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ISSUE 1090 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018

FAST RAIL Coalition promises regions...

By SHARON KEMP

POSITIONS PLEASE: Dance art was front and centre this week on World Ballet Day. Photo: BRENDAN McCARTHY

Spring brings out the very best TUESDAY was World Ballet Day and Bendigo ballerinas were out and about in Rosalind Park adding even more colour to spring. Anita Scott of Scott’s Mascots and Costumes has over 450 tutus and more than 8000 costumes and was very pleased to have them on show for the day.

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and bigger is needed to transform the state,” she said.

Public Transport minister and Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan, said the plan was light on detail and the coalition untrustworthy when it came to spending on regional rail.

As the upcoming election showed the first signs of life six weeks out from the start of pre-polling and just

THE state opposition has presented a $19 billion rip-it-up and start-again regional rail plan that includes a 70-minute service between Bendigo and Melbourne.

Visiting Bendigo on Wednesday, National leader Peter Walsh said a 70 minute rail trip to Melbourne was possible as part of a European-style rail overhaul, but it would entail upgrading all track between Bendigo and Melbourne, and the re-duplicating of most of it.

The coalition had similar enticements for voters in Geelong, promising trips to Melbourne will shorten to 32 minutes, from Ballarat to 45 minutes, Shepparton to 117 minutes, Echuca to 160 minutes and Swan Hill to 179 minutes.

Mr Walsh also evoked the romance of European fast rail travel in an appeal to the coalition’s middle income voter base, but declined to provide more details on the coalition rail plan when asked to do so.

“The people who have been helping us put this together have been providing the detail that sits behind it, what we are focusing on today is the benefit to people,” he said.

Nationals Bendigo East candidate Gaelle Broad was more emphatic.

“We are not just tinkering around the edges, we are trying to fix a broken system, we are saying something new

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We are not just tinkering... we are trying to fix a broken system four weeks before nominations close, there is also the prospect the Liberals will yet field a candidate in Bendigo West, with Bendigo East candidate Ian Ellis suggesting an announcement was imminent.

The seat is held by Labor’s Maree Edwards, with a 12.2 per cent margin on a two-party-preferred basis.

The coalition claims the project is fully costed, fully funded and will be delivered if they are elected on November 24.

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THE Bendigo division of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria has acknowledged the service and dedication of office bearers past and present at a lunch held in late September.

The local REIV division is widely acknowledged as one of the most professional and cohesive, with agents working together for the good of the local real estate industry.

The annual lunch is sponsored by the Bendigo Weekly, and this year, industry stalwart and proud community advocate Hunter Gill was acknowledged for his approximately 40 years of service to the real estate industry.

Mawby Property director Andrew Murphy is the chairman of the Bendigo division REIV, while The Professionals director Jacinta McIvor remains as secretary after more than 20 years continuous service.

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DESPITE the rate of home ownership across Australia falling due to unaffordability, the market is providing temporary relief to first home buyers.

According to the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, there has been a rise in the number of renters, particularly in the younger age groups.

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SPECIAL GROUP: Agents and sponsors at the September event. by -3.7 per cent but this figure rose to -5.9 per cent for the age group 18-24 and -5.2 per cent for 35-44s.

RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg said while this could reflect that young people were staying in the parental home longer, it could also mean that they simply could not afford to purchase in such an unaffordable market.

“There are three main players in the property market – investors, upgraders and first home buyers – and what we are seeing is that more money is being lent to home owners than investors,” Mr Peleg said.

“The good news is where we see there is lower investor activity, we see house price decline and therefore more first home buyers are able to enter the market.”

Nationally, first home buyers now make up around 18.1 per cent of the market, a significant increase from 13.2 per cent in July 2016.

However, on the flipside, in the medium and long-term, chronic undersupply of family suitable housing is likely to push prices up and therefore out of reach of first home buyers.

“This is high on the agenda for the federal government, however,

a co-ordinated strategy should be put in place to encourage a better spread of the population across Australia as well as the construction of owner-occupier appropriate dwellings in the middle-ring suburbs in our major capital cities,” he said.

“Without a strategic and comprehensive solution, it is likely that the current supply and demand patterns will once again lead to escalating prices, deteriorating housing affordability and a reduction in home ownership in Australia.

“We advocate increasing density in middle-ring and outlying areas of the cities, provided there are adequate transport solutions, re-zoning in key transport corridors and train lines, to access employment.

Mr Peleg said measures should also be implemented to accelerate the planning and approval processes and to incentivise local governments that development meets pre-agreed targets in relation to dwelling supply.

He said allocation of significant funding to infrastructure upgrades in many urban and regional areas in the 2018 federal budget would have a positive impact on dwelling supply.

“Governments should also be encouraged to increase land supply release and development through co-ordinated strategy and targets.”

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Hunt on for more land Council seeks industrial sites for business

By SHARON KEMP

IT is back to square one for the City of Greater Bendigo in its search for industrial land, a plight it said yesterday was becoming more urgent.

Bendigo is competing with the likes of Ballarat, Geelong and Shepparton to attract industry bringing with it secure, long term employment.

Director strategy and growth Bernie O’Sullivan said businesses had approached council in the past six weeks with requests for land.

The council lost an opportunity this year after a 16-year search when planning minister Richard Wynne dismissed a bid to compulsorily acquire more than 300 hectares at Marong.

This time around, the Victorian Planning Authority is getting involved, and has listed a new industrial land strategy for Bendigo as a priority project in the current year.

The council and the authority will co-chair a steering committee developing the new strategy that will take into account changes that have occurred in technology, skills, employment patterns, logistics and the local economy.

“It is challenging to find appopriate sites, particularly for heavy industry looking to either expand or relocate to greater Bendigo,” Mr

O’Sullivan said.

“In the past six weeks, we have been approached by five different businesses seeking industrial land; the need is essential and urgent.

“It is very encouraging that in recent months the city has received a number of approaches from private landowners who are willing to discuss selling their land for the purpose of a business park.

“We are happy to receive these inquiries and hope to look at these and other sites in a strategic manner as part of the strategy.

“The strategy will provide direction for the next 10, 20 and 30 years.

“Through a new industrial land development strategy we also have the opportunity to take more of a regional approach to the provision of industrial land.”

In July, Mayor Margaret O’Rourke said the council had spent almost $2 million over 16 years trying develop a business park.

WELLNESS CENTRE TO OPEN THE $32.4M Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28 with a community celebration featuring a range of fun family activities.

Enjoy the opening weekend from 10am to 4pm each day featuring pool inflatable fun, jumping castle, monster relays with the Kangaroo Flat Swimming Club, fitness consultations, group fitness sessions, splash park and go into the draw to win a family membership.

On Saturday, October 27 meet Olympic gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson, with a chance for a child to win a 30-minute swimming lesson with the champion athlete.

Non-members are encouraged to register online via www.gurriwanyarrawc.com.au to attend the weekend’s activities and receive discount entry.

Members will be able to access the activities using their membership card at no additional cost.

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LIGHTING THE WAY: Co-curator of the Gothic Beauty exhibition Jessica Bridgfoot at Bendigo Art Gallery.

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Gallery shines a light on a dark past GOTHIC Beauty curators Tansy Curtin and Jessica Bridgfoot have taken great delight in bringing together the Bendigo Art Gallery’s latest exhibition which features the Victorian’s preoccupation with the macabre and the mysterious.

One of the most fascinating exhibits will be the horse-drawn hearse formally used by Mulqueen Family Funeral Directors.

“The logistics of getting it into the gallery have been interesting,” the women laughed, “but it has worked out just fine.”

Alongside the hearse are his-

toric Pre Raphaelite paintings and objects, mourning jewellery and costumes drawn from public and private collections.

The curators have also drawn on works from the gallery’s historic and contemporary collection.

Gothic Beauty traces early Victorian rituals of mourning and includes some striking examples of the black dresses the Victorians wore.

“The black clothes were a way for women to express their grief, an outward sign of inward sorrow,” Ms Curtin said.

“Although there was another interpretation of the compulsory black dresses in that they were also a way of controlling women.”

The exhibition, curated by and exclusive to Bendigo Art Gallery, includes dark and evocative works by contemporary artists Jane Burton, Bill Henson, Michael Vale and Janet Beckhouse, among others.

For book lovers, the literature of the times is also represented in the exhibition.

On display are 18th and 19th century first edition novels

by Jane Austen, Ann Radcliffe and Horace Walpole from the Collection of the State Library of Victoria.

The Victorian notion of love, loss and spirituality drew inspiration from Horace Walpole’s ground-breaking novel The Castle of Otranto.

When first published in 1764, the book sparked a keen interest in dark, psychological narratives and heightened emotional states, mostly among middle and upper-class women escaping dull, sheltered lives.

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Boost in hospital staff

BENDIGO Health will employ 170 more health workers this financial year to meet increased demand from consistent transfers to Bendigo Hospital by the air ambulance since August.

Executive director of clinical operations Robyn Lindsay said the hospital was managing three transfers by air per week.

The number is at the upper level of Bendigo Health’s expectations and has forced the organisation to recruit in departments where critical patients were being treated.

“We anticipated we would receive about two or three transfers a week, it has been about three consistently over that time and predominately that has been cardiology patients and it has been patients coming from the north west of Victoria,” Ms Lindsay said.

“Predominately the new staff are going to be in the acute health space – in the intensive care unit, in our emergency department and in the acute wards.

“The clinicians that have been employed are nurses predominately, but also doctors and allied health staff.”

Bendigo Health has been

granted the extra funding by the state government.

Its operating budget was already increased by $34 million this year, enough for it to increase capacity at the hospital by six

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Mr Cameron said at the budget announcement, referring to the reason behind the increase.

This week, Ms Lindsay said the hospital would open another resuscitation bay in the emergen-

The clinicians that have been employed are nurses predominately, but also doctors and allied health staff

per cent. This year the budget is $320.5m, an increase of 12 per cent and higher than Victoria’s health budget increase of 10 per cent.

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cy department as well as two extra beds in intensive care.

“In addition, we are getting more people from Bendigo and across the region coming to our hospital, so there are 12 more

ward beds than last year,” she said.

“There is increased activity in every department.”

Mr Cameron said the response to the new hospital had been better than expected.

“The more patients we can treat here, rather than Melbourne, means more local health jobs,” he said.

More than 1000 new jobs were forecast to be created over the next decade at Bendigo Health.

Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan said 600 jobs had been added during the four years of the Labor government.

GREENS OPEN OFFICE THE Greens lifted their presence in Bendigo seats in the November state election by opening an election campaign office at Charing Cross late last week.

