Editorial
4:00 AM AEDT | MELBOURNE gardeners will no doubt be rejoicing in news water restrictions will be eased in the garden city from early next month, but for many country Victorians, it’s a bitter pill to swallow.
16 Mar 10 | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd’s bold new plan to fund about 5500 new doctor positions as part of a $632 million funding package sounds as though it’s just what the doctor ordered.
15 Mar 10 | IN a bid to reduce an unacceptably high road toll, the Queensland Government has unveiled a plan to lower the blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.02.
13 Mar 10 | LA TROBE University’s potential as a preferred education provider for both local and international students is yet to be fully realised, but needs to be.
12 Mar 10 | THE State Government yesterday revealed the list of Victoria’s water-wise towns, and Bendigo is not one of them.
11 Mar 10 | TRUCK driver fatalities totalling 287 is 287 too many - for any industry.
10 Mar 10 | OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott might have bitten off more than he could chew when boldly announcing his plan for a minimum 26 weeks of paid parental leave.
09 Mar 10 | FOR too long now, the City of Greater Bendigo has lagged behind our cousins in Ballarat when it comes to the provision of cycling facilities, and sadly, the gap appears to be growing.
08 Mar 10 | YOU know it’s no ordinary weekend when the price of fuel rockets more than 10 cents a litre in a day.
That’s what happened in central Victoria this weekend, for reasons most motorists will struggle to accept.
06 Mar 10 | EARLIER this week, the City of Greater Bendigo rejected an application by the Foundry Hotel for support of its bid to operate 30 electronic gaming machines at its Golden Square premises.
05 Mar 10 | FRUSTRATED nightclub owners who have taken it upon themselves to deal with idiots who set out to spoil a good night for others should be congratulated for taking such a strong and positive stance on an issue that has for too long been out of control.
04 Mar 10 | KEVIN Rudd’s bold and ambitious plan to reform funding of public hospitals has been labelled the single biggest reform of the health system since the introduction of Medicare more than 25 years ago.
03 Mar 10 | YESTERDAY’S Reserve Bank decision to lift the official cash rate would have come as no surprise to most central Victorian families, as the economy continues to climb out of the doldrums of the global financial crisis.
02 Mar 10 | LATE last week, The Advertiser revealed how the oldest continuous public service position in Australia, that of the Victorian Mining Warden, may be under threat.
01 Mar 10 | THE Federal Government yesterday announced a long-overdue change to Australian tax laws to help volunteer bushfire brigades attract more donations, when Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry declared the Rudd Government plans to extend tax-deductible donation support to all volunteer bushfire brigades.
27 Feb 10 | THE consideration of just how our city plans and then copes with its transport issues in the years to come has assumed centre stage this past week ahead of Tuesday’s planned community consultation session.
26 Feb 10 | CONFIRMATION Bendigo has been selected as one of two regional centres to trial controversial Tasers is something police may well welcome, but that we the community should in some ways feel disappointed about.
25 Feb 10 | WHAT should a government prescribe a health industry as sick as the one we are all part of?
24 Feb 10 | A VERY important meeting will take place next Tuesday on View Street as part of a plan to develop a much-needed road transport strategy for Bendigo.
23 Feb 10 | IT’S now three days since The Advertiser revealed the closure of Bendigo’s much-loved, but financially troubled, ice-skating stadium, and questions are beginning to surface about what happens next.
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