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Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson said  the $9 billion Jobseeker boost delivers for regional Victorians. "I welcome the announcement that the Jobseeker rate will increase by $50 a fortnight from 1 April 2021," she said.  The $9 billion commitment is the single biggest year-on-year increase to the rate of unemployment benefits since 1986. Senator...

Back for 2021, the Bendigo Writers Festival is set to return - setting the regional Victorian town alight with four days of events all bookworms and budding writers can enjoy. The festival is one of the most highly anticipated events as part of the Central Victorian cultural calendar - set with the fitting...

A Bendigo MP has hit out at yesterday's increase to the Jobkeeper payment. Lisa Chesters says the increase of $50 per fortnight, or $3.57 per day, is not enough and traps people in poverty. Income free earnings will also rise to $150 per fortnight from April 1st. The PM made the announcement as...

RACV is calling on Victorians to pinpoint the most dangerous roads in regional Victoria on an interactive online map.Every year hundreds of people are killed or seriously injured in crashes on Victoria's regional roads. The My Country Road survey uses an interactive map showing high-speed roads with large concentrations of crashes causing death...

Major collision investigation detectives have charged a man following a fatal crash in Sea Lake last November. The 57 year old will face a culpable driving charge after his car hit an off-duty police officer who was riding his bike. He'll appear at the Mildura magistrates court on May 18.       IMAGE: GCV

Works are officially underway on an expansion of Castlemaine's Middleton Prison. Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards turned the first sod on the $38 million  project yesterday. The upgrade will deliver 39 new beds, with its capacity increasing to 287 prisoners. Works should be finished by the middle of next year.   IMAGE: GCV