The party has preselected candidates in Bendigo’s west and east seats, Laurie Whelan in the former and in the latter, Nakita Thomson.

But they see an upper house seat in Northern Victoria in which Nicole Rowan is running as their opportunity to gain their first regional MP. The party has yet to release campaign statements on its key platform issues such as public transport.

But it has welcomed the decision to extend the deadline for public comment into an investigation on the future status of the Wellsford Forest near Bendigo.

The party is pushing for full national park status for Wellsford which would limit some public access but afford the most amount of funding to preserve the area.

Federal senator Janet Rice was in Bendigo this week for a tour of the Wellsford and the Greens office.

Blokes set to raise cash for a cause

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FISHING FOR A CURE: Mark Williams of Bendigo Marine and Outdoor, Peter Hayes, Scott Hosking and Neil Macdonald.

THERE’S just seven weeks left before horse trainer Darren Weir entertains attendees at this year’s Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch prostate cancer fundraising event at Bendigo Stadium.

The annual lunch supports the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and this year marks the ninth occasion Bendigo blokes have come together for a laugh, a meal and beer and to talk about men’s health

issues while raising funds to support more research and services.

While Weir remains one of the horse racing industry’s most successful and popular trainers, he also understands the need to be vigilant about health, having lost his father to prostate cancer some years ago.

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Organisers are reminding supporters that might want to donate items for this year’s mega auction and raffles to contact event organiser Neil Macdonald on 0430 037 922.

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Tickets can be purchased from the Bendigo Stadium during office hours, at the Queen Street newsagency, or any other Ticketek agency.

They are also available via Ticketek at www.premier.ticketek.com.au/shows To read more about Darren Weir’s extraordinary journey, see page 34 of this week’s Bendigo Weekly.

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ANOTHER $1.2 million will be spent to make Bendigo TAFE courses competitive with private sector training counterparts that are including state of the art technology in coursework.

The state government funds will pay for drones and training in how they can be used to advantage in various industry sectors, through a partnership with private sector consultant The Institute for Drone Technology.

Students in courses in agriculture, horticulture, mining, conservation and land managment are likely to study the use of drones in those sectors.

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Bank holds firm despite findings

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more than $160,000 to remedy the matter.

The bank paid less interest on term deposits of 81 customers for as much as five years and paid more than $10,000 to remedy that matter.

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its failure to make appropriate inquiries and verifications BENDIGO and Adelaide before approving a number Bank did not emerge from of loans to customers in the the banking royal commisQueensland cattle industry. sion unscathed, but it apCommissioner Kenneth pears most customers were Hayne said in his executive unmoved by the investigareport instances of miscontion. duct in the financial services The Royal Commision industry often came down to into Misconduct in the Bankgreed. ing, Superannuation and The next stage of the royal Financial Services Industry commission will deal with handed down an interim rehow to stop misconduct happort on September 28, but pening again. the latest findings from Roy Bendigo Bank said it had Morgan’s customer satisfacnoted the interim report. tion poll showed Bendigo “We are reviewing the Bank performed the same in report and will provide the August after giving evidence commissioner with our rein June. sponse as required,” the bank The interim report notes said in a statement. the regional bank identified “A strong, innovative fifive examples of conduct that a loan which lay outside the nancial system is essential to it said fell below community manager’s lending authority, a robust Australian economy, standards and expectations. which led to the customer and operating with integrity Those included not buying a property. and in line with community making its own inquiries When the subsequent standards and expectations in response to a customer loan application was de- is essential to the future of finotifying the bank that her clined, the customer did not nancial services.

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On the move 3From Page 1 “It is about getting cars off the road, getting that European experience, those people who go to Europe on holidays always come back and talk about the train systems they utilised over there,” Mr Walsh said.

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Labor is offering a different scenario of creating major connection hubs, including at Sunshine for north and western regional passengers with links to Tullamarine Airport and into the city.

Ms Allan has also made an election commitment to spend millions upgrading the Bendigo to Kyneton track, but again this week stopped short of promising to reduplicate the line.

Her Liberal opponent in Bendigo East Mr Ellis said he was in favour of complete duplication but when asked if any infrastructure

would be reused under the coalition plan, he said he would “leave that up to the engineers”.

Greens candidate Laurie Whelan said he would have liked to have heard a commitment that the Bendigo to Kyneton track would be completely reinstated.

Mr Whelan said he welcomed the funding commitment from the coalition but while travel speed was fine, train frequency and reliability were what commuters really wanted.

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WITH mayor Margaret O’Rourke leading the way, ratepayers were assured the current term of City of Greater Bendigo councillors would work collaboratively, for the good of constituents and without the conflict that dogged the previous council.

But one former councillor has pulled the curtain back and claimed council was never as unified as it was touted.

Julie Hoskin claims that within weeks of an initial honeymoon period in late 2016 after the election, she was singled out for her contrary views, ridiculed by her fellow councillors, then sidelined by them, and finally gagged.

Her claim is strongly rejected by Cr O’Rourke, who said Ms Hoskin found it difficult to accept when her line of questioning or opinion was not supported by others.

“During this council term, councillors have reinforced regularly as a group that we must respect each other’s views and opinions, and accept when there is not a majority of support,” she said.

Ms Hoskin was elected and came to the council with her own complicated baggage, including a two-year legal fight against the council’s 2014 decision to approve the construction of a mosque in East Bendigo.

She insists her interest in the issue was about correcting what she saw as faults in the planning approval process for that project.

But for her cause, she briefly aligned with the likes of the United Patriots Front when frontman Blair

Cottrell came to Bendigo to stir up his own brand of trouble, uniting the far right against council decisions that had already caused factional splits within council ranks.

Whereas previous term councillors Helen Leach and Elise Chapman had each other for company, this time around Ms Hoskin found herself without allies.

That she was declared bankrupt on September 20, the day before she officially resigned as a councillor, was in her mind as she wrote the email, Ms Hoskin said.

However, she insists she had contemplated the move well and truly before the September bankruptcy hearing, and in fact had not attended council meetings nor briefings for most of the year after April.

It was at the April meeting in front of a packed public gallery present for the vote on proceeding with compulsory acquisition for the Marong business park that Ms Hoskin’s isolation was noticeable.

Cr O’Rourke repeatedly redirected the then Cr Hoskin when she tried to question council executives about the recommendation to approve a move to forcibly buy the property.

We know now that Ms Hoskin had 12 days earlier received a protocol limiting her communication with the council, issued because she had been recording telephone conversations without consent.

She was to direct all communication by email to governance manager Jessica Clarke-Hong, a demand Ms Hoskin felt was demeaning.

Cr O’Rourke said another challenging aspect of Ms Hoskin’s be-

haviour leading up to April was the increasing demands for access to information not required for decision making.

But Ms Hoskin responded: “In fact, the requests for information had decreased because I had reached the conclusion that the only way I could get the answers I needed was to ask the questions in the public meetings.

“If anything, I have had to ask the same questions over and again because they wouldn’t respond with relevant answers.”

This, Cr O’Rourke says is untrue, and that Ms Hoskin received responses to all reasonsable enquiries.

Ms Hoskin has previously said she recorded conversations as a matter of habit because of her previous involvement in legal cases.

Cr O’Rourke said the protocol was put in place to promote a safe workplace, because “it is the action of recording people without their knowledge that is a breach of trust and respect, which then made it difficult to work collaboratively with Ms Hoskin”.

On the last point, Ms Hoskin is scathing about what she considers a breach of trust by the council.

“I consider it a greater breach of trust and confidence when a group of councillors uses the councillor meetings to ridicule and accuse another councillor when there is no one else there to defend them and when the ridicule and abuse is also done in open meetings with staff and directors present,” she said.

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Hosted by La Trobe University, the Women in Leadership event will be held at The Capital in View Street, at 6.30pm on Friday, October 12.

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“Starting with Homer’s Odyssey, I’ll trace the evidence of this silencing of women’s voices right through to the Twitter conversations of today,” Ms Hyde said.

Ms Hyde will also question where the #MeToo movement has left us as a society.

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Taste of international films THE Melbourne International Film Festival showcase is coming to Bendigo’s Star Cinema Eaglehawk this weekend.

On Friday and Saturday four of the festival’s most popular films will be on show.

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She is best known for her exquisite piano stylings, catchy grooves and for bringing popular music and jazz together.

Head of music at Girton Grammar School Steve Vine said it is an honour to host such a talented musical icon in Bendigo.

“We are all extremely excited that Monique diMattina will visit Bendigo and we invite any jazz or pop lovers to come along and enjoy her incredible tones and playful lyrics,” he said.

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Develop your craft THIS Must Be the Place is a series of free regional music industry professional development workshops, and it’s coming to Bendigo on Monday.

The workshops are aimed at providing local musicians and their community with a range of tools and valuable information behind social media and online music streaming insights.

The Push and Music Victoria are presenting the event with lots of help from from music industry representatives and will provide two separate interactive presentations to identify where to effectively tour and how to develop and market a unique brand that is appealing to a musician’s specific audience.

The Push CEO Kate Duncan said the workshops will provide artists with a practical insight into

this ever-evolving digital landscape.

“The way in which artists are able to use data to tour directly to where their fans are situated, as well as engaging and building relationships with audiences through online platforms is something we as a broader industry need to be supporting professional development and a greater understanding of,” she said.

With limited places available, these free workshops will take place between 5.30pm and 9.15pm and are aimed towards musicians, music fans and or music industry practitioners.

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THE Goldmines Hotel will be given a new lease of life, with plans to open the historic building from early December.

Executive chef and owner of Source Dining, Tim Foster has taken over the venue, after it was sold to a Melbourne based investor in May. Mr Foster and business partners Peter Barton and Edward Hodges have secured the 30 year lease for the property.

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THE Bendigo Comedy Festival is bringing comedy legend Elliot Goblet to the city.

Goblet says he is one of the most original comedians in the history of the known universe.

He was discovered by Daryl Somers and went on to perform on Australian national television shows Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Midday Show with Ray Martin and The Footy Show.

Goblet will be performing at the festival on Friday, October 12 at 10pm in the Gold Dust Lounge at the Shamrock Hotel.

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Art culture on offer A MIXTURE of cultural programs in various degrees of development plus speakers and projects, will be coming to Bendigo and Castlemaine from October 10–14.

Artlands Victoria will be delivering this integrated conference and cultural program. All keynote and opening addresses will take place at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, while plenary sessions will take place at Ulumbarra and the Capital Theatre.

Parallel sessions, panels, workshops and “In Conversations” will be held across multiple venues, including Ulumbarra, The Capital, Bendigo Art Gallery, La Trobe Art Institute, The Engine Room, Dudley House and the Bendigo Town Hall.

