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Mongabay, 1 August 2025: On the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment, Vietnamese environmentalist Dang Dinh Bach, who was sentenced to five years on tax evasion charges, has been recognized with a prestigious international award. The 46-year-old was officially presented the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty in July by the president of the U.S.-based organization … Continue reading
CASTLEMAINE’S Andy Jackson, who discovered poetry “almost by accident” 30 years ago, has won one of the biggest literary prizes in the country. Jackson, who lives with the physical condition Marfan syndrome, took out the $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry for his fifth poetry book Human Looking, which challenges preconceptions around disability and … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser July 20, 2024: Pam Scherger credits a local support group with helping her adjust to an acquired disability. Now, as government policy around the complicated sector continues to evolve and advocacy organisations campaign for urgently needed funding increases, that support group has closed down. Some of its members have been “devastated” by the … Continue reading
AFTER 172 house inspections and countless unsuccessful applications, 36-year-old Amanda Parker and her kids have signed the lease of a four-bedroom rental property in Huntly.Bendigo Advertiser, June 28, 2024 Read more ‘You are Enough’: Hope for end to housing struggles Amanda Parker’s disability pension and lack of a ‘rental ledger’ has seen the Bendigo mother … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser, May 25, 2024: Mandurang South resident Andrew Marks spent 45 years working in agricultural and rural banking, the last decade-and-a-half of it around the Bendigo region. It was an interesting and varied career, which he enjoyed. Then one morning a year ago he woke up having a stroke. It came “out of the … Continue reading
Korong Vale teenager Tyson Woodman was technically dead for 12 minutes last year. But one year on and thanks to the dedication of first responders, healthcare providers, family and friends, the 19-year-old – who is something of a local character – is fit enough to reunite with everyone involved in his miraculous recovery, and help … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser, December 30, 2023: Bendigo pharmacists are welcoming the news they will be able to provide customers with a range of vaccinations free of charge from January 1. “For the patients, it’s brilliant,” White Hills Pharmacy owner Sanjay Jhaveri said. “I’m 100 per cent in favour of it.” “For my clientele, it will be … Continue reading
Popular actor and author William McInnes reckons growing up in Australia is “one of life’s lottery wins”. The devoted fan of the country’s colloquialisms as well as its places has written a new book, Yeah, Nah! A Celebration of Life and the Words that Make Us Who We Are, which he is touring central Victoria … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser, October 17, 2023: A Bendigo pharmacy is facing a $300,000 a year income cut linked to new dispensing rules, with once-free services now incurring charges as businesses bid to claw back their losses. In September, the federal government introduced changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to enable doctors to prescribe 60 days … Continue reading
Bendigo Advertiser, 30 September 2023 Writer, explorer, film maker and cultural commentator Robyn Davidson is “best known for her solo odyssey across the Australian desert with four camels and a dog. That 1977 trip from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean was documented in the international best seller Tracks. Her memoir Unfinished Woman provides the … Continue reading
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