Bendigo

Stopping all stations: Bendigo line commuters forced back to their cars

Adam Carey When Metro services were extended to Sunbury on November 18, travellers further along the Bendigo line in towns such as Kyneton and Castlemaine also saw their journeys extended

Bendigo Bank asks court to rule on Crown gamble

The incident occurred at Crown Casino.

Adrian Lowe One of Australia's best-known banks is suing Melbourne's Crown casino, claiming it should have realised that one of its employees stole the millions of dollars she gambled away.

Two charged over Bendigo car-jacking

Megan Levy A man has allegedly been kidnapped at gunpoint after a car-jacking near Bendigo this morning.

Jail to get life as new Bendigo asset

The Old Bendigo Gaol.

Darren Gray Former jail, opened in 1861 and closed in 2006, is set for an overhaul.

Man arrested after Bendigo Council lockdown

Victoria Police tape

Nino Bucci Police searching for a gunman in Bendigo have arrested a man who returned to the scene of the incident.

A fairytale in Bendigo as Charlene enters with grace

Princess Charlene of Monaco

John Elder The royal face of Monaco dazzled at an exhibition dedicated to Grace Kelly.

Napthine backs down on building unions

Premier Denis Napthine

Ben Schneiders The Napthine government has been forced to back down and put on ice its crackdown on building unions.

Hunter warned of bird massacre

Endangered ducks slaughtered

Melissa Fyfe At least 150 endangered ducks, plus other birds including whistling kites and black swans, killed.

Comments 254

Arrests after getaway car overturns

Thomas O'Byrne Four men have been arrested in relation to a string of armed robberies in the Mornington area after police came across their overturned vehicle on Thursday night.

Napthine's road rules

Premier Denis Napthine

Josh Gordon, Richard Willingham and Henrietta Cook Despite recent road disasters in Sydney and Brisbane, Mr O'Brien said the government expected to be ''knocked over in the rush'' from the private sector.

Taser rollout gather pace

Stephen Cauchi The taser rollout is continuing in Victoria, with police in Geelong, Corio and Ballarat now trained to use the devices.

Something special lost in test results

East Gippsland Specialist School students Keshia Harrison, left and Nikkita Kilby with their teacher Rob Cronin reporting the News.

Benjamin Preiss When a league table of last year's NAPLAN test results was published in another newspaper, East Gippsland Specialist School was named among the worst-performing schools in the state.

Fire breaks out on Melbourne bikie street

Up to six armed men robbed a Port Melbourne supermarket yesterday.

Thomas O'Byrne Police are investigating a 'suspicious' fire which broke out at a bikie clubhouse in Melton during the early hours of Sunday morning.

Brawl case involving policeman thrown out of court

Constable Jason Mooney leaves court.

Josh Fagan Two men involved in a brawl, spurred by a schoolyard bullying incident involving their sons, have escaped punishment.

It all comes out in the wash on Facebook

November 4, 2012, Northcote.

Dan Oakes Caught on camera in the dead of night, with an item of washing draped over his head, the man managed to look both menacing and ridiculous.

Comments 20

Five WWI Diggers identified

A photo of the grave of Edward George Austin, who was killed at the Battle of Fromelles, 1916, aged 27. This photo was  sent to his wife Theresa in 1922.

Carolyn Webb Five Australians have been newly identified among soldier remains recovered from the World War I Battle of Fromelles.

For sale: Fortress for the security-conscious

For sale: a bikie fortress.

Chris Vedelago The metal-clad fortress of a former bikie is on the market.

V/Line misses punctuality targets every month

x

Adam Carey V/Line, the state's regional rail operator, has missed its monthly punctuality target on every intercity line in the state every month for the past six months.

Doubt over assessment of Napthine's road plan

Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder

Adam Carey An assessment of the economic credentials of the east-west road link was given to the Napthine government just two weeks ago, throwing doubt on its chances of being properly assessed by...

Banned builder wins lucrative contract

The government banned Lend Lease from publicly funded building work in Victoria after it signed a union-friendly deal with the CFMEU.

Ben Schneiders and Hannah Knight The Coalition's crackdown on Victoria's building unions is in disarray after it awarded a $630 million hospital contract to Lend Lease, a builder it had banned from all government work.