Artlands includes 13 panels, 23 sessions, over 20 workshops, works in progress, conversations and special events with over 20 cultural and local visual arts projects all interspersed around the eight keynote presentations.

An example of the programs include Dhelkunya Dja – Trent Nelson and Rodney Carter and Taonga tuku Iho – Treasure handed down – Desna Whaanga-Schollum (New Zealand).

Artists, arts organisations, philanthropists, government agencies, businesses and volunteers from local, state, national and international locales, across artforms, cultural backgrounds and professions will come together at Artlands Victoria to discuss shared experiences, forge new relationships and set future directions for the sector.

Celebrating 20 years in 2018, Artlands is a biennial event presented by Regional Arts Australia’s member organisations that shines a national spotlight on Australia’s regional arts.

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Known as a touching, spirited performer, whose soul-folk songs ask the big questions while telling the small stories, Bevins has built a loyal following throughout his homeland.

With a warm rich voice and articulate guitar grooves, he digs out and distills themes of tenderness, personal revolution and adventure.

Perpetually touring, at a pace that allows encounter, Bevins draws inspiration from the stories of the people he meets. ”Lovers Again was a song I wrote about on an older couple I met in Arthurs Pass whose three girls have all since moved out into the world, leaving mum and dad at home in a big house in Canterbury,” he said.

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Monty Bevins launches his Traveller EP, tonight Friday, October 5 at The Old Church On The Hill, 36 Russell Street, Quarry Hill. Doors 7.30pm, music starts 8pm. Bar available on the night. Presales $10 from trybooking.com, door sales $15.

Hold a night in to help the girls BENDIGO women have been urged to get together for a Girls’ Night In event to help support local women diagnosed with a breast or gynaecological cancer.

The Girls’ Night In campaign runs throughout October, which is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but events can also be held in November. All funds raised go toward Cancer Council’s work in vital research, prevention and support services for women’s cancers.

In Greater Bendigo City each year, 241 local women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 88 diagnosed with a form of gynaecological cancer (such as cervical, ovarian, vulva and uterine cancers).

Acting head of Supporter Experience at Cancer Council Victoria, Emily Wigney, said breast

and gynaecological cancers touch many lives in one form or another.

“Many of our mothers, our grandmas, daughters, sisters, and friends have been affected.

Hosting or attending a Girls’ Night In event isn’t only an opportunity to raise much-needed funds for women’s cancers; it can also raise much-needed awareness about early detection and cancer prevention.

“It’s important to remember that a third of cancers can be prevented by making healthy lifestyle choices and taking part in the recommended screening programs for your age-group.

Getting together with the girls and starting these conversations is a great way to spread awareness and perhaps change someone’s life.”

Breast cancer is the most common new cancer for Victorian women with more than 4330 new diagnoses each year; however, advancements in prevention, detection and treatment now mean a woman diagnosed with breast cancer has a 91 per cent chance of surviving for five years. Research from Cancer Council has helped to inform the changes for a new and more effective cervical screening program for women which is now in effect.

Register to host a Girls’ Night In this October and donate the money you would spend on going out to Cancer Council’s vital work in research, prevention and support for women’s cancers. For more information, visit www.girlsnightin.com.au or call 1300 65 65 85.

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Books at the brewery JOURNALIST and broadcaster Mike Carlton will visit Castlemaine for a Books at the Brewery event on Tuesday, October 9.

He will be discussing his life and his latest book, On Air. Carlton made headlines almost from the day he was born.

His father was a renowned Olympic athlete who abandoned a promising athletic career to become a Catholic priest.

His Protestant mother, engaged to a US navy soldier in World War II, went to see a priest about converting to Catholicism.

It was love at first sight for Enid and Father James Carlton, who, despite immense pressure from the church, wed months after meeting.

Carlton was born in a private hospital in nearDickensian squalor.

Then the newspapers caught wind of the scandal, plastering it across their front pages.

The young family moved to Sydney’s north shore, until Jim’s sudden death from asthma. He was just 42; Carlton, just five years old.

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Heat of the night

IT’S that funny time of year when you don’t know what the temperature is going to be.

We get to fiddle around with our clocks this weekend (careful), which is always an indicator of warmer days, but it can’t come soon enough for me.

I am far happier with the constant warmth rather than the freezing, warm, cold, freezing of spring.

I think this has been a particularly chilly winter, and drawn out too. Roll on summer is what I say.

In the past few years I treated myself to an electric blanket.

I don’t leave it on, it’s just to take the cool feel off the sheets.

Last Sunday I set it on full power, waited a while and then hopped in. It was blissful. I picked up a good book and settled in.

Too comfortable, I was falling asleep, so I switched off the light, put the book down and retired for the night.

Error. I forgot to turn off the blanket.

Full power is a bit much and I woke in a disturbed state of sweat. Now I admit I am not conjuring up a pretty image here, but it’s the truth.

I was at fever pitch with nowhere to go.

I had to change beds... yes it was that bad.

Problem was my bed was warm, if wet, but the new bed was not. It was cold, and did not have my favourite tartan brushed cotton sheets.

What a drama.

The new bed had another problem.

My British shorthair cat, Gladstone, thinks it’s his.

He is brown and weighs in at a hefty 7.2 kilogrammes,

ON AIR: Mike Carlton. tiable thirst for knowledge and at 16, unable to afford a university education, he left school to join the ABC as a cadet journalist, beginning a media career that would last five decades.

On Air is the story of one of Australia’s most controversial and outspoken voices.

Mike was a Vietnam war correspondent at 20 and the ABC’s Jakarta bureau chief at 21.

Later, he turned his hand to television, joining the trail-blazing ABC TV Current affairs program This Day Tonight.

As a political reporter for the Nine Network, he covered the downfall of the Whitlam government and the 1975 “dismissal” election.

Mike was an award winning Newstalk radio star in Sydney and London; a biting satirist; and for some 20 years, a witty and penetrating newspaper columnist.

Mike Carlton will be in conversation with the Bendigo Weekly’s Steve Kendall. The event kicks off at 6.30pm for a 7pm start at the Taproom, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine.

so he’s pretty heavy to argue with. But I had to take the bedspace and fight for it for the rest of the night. Now Gladstone is 10, so is pretty elderly and he remains free to spend the rest of the day sleeping on that very same bed, so a disturbed night means nothing to him, and he set about disturbing mine.

First I tried to sleep running position on my side. Gladstone hopped in between my legs, which had the effect of pinning me in position, and making it near-impossible to move. I moved a bit and then ended up on my back.

I woke an hour later wondering what was wrong. Gladstone was on my chest. I thought my days were done, until I realised the pressure was the cat, not a heart problem.

Much to his disgust I pushed him aside.

He spent the rest of the night waking me up by snuggling up close and trapping me or snuggling up close and overheating me.

Come 5.35am I gave up and made tea and took it into the long-suffering Mrs Kendall.

She yawned, complained of the cold, but said what a great night’s sleep she had.

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SCIENCE MATTERS: Liloma Qorbani and Felix Barton will attend the forum.

SIX Year 11 students from Bendigo Senior Secondary College will attend the prestigious National Youth Science Forum during their summer break in January.

BSSC’s successful applicants are Felix Barton, Eve Gray, Caitlin Jackson, Zac Llewellin, Hayden Parrott and Liloma Qorbani.

NYSF brings together the cream of the scientific community with the most enthusiastic future Australian scientists in programs held at Canberra’s ANU and Brisbane’s UQ. “As soon as I heard about

it, I had to apply,” Hayden said.

“I am planning to study biomedical science and become a biomedical engineer, so this is a perfect opportunity for me.”

Liloma is planning to study a Bachelor of Aviation and become a pilot.

“My favourite subject is maths and I heard about NYSF through my advisor,” she said.

“For me it’s an opportunity to see inside the different science fields. I’m not sure yet what I want to do long-term.”

Felix feels similarly. “I have lots of interests but particle physics and chemistry are favourites,” he said.

Students are in residence for 12 days and take part in workshops, visit laboratories, listen to lectures, participate in group activities and enjoy some great social activities.

“It’s a chance to find out about careers I haven’t even considered,” Zac said.

Sponsored by the combined Rotary Clubs of Bendigo, the selection process takes around six months and involves applications and a number of interviews.

Creators Market returns THE Creators Market is returning to Bendigo Stadium on Saturday.

The event runs from 10am until 3pm and will bring together more than 60 of the best handmade and homemade crafters, artists and culinary wizards for a one-day event celebrating locally made products.

It will feature a wide range of homewares, clothing, children’s toys, beauty and bath products, jewellery, plenty of sweets and savouries and more.

Event organiser Megan Luscombe said pair it up with some live music and it’s a great day out.

“Bendigo has always been a great location for The Creators Market,” she said.

“The local makers here are incred-

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ibly talented and the community are always keen to come out and support the event.”

The event takes place in Bendigo quarterly offering Victorian makers the opportunity to showcase their talents and visitors to support local makers.

“The event has gone from strength to strength and we needed more space to accommodate all the remarkable makers who were applying. Bendigo Stadium offers everything under one roof including plenty of space, plenty of free parking as well as an on-site bistro so it’s perfect for families wanting a day out.”

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Mental Health 2018 is bigger and better THE Mental Health Foundation of Australia Mental Health Month which this year has extended from Mental Health Week in previous years is an annual national awareness event held every year in October.

The month will run from Sunday, October 7 through to Tuesday, November 6.

The aims of the Foundation amongst others are to promote mental health and attitudes to mental health wellbeing, encourage research, education and collaboration with agencies, groups and organisations, stimulate debate and reduce the stigma

associated with mental illness.

2018’s Mental Health Month focusses on the youth of our society, particularly in the age group of 16-25. One in seven young Australians experiences a mental health condition.

The young adult period is characterised by rapid physiological, sexual, cognitive, and emotional changes.

Many young adults also move into new adult roles and responsibilities: They may begin higher education studies, enter the workforce, move away from home, or start a family.

They may be expected to accept responsibility for

themselves legally, make decisions for themselves, and—in many cases—are often encouraged to begin supporting themselves financially. Because of these major life changes, one in seven young people experience a Mental Health condition.

Mental illness can have a wide range of social and physical consequences and can lead to problems with alcohol and other drugs, low selfesteem, risky and anti-social behaviour, school-drop-out and unemployment, and even an increased risk of suicide.

The aim of the Mental Health Foundation Australia’s

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The Bendigo Mental Health Month group will be holding an event on Wednesday in the Bendigo Library Gardens from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. The event is titled “Mood Food Fun” and is aimed at promoting the link between physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

They will have cooking demonstrations, information stalls, yoga, tai chi, music, singing including a school choir, art, games and more.

