

  

  NSW: A 25-year-old surfer took himself to hospital after being bitten by a shark at Ballina. A photo on Facebook, believed to be the board of the man bitten by a shark at Ballina on WednesdayA surfer has escaped with a single puncture wound and stitches after becoming the latest shark attack victim on the NSW North Coast. The 25-year-old was surfing with mates at Sharpes Beach, north of Ballina, on Wednesday when a shark knocked him off his board. Witnesses say he let out a chilli..

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• Frustration over grass grievance

  

  White Hills resident says little is being done about overgrown grass in his street. Frustration over grass grievance FRUSTRATED: Richard Goode says the overgrown grass growing in his White Hills street give rise to safety concerns. Picture: DARREN HOWEFRUSTRATED: Richard Goode says the overgrown grass growing in his White Hills street give rise to safety concerns. Picture: DARREN HOWEPicture: DARREN HOWEPicture: DARREN HOWEexitUPDATE 5pm:City of Greater Bend..

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