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Youth Art Competition and Headspace Day TIME: 12:30pm to 5pm VENUE: Bendigo Library Gardens Contact Haylee Kennedy at Headspace on 54345345 for further information.

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Bendigo Health Mental Health Service Annual Education Forum- Bridging the Disability Gap: Understanding Dual Disability TIME: 8.30am to 3.30pm VENUE: The Capital Theatre Banquet Room, View St, Bendigo All enquiries to Professional Development administration on 5454 7612.

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HAVING lived a topsy-turvy existence with my partner for 20 years before a non-voluntary psychotic admission to hospital, it was eventually a relief a relief to hear his diagnosis; and to hear/learn that medication could modify his highs and lows, and that lifestyle changes could help.

I then began the long journey to understand mental illness. Mental illness is not like a broken limb, visible to all and with time healable. Through stigma and shame mental illness is hidden – a nonmentionable.

I was lucky to find help for myself from the Family, Friends and Carers Group, with monthly meetings to give me personal, financial and self-care support and assistance.

I worked with caseworkers at St Lukes Anglicare, attended

weekend workshops at Golden City Support Services, got help from the John Bomford Centre, phone help from SANE and Lifeline, and read books about mental illness from the mental health library at Olinda St. These were all staffed by people who could ‘nod’ as I shared my pain, confusion and self-blame.

These dedicated people helped me to forgive bizarre actions, learn to care and protect myself, and to realise that I could grow.

Our personal journey did not have a ‘Happy Ever After’ ending for our relationship, but I fought hard to ensure that we remained true friends.

Mental illness affects lots of people, so talk to others. Most families have a ‘hidden’ story that needs to be treated compassionately.

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At Mind, we put the person at the centre of their journey of recovery; acknowledging their right to direct their own life.

To do this, we work with the person to understand their strengths and interests and to help them set goals that would see them living a life that they find satisfying.

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But we have over 40 years of experience and work from an evidence base that demonstrates that working with people in ways that are supportive rather than

directive, and respecting each person’s dignity and human rights, really does help build better lives.

If you would like to find out more about this approach to mental health, visit: www. mindaustralia.org.au You are also welcome to visit us at the Mind Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, 56-60 King Street, Bendigo.

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health. This then leads to us having more energy and compassion to share with those we love.

Having good mental health enables us to recognise and manage our feelings, and cope better with difficult times.

There are some simple things everyone can do to take care of their mental health. Looking after our physical needs has a big impact on our mental and emotional health too. Eating well, limiting fatty and sugary food and alcohol, and getting some regular exercise, fresh air and sunshine each day can make a big difference to how we feel.

Another really important aspect of good mental health is good social connections.

Spending quality with family and friends helps us to feel connected and valued. Make the time to catch up with those you love over a meal or a coffee and you will strengthen your relationship and create lovely memories. The important thing is that you take the time to connect, to listen to each other and enjoy each other’s company.

Time just for you is also important. Everyone needs and deserves to have time that they spend doing something that brings them joy. Whether you

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Food at the festival VEGECAREIAN Festival is back at The Great Stupa.

The festival is all about loving food, loving animals and loving life.

Through various stalls and activities, it encourages people to care for their health and care for animals through an increase in a vegetarian or vegan diet.

Whether you are vegetarian, vegan or simply interested to find out more about the lifestyle, this inclusive and unique event has heaps to do.

More than 30 market stalls will have vegan wares, health and wellness products, animal welfare information, and most importantly – vegetarian and vegan offerings for the belly.

Attendees can have their animal blessed by a monk, learn more about vegan health, catch a cooking demo, listen to some live tunes and do some yoga inside The Great Stupa.

Or simply, bring a picnic blanket, grab some delicious food and soak up the peaceful surroundings.

In the family area, kids can have their face painted, blow giant bubbles and do some art and craft.

This fun, family-friendly and pet-friendly event is expected to attract more than 2000 people.

The event runs this Saturday, October 6 from 10am to 3pm at The Great Stupa, 25 Sandhurst Town Road, Myers Flat.

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Take your partners please THE Spring Gull Hall is celebrating 60 years of dancing by holding a Gala and Sash Ball on Saturday and an afternoon tea at the hall on Sunday.

And there will be several couples who will be particularly keen to celebrate the dance’s anniversary.

These are the couples who have met at the dance hall, made lifelong friends and some have even married.

Spring Gully Hall committee member Joy Kentish who has been working hard on the arrangements for the anniversary said that she herself met her husband at the dances.

“I was alone for about 20 years and met my husband here, so it has been a very happy place for me with lots of happy memories,” she said.

Apart from meeting her partner, Mrs Kentish said the dances, which are held every Saturday night, are a great opportunity for people to generally socialise and have fun.

“The very popular Family Rhythm dance band will provide the music for the dancing,”she said.

“We will have a raffle, prizes, and as always, a home–cooked supper.”

For further inquiries contact Joy on joykentish@gmail.com

IN STEP: Noel Aplin, Lois Makepeace, Clive Niemann, Ann Mason, Jenni Johns, Graeme and Joy Kentish.

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We’re building a better Napier Street White Hills shops open for business Regional Roads Victoria is a new division of VicRoads focused on providing safer and better roads for regional communities. Right now in Bendigo, we’re building new traffic and bike lanes and safer pedestrian crossings along Napier Street.

While we’re busy with these important upgrades, the White Hills shops are open for business. There’s plenty of parking nearby in Plumridge, Bosquet and Hamelin Streets. So while we build Bendigo a better and safer Napier Street, you can still shop local.

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Blazing finale

The Rosenberg nursery

By JAMES LERK

WILD FIRE Ann Cleeves Macmillan $29.99 IN the lead-up to her new novel’s release, Ann Cleeves had long teased readers that one of the world’s most beloved homicide detectives, Jimmy Perez, may not survive his upcoming Shetland murder case.

A playful Cleeves resurrected that threat to her character’s wellbeing when speaking at the Bendigo Writers Festival in August.

Wild Fire is the story of that fateful investigation.

The final instalment in the second of two quartets of Shetland crime books, it draws to a close a set of four with “elements” as their theme.

The mystery begins in May, three months after Detective Inspector Perez and his on-off lover and police superior Willow Reeves last worked together in Cold Earth.

It takes place largely in fictitious Deltaness, a hamlet in the north-western corner of Shetland’s main island, where the body of young nanny Emma Shearer has been found hanging in an English-incomer family’s shed.

Gossip suggests that Shearer – who cared for the four children of a local doctor and a part-timepublicist – and the newly

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arrived father, architect Daniel Fleming, were more than merely friends.

In a departure from tradition for Cleeves, part of the action this time extends beyond Shetland’s shores to neighbouring Orkney as Perez researches the Orcadian victim’s teenage years.

As the team begins to track the killer, Fleming finds himself struggling to hold together his relationship with his celebrity knitwear-designer wife Helena – who by coincidence was acquainted many years earlier with Perez’s nowdeceased fiancée, Fran.

Unscrambling the evidence trail is complicated in itself but being forced to work side by side with Reeves again adds an entirely new level of difficulty to the situation for Perez, a man once described as “emotionally incontinent” by his former wife.

Will this in fact be the last hurrah for the moody policeman with the tragic past?

– Rosalea Ryan

FACING towards what was to become Havlin Street West was George William Knight’s Rosenberg Nursery, comprised of almost two hectares in area.

As written about last week, Knight began transforming the rough moonscape-like section of ground in 1878 into a productive and luxuriant oasis.

This land had been previously abandoned by the gold diggers.

George, his sons and employees, had worked hard to reclaim the land which then comprised the Rosenberg Nursery as it had been named.

At the nursery many trees, shrubs and flowers were being cultivated so that they could be sold.

Trees included the giant redwood or Sequoia, the Pinus insignus or Radiata pine which Knight liked to promote as suitable for planting on the abandoned digger’s ground which was common around Bendigo.

Magnolias were made available, however the sales people did point out that they would need water if they were to do well. Surprisingly the nursery also cultivated the Peruvian Schinus molle or the now common pepper tree, these were to be planted along the sides of the battery sand heaps in the urban area as a means of attempting to eliminate to a minor extent the dust from them when the wind blew.

Decorative shrubs such as the Erythrina, which has beautiful flowers and is related to the pea, were to be found. There were also Ericas, these could provide great ground cover and flower prolifically at a given time of the year, they have been re-popularised in more recent times. An extremely sought after flowering plant at that

time was the Paulownia with its large leaves, this was best grown in a shady spot.

There is some speculation that the Jacaranda found in the garden of Fortuna came originally from Knight’s Rosenberg Nursery. A tree familiar to

PRIZE BLOOM: The Cloth of Gold rose many of our readers is the Morton Bay Fig or Ficus macrophylla sometimes also referred to as the Australian banyan. This tree is characterised by its dark green almost waxy appearing leaves and the buttress-like trunk that it develops as it reaches maturity.

It needs a lot of space and can really grow to a massive canopy.

There were a number of bush houses at the Rosenberg Nursery one

housed the ferns, there were more than 200 varieties. Some of the ferns though were being cultivated in the hot house, where hot water pipes kept the building to the required temperature and humidity. Specimens of the giant maiden hair or Aiduntum farlcqueuse were to be found in the hot house, the plant being native to both Australia and New Zealand.

Many years after this nursery was established there was one specimen that outdid all the others and it was a rose. This rose grew to an enormous size and was reputed to be the largest in the whole of Australasia, the variety was known as Cloth of Gold.

This rose had grown to a height of 4.2 metres and had a width of 13.1m and was 19.5m long. You have correctly guessed that it is a climbing variety and has very few thorns, the flowers are sulphur yellow and a deeper coloured centre, and is accurately described as a vigorous grower.

One person who had visited the Rosenberg Nursery after having traversed a lot of bleak old barren alluvial diggings had wondered how it was possible to have effected such a transformation?

How the question was posed was this possible, was it the chemicals held in the soil, or the sun that led in achieving such a level of prolific growth? What an amazing potential the Bendigo area had for growing all types of plants he mused.

The hope was expressed that all the gullies and hills of Bendigo would one day become a bountiful source of utilitarian and decorative vegetation. Now some 120 years after that visit only you the reader can be the judge of those aspiring thoughts.

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V I E W P O I N T opinion letters

THE more I read about the proposed Bendigo Museum, the more it is sounding like an episode of Yes, Minister.

You can almost hear Sir Humphrey saying, “Museum? But minister, we are planning world-class storage facilities.”

While I agree that selecting a museum site without determining its storage needs could be seen as putting the cart before the horse, determining storage needs without determining how you plan to display the stored artifacts could be seen as selecting a horse before you have determined what sort of cart it is going to pull.

The fact is that site selection and storage needs go hand in hand; you cannot do one without the other.

Council may have the opportunity to re-use one of two historic buildings in the Bendigo CBD for a museum; the old courthouse and the old School of Mines.

Both have the advantage of being close to the city centre, other museums and the arts precinct.

In addition, either building would not just be a location for a museum but would also be an exhibit in its own right, just as Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum building is just as much an exhibit as the exhibits located inside.

The availability of either building does not automatically mean it should be used, however, it would be prudent for council to assess the suitability of the buildings, in conjunction with its study of storage needs.

Bendigo has built some excellent cultural institutions in the recent past including the Golden Dragon Museum, opened in 1991 and the Ulumbarra Theatre, opened in 2015.

Both of these were built within a 10-year time frame. Surely it is time for Bendigo to again rise to the challenge by building the Bendigo Museum?

James Proctor, Strathdale

Youth initiatives welcome I AM thrilled that the state government will contribute $11.6 million over five years to roll out Home Stretch starting in the first half of 2019, which will give young people living in care the option of remaining with their carer until the age of 21.

This investment means 250 more young care leavers will now receive support.

The Home Stretch trial builds on the investments already made by the

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state government for young people leaving care, including over $5M per annum for the Springboard program which links them to employment and training, and $2.3M for the continuation of the Better Futures trial which provides tailored support to young people to help them transition from care to independence.

The $14.2M COMPASS initiative will also support a further 200 young people leaving care.

The state government also invests more than $6M a year in services for care leavers, including post care support, referral and information services, brokerage, mentoring and specific services for Aboriginal young people leaving care.

I welcome this initiative as it will have positive outcomes for our young people in need.

Maree Edwards MP, State Member for Bendigo West

No independence HAVING heard and read many passionate comments regarding the ABC’s independence and the need to maintain it I hate to remind people that the ABC lost any semblance of independence back in the 70s.

When licence fees were abolished the ABC lost the ability to independently fund itself and made it dependent on the government for funding.

This undeniably makes every government the ABC’s paymaster and while you don’t want to “bite the hand that feeds you”, you are more likely to muzzle up to a hand that promises you more.

People can’t claim a newspaper loses its independence because its owner is a rich businessman, but can the ABC remain independent while being reliant on the government of the day for funding, and at the same time prostituting itself to the alternative?

This not just a dilemma for Australia and the ABC, but national broadcasters around the world, the BBC faces similar debate, while independently funded through licence fees and revenue derived by selling quality programs, there are demands for change.

If licence fees are seen as an unfair tax on people who never watch their national broadcaster surely using the taxes from those same people is equally unfair, and makes the organisation even more dependent on the government of the day?

Perhaps some brave politician could ask for bi-partisanship for a funding policy, such as a set amount of GDP with a responsible formula for annual increments legislated for perhaps 10 years, thereby taking

PICK OF THE WEEK: Spring in Chancery Lane. Photo: BRENDAN McCARTHY For more photos go to www.newbendigophotos.com away any controversy over funding.

As recognition of secure funding, the ABC and its staff would have to commit to uphold the charter of the ABC and follow it without exception, as it is the failure of current staff to do so that leads to well founded claims of political bias.

D Arscott, Kangaroo Flat

Renewables not cheaper LINDA Brownstein’s letter (King coal not so merry, Bendigo Weekly, September 27) responding to my letter highlighting the unreliability and high cost of renewable energy, claims that I argue coal is the only answer to our energy security problems.

Other baseload power generation –ie, produces electricity regardless of the weather conditions, such as hydro power, could also provide low-cost baseload power.

However, Daniel Andrew’s state government is not proposing building any new dams.

Labour DLP’s policy is to build new dams. This would have the triple benefit of hydro power generation, drought-proofing much of regional and rural Australia through higher water allocations to farmers and enabling Australia to become the food bowl of the Asia Pacific region through massive irrigation projects, creating tens of thousands of jobs.

However, these are long-term projects which will not reduce power prices in the near future.

Right now, our abundant coal re-

sources should make us the envy of the world by providing us low cost power, making us a manufacturing powerhouse.

To claim that renewables are becoming cheaper than coal, and just as reliable, is incorrect.

Firstly, billions of dollars in subsidies mask the real cost and secondly, when renewables can’t produce power, expensive gas-fired plants charge spot prices of up to $14,000 per megawatt hour for electricity.

I’m not sure how you make the sun shine or wind blow more reliably, either.

I accept that skyrocketing wholesale electricity prices are not solely responsible for higher power prices, but they play a large part.

Privatisation of our electricity, water and gas has led to corporations price gouging because they are driven by profits, not the provision of essential services.

Additionally, critical infrastructure assets have been acquired by foreign government-owned entities for their strategic advantage.

Labour DLP believes public utilities such as water, gas and electricity should remain in public hands, preventing price gouging and the risk of espionage.

Chris McCormack, Labour DLP candidate for Northern Victoria, Sedgwick

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these behaviours.

Some things people do are illegal and clearly harmful and irresponsible, like driving dangerously – drunk or too fast perhaps. Others, like seeking asylum by boat, are perfectly legal.

How would we feel if, to discourage dangerous driving, the government announced that neither those injured because of their own actions behind the wheel, nor their child passengers, would be allowed to receive medical care for their injuries?

They would be left to suffer and even die despite the pleas of doctors. Clearly an absurd and sick suggestion. That could never happen.

Could it?

But what we do with those legally seeking asylum is even worse.

Children, women and men, on Nauru and Manus continue to suffer horribly and men have died because of the medical neglect of injuries (physical and psychological) sustained as a direct result of being detained by us.

The president of the Australian Medical Association, Tony Bartone, recently wrote to Scott Morrison asking for families to be removed from a situation he called a “humanitarian emergency requiring urgent intervention”.

But his request was rejected.

These badly hurt little people and their parents must be left at a crash site of our making where their suffering can continue to act as a warning to others.

Rosemary Glaisher, Golden Square

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editorial

Rail offers hope

SEVEN weeks out from what is expected to be a closely-fought state election, and the contest suddenly got a lot more interesting this week.

The announcement of a $19 billion plan by the state opposition to dramatically transform rail services throughout regional Victoria should it win the November 24 election is welcome, but we both need and deserve more detail please.

Both major parties have now offered big spending commitments on transport infrastructure, and both appear to want their cards pretty close to their chest.

While it would be easy to be sceptical of this tactic, voters must apply pressure upon both sides for more substance and detail.

If nothing else, it sends a clear message that we want this, but we want some detail.

It shows people are interested in

Editorial Comment what is being offered, and it shows that the respective promises have registered an impact.

Regional Victorians should be excited about what is proposed, but they also have every right to want clarity, and no one wants to be played as a fool in something so important to so many people.

The promise of faster train services between Bendigo and Melbourne is not new, but it’s something we would all want.

It is a potential game changer, opening up a Pandora’s Box of opportunities for regional communities along the main rail corridors, but it would be foolish to ignore the multi-

billion dollar price tag that comes attached to these plans and the challenges the cost might pose to future budgets.

We also deserve to know what potential there might be for federal funding. And soon.

Bendigo’s 70-minute service still lags behind the 45 minutes offered to Ballarat commuters, but it puts the Melbourne CBD within closer reach of more of us.

Better rail services also offer a pressure valve release to Melbourne’s out of control population growth, by addressing the void that has emerged between Melbourne and the rest of us, something that is not sustainable.

Victoria shouldn’t tolerate a situation where almost 90 per cent of our population growth is occurring in and around Melbourne, but we need better services and infrastructure in the regions to cope.

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Banking on change

LAST week’s interim findings of the Royal Commission into the Australian banking sector are a statement of the bleeding obvious.

Frankly, it’s embarrassing to think the motherhood statement to emerge from all this is that banks put profits before people.

Oh really?

The subsequent actions of banking executives tapping into their own vein of self-pity, shame and pious rhetoric as one after one they admit to being very naughty boys and girls, but also expect the right to continue on is also unnerving.

These millionaire business leaders say they are ashamed about what’s been uncovered, but surely, they don’t expect us to believe that they didn’t know this was going on?

Let’s face it. Australian banks are among the most profitable in the world, and they only got this way because customers paid for it.

The banks have been brutal in their exploitation of customers, and some of the testimony from victims at this Royal Commission,

yes victims, has been astounding, if not breathtaking.

The truth is, we are all victims.

The standover tactics that bordered on extortion, the poor behaviour, the out of cycle interest rate rises that have been inflicted upon home owners struggling to live their version of the Australian

upon the banking sector.

Lives have been destroyed by the past brutal insistence and actions of banks, and nothing anyone does can rewrite the past.

This royal commission has drawn a line under the massive record profits the banks have extracted, and not always earned, at the expense of customers.

Seemingly, customers

The banks have been brutal in their exploitation of customers dream, have at times been un-Australian... they are an unfair imposition, levied to protect profit margins and therefore the bonuses of bank executives.

No bank that says ‘we’re in this together’ can be taken seriously. The truth is we (homeowners) are in this together.

And the banks are also in this together, but the two groups are mutually exclusive.

The royal commission will amount to nothing unless change is now forced

have been used as an ATM that the banks can turn to and whack when all else fails, or when they simply need to top up their margins.

The abuse of this stranglehold position is not sustainable and the signals emerging from the interim report show it will no longer be tolerated.

Given the banks near monopoly status, regulators must now act to insure there is greater competition for banking services and financial products.

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The four pillar big bank policy has allowed each of the participants to run riot, perhaps safe in the knowledge that their bad behaviour was being mirrored by the other banks, so that made everything okay.

Armed with the findings of an investigation it did not want, the government must accept responsibility for what comes next.

Whatever that is, it needs to re-balance the equation and afford customers a better deal.

ASIC and APRA stand condemned for their ineffectual existence through much of the past couple of decades.

And the federal government has been embarrassed by the testimony and now the interim findings of a royal commission it didn’t want or think was needed.

You can’t be a government of, or for the people, if you’re that tone deaf.

We all hope that whatever does come next is actually good for customers, and not just good for the banks. twitter@peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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In response to increasing demand, myvet Strathfieldsaye has a fully equipped

vehicle bringing expert veterinary advice, medications and diagnostic equipment straight to the front door of homes throughout Bendigo and the surrounding region.

Dr Bibby said the new service will also relieve elderly residents or people with a disability from concern and worry about how they may transport their pets for veterinary appointments.

“For many aged people, their pet is their only constant companion and a great source of both affection and stress; this service will eliminate transport issues and allow easy access to pet health services and medication,” Appointments can be made by calling myvet Strathfieldsaye on 5439 5066 or emailing clinic@myvetstrathfieldsaye.com.au

OUR NEW AT HOME VET SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE Offering a convenient and comfortable experience for both you and your animals

Call now to book an appointment

(03) 5439 5066 myvetstrathfieldsaye.com.au

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DOWN TO BUSINESS

ADVERTISING FEATURE

HICKMAN’S

COLORBOND PANEL FENCING

Supasuk

• Spout & downpipe cleaning • Insulation and dust removal supply & install • Chimney & flue cleaning • Water tank cleaning

WINDRIDGE SECURITY DOORS & FENCING

5444 4190

BRETT 0417 591 281

Servicing Central Victoria www.windridgesecuritydoors.com.au

Ken McDonald’s

NEED A GREAT RENDERER?

Cleaning Services

• Carpet Steam Cleaning • Upholstery Cleaning • Free Quotes • Pensioners & Seniors Discounts

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Phone: 5442 7474 Mobile 0417 399 801

For all your gardening needs PERFORMANCE BOATS PTY. LTD.

• Inboard ski boat service • Parts & accessories • Ski race boat development • Propeller repairs

5 Contempo Court, East Bendigo

P: 5444 2774 M: 0408 665 715 E: lwnankervis@m2data.com.au

FREEZING HOUSE IN WINTER?

INSUL ATION

W

ITH summer just around the corner it remains a busy time for the region’s gardeners, with last minute weeding and soil preparation among the many jobs needing attention, according to Paul from Epsom Complete Garden Care,.

Paul will take care of all your garden tasks, big or small as well as regular garden maintenance and as a qualified and experienced arborist he can also advise you on what trees to grow and how to maintain and prune them for best results.

Paul not only listens to what you want for your garden but also offers professional advice as to what plants would be suitable, regardless of season.

“Gardening is such a personal thing, I listen to all my clients, so we can work

together.”

Paul can take care of all your regular garden maintenance including lawn mowing, weeding, planting and pruning, even rubbish removal, as well as those special one-off jobs.

And with his stump grinder always at the ready, he is also an expert stump remover.

Paul says the more consistently you work on your garden, the less overwhelming the jobs.

Paul charges reasonable rates and is always happy to come out and provide a quote.

So to get your garden into shape for spring, phone Paul from Epsom Complete Garden Care on 0418 355 898.

Lawn Mowing and Gardening Tree Stump Removal

Call Paul 0418 355 898

BUMPER REPAIRS Most basic repairs cost less than your insurance excess.

Specialising in under floor, ceilings & walls New and existing homes

CALL GREG

Industrial vac also available for removal of old non-compliant ceiling insulation

0418 510 531

Pensioner discounts

www.flatbatts.com.au

Epsom Complete Garden Care

PAINTLESS DENT REMOVAL

PH: 0432 172 351

• COMPUTER DESIGNED ENGINES & CAMSHAFTS • FULL WORKSHOP SERVICES • DIGITAL FLOW TESTING • CNC PORTING & CYLINDER HEAD DEVELOPMENT • DIGITAL BALANCING SERVICE • IN HOUSE ENGINE DYNO SERVICES

WATER BORING

WATER DIVINING

"NO WATER NO CHARGE"

STREET & STRIP PERFORMANCE ENGINES ARE OUR SPECIALTY

(03) 5443 3883 30 BELLEVUE ROAD GOLDEN SQUARE

Sails & Structures

Dan McMahon CASTLEMAINE

0421 870 308

Thirty years’ experience C

ENTRE State Drilling has been drilling water bores in the Bendigo area for more than 30 years.

Utilising local knowledge based on this extensive experience, Centre State Drilling’s McMahon is able to offer all his clients SPRAY ON Dan first-hand knowledge of expected outcomes CONCRETE when drilling a bore throughout the region.

ON T R A N S F OSPRAY R M AT I O N S Dans’ local knowledge, bore database search reports and his highly regarded water • Driveways Safety Flooring Shane Gilchrist skills give his clients the advantage T R A N S F O R M A divining TIONS • Verandahs 0417 344 023 Resurfacing all when sinking a bore.

• Floors concrete areas This along with prompt reliable service, Shane Gilchrist 107a non • Ramps PO Boxfor slip honest down-to-earth advice along with Bendigo North 3550344 023 0417 surface • Paths high standard construction are some of the reasons that Centre State Drilling has the best PO Box 107 Phone TOM reputation, reviews and results in the industry.

Bendigo North 3550 Dan offers free on-site consultation, water 0417 308 490

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CONCRETE

5441 7549

divining, written quotes, assistance with a simplified bore permit application as well as a No Water No Charge guarantee, with a stipulation of a bare minimum flow rate of at least 15 litres per minute.

They also only use quality Australian made bore casings unlike some other companies who use cheaper imported casings.

“If a job’s worth doing it’s worth doing properly the first time, it’s worth using the very best materials available,” Dan said.

To discuss your water bore requirements today, phone Centre State Drilling’s Dan McMahon on 0421 870 308.

Alternatively you can email centrestatedrilling@yahoo.com.au or visit their website or Facebook page for more information.

Free Design, Measure & Quote www.romacshades.com.au Phone 5441 8419 romacshades@bigpond.com

bUTE

TRAYS &

ACCESSORIES

Don’t settle for a good tray… demand a bUTE tray!

• Qualified Tradesman • Manufacturers of quality Steel ute trays • Service bodies made to order • Toolboxes made to order • Roof Racks and Ladder Racks • Powdercoating and sandblasting • General fabrication, welding and repairs.

P: (03) 5448 8285 M: 0421 547 907 www.butetraysandaccessories.com.au

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BendigoWeekly

LocalClassifieds BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW! • Phone Jacinta on 5440 2514 or 1300 558 385

BendigoWeekly 38, 200 newspapers ay published ever y Frid

CHURCH NOTICES

CHURCH NOTICES

FROM THE BIBLE

Southern Gateway Christian Church CHURCH SERVICE 10am Sunday Y Community Hall

Each week, 38,200 copies of the Bendigo Weekly are distributed, free of charge, to homes and businesses throughout Bendigo and the surrounding region. More than double that of any other paper in our market.

(opposite Aldi Kangaroo Flat)

PH 5440 2514 37-39 View Street Bendigo

Shared lunch on the day

Preacher:

Stella Johns Ph 0413 682 999

Who’s New

ECCLESIASTES 12: 13-14

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

LocalClassifieds Just $3.40 per line (5 LINE MINIMUM)

1300 558 385

HEALTH SERVICES

HYPNOSIS

HAIR DRESSING

Quit smoking, Drinking, Gambling, Nail biting, Lose weight. Dip. of Clin.

Hyp. Phone Trevor now on: 0417 156 313

MOBILE HAIRDRESSER

Specializing in Seniors Call Jinie 0409 951 510.

The Massage Paradise Spa, Sauna, Jacuzzi and Massage packages Right in the City. Free Parking at rear www.angelspa.com.au LIKE us on Facebook www.facebook.com/themassageparadise

58 Mundy Street, Bendigo OPEN 7 DAYS PHONE 0437 211 614 OR 5444 1534

JAX YANNER

BABY GIBSON

was born at Bendigo Health October 1, 2018 3164 grams Son of Jasmine Zanella and Jamie SmithYanner of Long Gully.

Brother for Izabella and Axel.

was born at Bendigo Health October 2, 2018 3534 grams Daughter of Haylee and Matthew Gibson of Maiden Gully.

Sister for Beau.

LILAH LYNNE HOOPER

JUNIPER LOUISE DICKSON

HEATH THOMAS GREY

INDIE MAY SHARP

was born at

was born at

was born at

was born at

Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health

September 30, 2018

September 29, 2018

3198 grams

3290 grams

Daughter of Sabrina

Daughter of Matilda

Whitehouse and Scott

Purcell and Robert

Son of Amy and Steve

Hartland and Corey

Hooper of Flora Hill.

Dickson of Woodend.

Grey of Benloch.

Sharp of Bendigo.

ANGUS WARWICK KENT

MACKENZIE AVA DI DONATO

ELLIS ADAM PELLE

PIPER MAREE BAXTER

was born at Bendigo Health October 1, 2018 3994 grams Son of Bonnie and Andrew Kent of Golden Square.

Brother for Heidi, Isla, Hudson and Rose.

was born at

was born at

was born at

Bendigo Health

St John of God

Bendigo Health

September 29, 2018

October 1, 2018

May 1, 2018

2224 grams

3038 grams

Daughter of Melissa

Son of Louise Costa

and Phillip Di Donato

and Les Pelle of

Matt Baxter of

of Strathfieldsaye.

Rushworth.

Golden Square.

LEO PATRICK CRAMERI

TOMMY JOHN MATTHEWS

was born at

was born at

St John of God

St John of God

September 20, 2018

September 23, 2018

3175 grams Son of Joel and

3394 grams Son of Ebony and

3680 grams 3828 grams

Strathfieldsaye.

Brother for Max.

Brother for Harry.

Daughter of Rachel

3439 grams Daughter of Jacqui Hayward and

Prints

Bendigo Weekly

Baby Photos

Troy Matthews of

Nicole Crameri.

September 27, 2018

September 30, 2018

Phone 5440 2500

10 x 15cm $4 15 x 22cm$15 20 x 30cm $20

Hello Little One Digital Package $20 Announcement card & original photo emailed.

Hello Little One Printed Cards $40 10 printed cards and original 10x15 image

pyjamas & nighties

1/2 PRICE

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

NEW DINING GROUP

FREE MOVIE & PIZZA

“Gibble Gabble Gobble�

New Chamber Opera Single 50+ Tues nights 6pm + other events Judy 0416 376 564 Lyn 0434 433 122

Kings Faith.

47 Simpsons Rd, Eaglehawk, 7pm, Friday 5 Oct. Ph 0473 533 520 www.onewaygathers.org

PUBLIC NOTICES

secrets at the school reunion Created in Bendigo. Performance at the Bendigo Bank Theatre, The Capital, View Street Bendigo.

Sunday 7th of October, 2pm Tickets: Adult $20 Conc. $15 Available from 5434 6100 and at the door.

For further information, Ph 0427 275 006

classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

Beekeeping Field Day

ADMIN/DISTRIBUTION

Entry $10 Adults, $7 Conc.

Children Free. Ph: Carol 5446 7911 Harcourt Leisure Centre, 63 Bingham’s Rd.

TRAINING & EDUCATION

MEDICAL RECEPTION COURSE 4 day intensive course 15th - 18th October, 2018

Units from Cert III Business Admin (Medical) Nationally Accredited

FREE CALL 1800 001 256 Email: info@wesleytraining.edu.au Web: www.wesleytraining.edu.au Wesley Institute of Training RTO 50921

EMPLOYMENT

Qualified Carpenters Searle Bros is a fourth generation commercial & domestic building company operating in Victoria for over 80 years.

We are seeking experienced and qualified Carpenters to fill permanent full time positions, working out of our Bendigo Office.

Remuneration is negotiable and above award rates.

Please submit your application outlining experience and qualifications to: admin.bendigo@searlebros.com.au no later than Friday 26 October 2018.

Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

EMPLOYMENT

Position available undertaking admin and distribution duties for a local small business.

Providing support in a friendly team.

Initially 1 short day per week (5 hours) Variety of duties available. A basic understanding of bookkeeping, a positive attitude, and a friendly co-operative nature is required.

Apply by phoning 0474 456 217 (11-3pm M-F) or email to: bekhaner@gmail.com

Qualified Site Superviser

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z Mechanical – Light Vehicle Apprenticeship z Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship (Mobile

Equipment) x 2 z Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship (Heavy

Vehicle) x 2 z Painting Apprenticeship x 2 z Hospitality Traineeship - Part time

Scholarship Positions z Apprenticeship - Civil Construction z Apprenticeship - Plumbing (Mechanical)

For more information or to apply online: cvgt.com.au

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Waller Realty, 167 Barker Street Castlemaine 3450

EMPLOYMENT PHONE PEOPLE REQUIRED

Paid volunteer Telemarketers wanted for Charity. Monday Friday. Ph 5444 1353

z Business Traineeship - Retail z Concreting Traineeship

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CRAMPTON PAINTING _____________

Searle Bros is a fourth generation commercial & domestic building company operating in Victoria for over 80 years.

We are seeking an experienced and qualified Site Supervisor to fill a permanent full time position, working out of our Bendigo Office.

Remuneration is negotiable and above award rates.

Please submit your application detailing construction site supervisor experience and qualifications to: admin.bendigo@searlebros.com.au no later than Friday 26 October 2018.

Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

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Community Meals and Soup Kitchens: Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: The Arcade, 165-171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Ph: 5448 1600. Thurs, 4pm-4.45pm.

Bendigo Baptist Community Care Breakfast: Life Essentials, Mad Cow Cafe, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo.

5441 4747. Tues 7.45am.

Cafe 153 Community Breakfast: The Salvation Army Bendigo Worship Centre, 65-71 Mundy St, Bendigo (Gate 1). Sundays 8.45am-9.45am.

Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. Tues 12 noon and 6pm.

Kangaroo Flat Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park, High St, Kangaroo Flat, Wed 5.30pm-6.30pm.

Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts, Kangaroo Flat. Ph: 5447 9998. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 12pm.

Not Just Soup - Soup Kitchen: A Reasonable Christianity Church, 237 High Street, Golden Square - back room (opposite Woolworths). Ph: 0404 559 769. Sun, 3.30pm-4.40pm, Thurs, 5pm-6pm.

FOODCARE3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. Tues 1pm–3pm. Gold coin donation.Ph 0403 698 715.

Saltworks Community Meal: Eaglehawk Anglican Church, 63 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 8251. Fri 5.45pm (except Jan or public holidays).

St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk.

5446 8235. Tues 11.30am (school terms).

Supplied by City of Greater Bendigo.

PHONE 1300 558 385 EMPLOYMENT

Trade Stalls, Demonstrations & Catering available. All Welcome.

Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Tues ht for thoug and Thurs. 5441 4747.

Bendigo Family & Financial Services Inc: Myers Street, Bendigo. Ph: 5441 5277. Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm.

Long Gully Community House: Humboldt Dve. 5442 1165. Wed mornings (bread only).

Food Support 3556: Eaglehawk Community House, 19 Bright St. Ph: 5446 8322. Mon and Thurs, 9am2pm (school terms).

Foodcare 3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, cnr Peg Leg Rd/Kirkwood St, Tues 1pm–3pm. Gold coin donation. Ph 0403 698 715.

Giving and Living Op Shop: Shed 3, 75 Beischer St, East Bendigo. Mon–Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Ph: 5444 2882.

St Vincent de Paul: 16 Hopetoun St, Bendigo. 5443 5688. Mon/Tues/Thurs and Fri, 10am–1.30pm.

Kangaroo Flat–117 High St. 5447 9800. Mon–Wed, 10am–1pm, Fri 11am-2pm.

82 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 2548. Tues and Thurs 10am–1pm, Friday 1pm–4pm Uniting Care Emergency Relief Centres: Bendigo: 25 Forest St. 5443 4972. Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri 10am-12.15pm and 1.30pm-3.45pm.

Kangaroo Flat: Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458.

Tues and Fri 10am–1pm.

Victory Foodbank: 110 Garsed St. Bendigo. Ph: 5443 5998. Tues 10am–12pm.

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Grocery distribution:

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Services Offered TRADITIONAL POST & RAIL FENCING

CONCRETER

LAWN MOWING, WHIPPER SNIPPING

$35 per hr / $30 pen Delivery of Garden Products Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr/ $30 pen (no weeding) Rubbish Removal $80 load/ $70 pen (incl tip fee $35) for 7x4 square box trailer.

Mattresses (+ $30 tip fee ea) NO tyres or rock/clean fill.

Cash only

Ph Mick 0407 448 249

Local Classifieds $3.40 per line

(5 LINE MINIMUM)

1300 558 385

Paths, Driveways, Cross overs, Sheds, Small & big jobs, Reasonable rates.

Seniors Discount Free quotes.

Ph. 0422 424 348.

Specialising in Gateways, Driveways & General farm fencing. 0429 434 646

GARDENER

For all of your gardening needs. Call Marcus: 0401 018 677

AXE CREEK CONCRETING

LAWN Mowing and General Maintenance call Ray $30 per hour $25 per hour for pensioners Ph 0410 088 762

New & old shed floors, Excavation work, Paths & Driveways, big or sml

PH 0429 395 985

CONCRETER

All types of concreting needs, Free quotes Competetive rates Phone 0409 20 55 22

Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial.

For all your concrete requirements..

Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice.

30 years experience

No job too big No job too small Ph 0417 127 131

BRICKLAYERS

all types of brick and block work, chimneys and fireplaces.

Ph 5446 7057 or 0418 370 917 or 0458 438 930

CLEANING & CARPET

Cleaning, Steam clean or Dry clean $50 first room, $10 per room after that Ph 0439 374 389 Receipt & ABN supplied .

30 years experience.

Patching, Renovations, Fancy Cornice, No job too small, Call Leon for a free quote: 0411 984 449

Blocked drains Hot water units Bathrooms, Kitchens, Treatment plants Maintenance Ph 0403 962 817

PLASTERER

WONDER WINDOW

PLUMBER 111684

EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER

DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint.

Phone 0409 949 111

Rates from $40p/hour • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting

EPSOM PAVING

PJ TAYLOR

Pathways, Patios Garden Edging etc.

Ken Tresize Ph 0419 374 062

PLASTERER

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations.

34 yrs exp by qual tradesman.

Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts.

FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.

LIC

CONCRETING

BRICKLAYING

PLASTER

All types of plastering.

• Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes.

Ph. Brian 0407 679 618

AIR CONDITIONING BENDIGO

TempTech

AIR CONDITIONING Servicing all of Central Victoria I Pensioner discounts

Your cooler should be serviced yearly, to keep it clean, safe, and saving you $$

Make sure you stay COOL this summer!

Reg Licence No. 47315

Ph Nathan 0407 972 717 bendigotemptech@hotmail.com I www. bendigotemptech.com.au

ANTENNAS

Digger Service

2 Tonne Excavator, Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire.

Ph: Glenn

ADVERTISING RATES

Request a Services Offered Rates Flyer Email: EMAIL: classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

EXCELLENT service, great rates. Ph Simone 0430 349 332

Bendigo Weekly 38, 200 copies every Friday

5446 1422

PH 5440 2514

0448 713 499

TV Tuning from $40 • Servicing Bendigo & Surrounds • Aerials & additional aerial points • Satellite & Computer Setups • Digital/Smart TV’s • Home Theatre, Wall Mount • DVD, Recorders & Foxtel • Installed & explained

Phone Ron on

5447 7823 or 0431 609 423

5 LINE MINIMUM CHARGE ($17.00)

NE I L R E P

LITTLE RIPPER

0418 510 074

WOMEN CLEANING

SERVICES OFFERED LINE ADVERTISEMENTS

$3.40

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Use the attached line guide to calculate your weekly ad. Phone, email or visit our office to finalise your ad and payment.

Bobcat & Tipper Hire MORE WORK IN LESS TIME WITH OUR LARGE 10M TIPPER

Site Cleaning Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal Backhoe

Call Rhys 0447 424 932 SKILLED OPERATOR

The Bendigo Weekly, 37-39 View St Bendigo

1300 558 385 E: classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

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NO WORD BREAKS (HYPHENATED WORDS) AT END OF EACH LINE

Email: cjchandler65@bigpond.com Web: www.excavationbendigo.com

200 - 600mm diameter

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING Call Ron 0438 569 385

EARTHWORKS

• Bobcat, 6 ton excavator, 10m tipper avail for hire • All general earthworks under taken • Site cleans • Post hole boring • Trenching

Ph 0429 171 697

718 Strathfieldsaye Road, Strathfieldsaye

1.5 TONNE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR HIRE

Get an ad THIS SIZE (2col x 5cm) in

• For dry hire • With or without operator • Short or long term • Delivery can be arranged

PUBLISHING 38,200 COPIES EVERY FRIDAY

• 1.7 Tonne Mini Digger on Trailer • 900, 450, 300mm Buckets Plus Ripper • Post Hole Auger 300 & 450mm available • 5 Tonne Excavator Available for Hire with Rock Breaker • Dry & Wet Hire Available • 7 Days - Mon-Sun

Phone Mark anytime on 0458 426 680 ADDED TO THE FLEET: BOBCAT/SKIDSTEER

Bendigo Weekly

5.5 & 14 ton excav, Skidsteer and Truck available

Call Clint 0427 349 549

Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal

• Driveways • Laser levelling • Drainage • Site Cuts • Tree Removal • Trenching

Services Offered for a 10 week package $475 advertising

GARDAM

Contact Jacinta on 5440 2514 or email classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

0418 508 993

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E X C AVA T I O N

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Services Offered BUILDERS • Decks • Pergolas • Fencing • Retaining Walls • Bathroom Reno’s • Renovations • Lock up’s • Fix outs

Call Simon

0428 552 241 Email: sp_mitchell@bigpond.com

COMPUTERS

GARDEN SERVICES

4 Seasons Garden Care

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•Hedges Trimmed & Shaped • Pruning of Roses, shrubs & Fruit Trees • Garden Maintenance 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE Ph 0429 002 678

PRELOH FRPSXWHU VHUYLFHV on call computer maintenance • Systems built • Repairs and upgrades • Network and internet connections • Virus and Spyware removal

Jeoff Milne 5447 2476 Mob 0425 728 336

Bendigo Mowing & Maintenance

Local People, Great Service

Is your Computer Slow?

Is your Network safe from Hackers?

Call our Mobile Team to your Home or Business. $75 Flat Rate + Parts (No hourly charge).

Pensioner Discounts available.

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WhiteHat Computers Bendigo

DBM-1122 DB-U-28169

5446 2480 or 0400 406 958 Email: support@whitehatcomputers.net

SOUTHERN CROSS RESTUMPING

ROGER JUNIPER

BUILDER

Commercial & Domestic

Craig Wells 0421 279 000 Y C O SP OO UR EC LIN IAL G IST S!

Ph: 0400 319 094 A: PO Box 304, Eaglehawk 3556 E: townsmith@bigpond.com

BUILDERS

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SINGER stylist 834 sewing machine $40 Ph 0409 175 052 SOLAR Panels, 190 Watt. $100 each Ph 0409 965 873

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SUPERMARIO Galaxy & Supermario Galaxy 2, as new $60 0419 254 980

PORTAPOTTY small, excellent condition, $65 Ph 0466 269 948

LAUNDRY Cabinet & trough, $25 Ph 0466 269 948

MARIOKART Wii game, + wheel. in box as new $50 Ph 0419 254 980

TABLE Tennis Table, as new, Donic Powerstar V2 /0, retractable net, bats & balls $390 Ph 0413 885 996

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KITCHEN table + 3 chairs, GC, $80 Phone 0409 612 200 DINING Chairs, leather, balloon button back, set of 10 $350 Ph 0413 555 041

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Drums 200lt $25.

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TRACTORS & farm machinery wanted. Going or not, cash paid, Ph 0429 393 221

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Weir set for blokes lunch

By PETER KENNEDY

ONE of the horse racing industry’s most intriguing and colourful characters will share the highlights of his extraordinary career as part of this year’s Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch.

Trainer Darren Weir has won 14 consecutive Country Racing Victoria awards as the most successful trainer in country Victoria.

Last season, the affable Weir trained 282 winners in country Victoria, and throughout the state, he had 435 winners, topping $23 million in prizemoney.

Weir is a prodigious winner, but he is also a strong supporter of country racing, and his winners scored at tracks across the state including Gallic Chieftain in the Warrnambool Cup and the Stony Creek Cup. Weir also won the Edenhope Cup with Divine Sanction, the Woodend Cup with Imperator Augustus, and the Donald Cup with Another Coldie.

In recent years, the boy from Berriwillock has established a worldclass training facility at Barringhup near Maldon, and Weir describes the property known as Trevenson Park as a work in progress.

“It’s about half finished. We’ve got about 70 horses in work out there.

We’re just building a facility to try and train somewhere between 100 and 120 horses.”

As part of his never ending search

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for perfection, Weir organised for truckloads of specially selected sand to be brought in and used at the property, one of several he operates in regional Victoria.

“It’s worked out well... we’ve got the sand we wanted, and it’s worked out good.”

The main thing is, you need a bit of luck.

Regarded as the people’s trainer and as one who enjoys his craft and the taste of victory, Weir remains philosophical about his love of horse racing, and the sport widely regarded as the sport of kings.

“We’re happy with the way things are going but it’s an up and down sport, it can change very quickly, and things can go wrong.”

Asked about what it is that drives him, or for what he considers to be the key ingredients for his incredible success in the sport, Weir remains both humble and forthright.

“You’ve got to have a passion for the sport. You’ve got to be able to ride

WINNER: Darren Weir celebrates his first Group One win of the season. Photo: REG RYAN/RACING PHOTOS the tough times and you’ve got to want to work too.

“It’s not an easy game to get into and the main thing is, you need a bit of luck.”

As the trainer of a couple of the current Caulfield and Melbourne cup favourite, Weir admits to being in a position that is both exciting and enviable.”

“That’s what we all do it for…..

We do it for those races and its exciting that we’ve got horses in those

races, so were really happy with that.”

Three years ago, jockey Michelle Payne steered 100-1 longshot Prince of Penzance to an unlikely Melbourne Cup victory that captured the hearts and imagination of a nation, in a win Weir this week reflects on as “a fluke”.

“I’d love it to happen again, but it would be pretty hard.

“It’s hard enough to get in the race, let alone win the race.”

Weir will be joined on stage dur-

ing this year’s Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch by his good mate and fellow racing industry identity, Bendigo’s own Ric McIntosh.

Acclaimed for his colourful calling and his passion for the sport of horse racing, McIntosh enjoys cultlike status among racing industry followers for his craft behind the microphone.

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BENDIGO will play host to a major Victorian Weightlifting Association competition event this weekend for the first time in more than 30 years.

Australian representative and Bendigo teenager Annabelle Harwood is expected to shine on her home turf as one of more than 30 athletes taking part in the competition, to be held at the Human Mechanics Epsom gym.

Harwood started competition weightlifting while a student at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, and said she is excited to be part of the event, and had been training hard to continue to improve and represent Australia.

Harwood won silver at the AWF Australian Junior and Senior Championships held in Hobart in 2017, where she lifted 68 kilograms in the snatch and 87kg in clean and jerk for a total of 155kg in the junior women’s 63kg division.

Coach and mentor, Troy Hewkins, a former international weightlifter and Australian champion, has been working in the back ground to help give oppor-

LOCAL HERO : Annabelle Harwood. Photo: SUPPLIED tunities to local aspiring weightlifters, and this competition is part of a long term plan to build the sport in Bendigo.

Victorian Weightlifting president Tim Fry said it was great to see so many athletes coming from around Victoria to compete

in Bendigo this weekend.

“We have lifters from Geelong and Melbourne, together with a contingent from Bendigo.

It should be a great event”.

The competition will be held on Saturday, October 6, from 11am.

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Eaglehawk in final pitch

EAGLEHAWK will take on Shepparton United in the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League Division One premiership match on Sunday.

The Borough side go into the match brimming with confidence, having defeated the Shepparton side 4-3 in a close-fought tussle on Sunday, September 23.

Eaglehawk made it three Division One championships earlier in the season, and finished the regular season two points clear of arch rivals Shepparton.

Opponents Shepparton United rolled Strathdale 3-1 in last weekend’s preliminary final match at Beischer Park, and the side will enjoy home town

advantage in Sunday afternoon’s decider.

United will also be out to repeat the result of last year’s final matchup against Eaglehawk SC, which they won 2-1 in a nailbiter played at the Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve.

Eaglehawk’s two losses in the regular season were against Strathdale in Round Six, where they lost 1-0, and against Sunday’s opponents Shepparton United back in Round 12 on July 1, where the Eaglehawk went down 2-0 in the game played at the McEwan Reserve.

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som Scorpions will take on Shepparton South SC in Sunday’s Youth Championship decider, while the Women’s Championship will be a close fought tussle between local sides Shepparton United and Shepparton South.

The Division Two championship match of the Men’s competition will be between Tatura and Shepparton.

Sunday’s Division One match starts at 3:30pm and will be played at Shepparton’s McEwan Reserve.

Bowls clubs open doors BOWLS clubs throughout Victoria are opening their greens during October to encourage more people to give the sport a go.

Bowls Month encourages clubs to offer various events to help grow the game, which has more than 600,000 participants in Victoria and remains our fastest growing social sport.

“Participation initiatives like these are vital for the growth of bowls to attract new blood to clubs. Bowls Month is a great opportunity for the community to connect with their local club, meet new people and get introduced to the game,” Bowls Victoria chief executive Graeme Bridge said.

In the past two years, regular bowls participation has increased by of 3.6 per cent per year, and Mr Bridge said new flexible formats for social bowls have had a strong impact on the structure of the game.

He said more Victorians were turning to bowls due to it being accessible, inclusive, social and relatively inexpensive to play compared to other club sports.

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The Bendigo FC Under 18s Youth team will tackle the Melbourne Football Stars at the Kevin Gibbons synthetic pitch, and Bendigo FC president Glenn Walker said the game will be a great hit out for the Youth team.

“Melbourne Football STARS is an organisation that provides Melbourne’s elite youth footballers with an opportunity to travel to Europe to gain an insight into the world of professional football,” he said.

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THE Bendigo Spirit will play their final two practice matches in Perth this weekend as the team prepares to embark on a WNBL season full of promise and opportunity.

The club has taken significant steps this year to consign the disappointment of last season to history, with head coach Simon Pritchard yesterday talking up the team’s prospects for the upcoming season.

...it’s a completely different way we’re going about professional basketball “It’s a huge changeup in terms of the personnel… we only retained three of the personnel from last year’s team and that’s strategic in that we have changed the tack, in terms of the way the team operates.

“Last year a lot of the players worked, and then they came in and we trained after work. After three years of that we worked out that by about December each year our players were completely worn out and it’s a combination of diet, eating at the wrong time.”

Pritchard said the club had

OPTIMISTIC: Coach Simon Pritchard. Photo: BRENDAN McCARTHY opted for a more professional approach to the way it operates, both on and off the court, and the move is expected to pay dividends for

both the club and the Bendigo community.

“This year we’ve gone to a professional timetable, none of the

girls work other than for the stadium, which the stadium has been really good in terms of organising contracts so we can do that.”

Players train during the day, and complete their community engagement work in the afternoon, and the new structure is a key part of the Spirit’s plans to progress and grow the sport of basketball in the Bendigo region.

“The strategy is that we do more in the community to try and build our relationship and our brand within the community, and to get the buy-in from the younger community of Bendigo.”

A review undertaken in the offseason has fed into the new approach by the club, and this extends to the way the players train and the availability of extra courts as part of the rejuvenated Bendigo Stadium has made training sessions to be delivered more efficiently and effectively.

“I know from the girls’ perspective, they’re thrilled to be in a facility like this. It’s making their lifes so much easier,” Pritchard said.

“We’re optimising our time because were using three courts in the same amount of time and so we get through training. We get more done in the two hours we are on court, then they leave and they do their strength conditioning or they do their community engagement stuff… it’s a completely different way we’re going about professional basketball.”

The Spirit have achieved three wins and an equal number of losses from six practice matches in the lead up to the WNBL season opener against Melbourne on October 13, and will play their first home game against Dandenong on October 20.

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