Sadly, not to be
Here's part of what Bendigo Alliance president Max Turner has to say in the edition of Bendigo Monthly now hitting the streets of Bendigo...
bendigogovhub
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
MULTI MILLION DOLLAR RIP OFF:CEO MUST CONSIDER POSITION
Secretive GovHub dealings by City of Greater Bendigo have cost residents and ratepayers at least $6 million in the past year, said...
bendigogovhub
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
RESIDENTS VOTE FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT
GREATER Bendigo residents have voted for greater consultation and engagement on major decisions by the new city council, said Bendigo...
bendigogovhub
- Oct 11, 2020
- 2 min
MARGARET’S WEB: NO INDEPENDENCE
After four years as Bendigo Bunch chief betrayer, Mayor Margaret O’Rourke has had the temerity to proclaim on her facebook page that...
bendigogovhub
- Sep 13, 2020
- 1 min
Economic vandals.
Building signs gone. Lawns being stripped and internals stripped out - that's what was our city-owned municipal offices in Lyttleton...
bendigogovhub
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
COUNCIL TAKES BIG DIVE AND COMES UP WAY SHORT
The truth regarding the long running sage of the Golden Square Swimming Pool is finally to be revealed at the July 15 2020 Council...
bendigogovhub
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Council buckles to Alliance pressure
A media release from City of Greater Bendigo has confirmed that councillors have buckled to pressure from the Bendigo Alliance and the...
bendigogovhub
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
DITCH RATE AND FEE HIKES, ALLIANCE TELLS COUNCIL
The Bendigo Alliance has called on City of Greater Bendigo to abandon its proposed two per cent rate hike and six per cent increases in...
bendigogovhub
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
What does this council have against community?
We’ve heard it so often – the current Bendigo council carries on without a care for what the people of city think, say and do. As long as...
bendigogovhub
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Shut out, shut down: How council and government treat local people
Just under a month ago, City of Greater Bendigo council (well six of the nine elected representatives) trotted out a well-scripted...
bendigogovhub
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
SHAME BENDIGO COUNCIL SHAME
Today, Mayor Margaret O’Rourke, CEO Niemann and councillors of the City of Greater Bendigo were all challenged to confirm or deny the...
bendigogovhub
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
AVOID TRAIN WRECK – VOTE TO NO GOVHUB
The Bendigo Alliance is disappointed that misguided commentary has been provided to respected media outlets ahead of City of Greater...
bendigogovhub
- May 19, 2020
- 1 min
Bendigo GovHub controversy flares ahead of final vote
BENDIGO ADVERTISER STORY - JUST PUBLISHED NOW ONLINE - UPDATE 20 MAY 11.56AM THE TEXT OF THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED FOLLOWING...
bendigogovhub
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Mayoral words 'of no value'
Former respected Mayor Alec Sandner wrote direct to Mayor O'Rourke pointing out problems with the dud GovHub scheme council will vote on...
bendigogovhub
- May 18, 2020
- 5 min
Councillors! Stand against officer recommendation
City of Greater Bendigo councillors have now received not one but two independent financial reports on the cost of paying a conservative...
bendigogovhub
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
Tell us the true rental: it's not rocket science
BENDIGO ALLIANCE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY AN ANGRY BENDIGO BUSINESSMAN HIS ANALYSIS OF RENTAL COUNCIL WILL PAY IS SIMPLE Council and...
bendigogovhub
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min
Poor job and poor deal on GovHub
Ratepayers and residents are angry with the City of Greater Bendigo Council and are writing to councillors to articulate frustration and...
bendigogovhub
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min
People know it's a real dud. Do councillors?
These are the voices of the people of Bendigo ... is the Bendigo Bunch listening? Not the right time for project Under no circumstances,...
bendigogovhub
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
BIG ISSUES NEED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO ASK QUESTIONS
The Bendigo Alliance has received congratulations for doing what City of Greater Bendigo Council will not - engage with the people,...
bendigogovhub
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
INDEPENDENT REVIEW EXPOSES $80M GOVHUB RENT SHOCK
Exclusive independent modelling for the Bendigo Alliance reveals City of Greater Bendigo wants to commit ratepayers to forking out...
bendigogovhub
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Proposed Bendigo GovHub site valued at $5.5m, decision to come before council next week
This is today's online Bendigo Advertiser report (for those resist paying for "news"). Notice all sugar-coated and no balanced reporting...
bendigogovhub
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WANTS GREATER CONSULTATION
Greater community consultation and canvassing of the best options for Bendigo’s future are the aims of the new Bendigo Alliance ahead of...
bendigogovhub
- May 10, 2020
- 2 min
What the Mayor really meant to say
Extravagant, wasteful and doing whatever they want, that’s City of Greater Bendigo with a CBD plan that dishes up projects like a dud...
bendigogovhub
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Bendigo Bunch plays hide and seek with community
For 14 long months, City of Greater Bendigo has shut the people out of knowing what councillors think and say about their extravagant...
bendigogovhub
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Is virus the cold shoulder for hot desk model?
The GovHub model council and State Government want to impose on Bendigo may now be in complete tatters after advice yesterday by...
bendigogovhub
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
Residents dumbfounded: where's the logic?
In their rush to keep the Melbourne-centric State Government happy and back the extravagance of comfy chairs and desks in a dud GovHub,...
bendigogovhub
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
No benefit: Dud GovHub slammed
Former Marong councillor Doug Harrison has made these observations on www.bendigogovhub.com.au. More local concern the Bendigo Bunch...
bendigogovhub
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
COUNCILLORS, MPs MUST HALT EXTRAVAGENT GOVHUB BEFORE TICKING TIMEBOMB SMASHES CITY ASSETS
BY MAX TURNER Some councillors elected to represent the best interests of Bendigo have without proper community consultation abetted the...
bendigogovhub
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
FINALLY … BE PART OF GOVHUB CONSULTATION
Unfortunately this survey was removed shortly after publication of this article. Perhaps it was a false alarm on consultation? We have...
bendigogovhub
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
Councillors, tell us where you stand
Heathcote resident Colin Carrington has called on Bendigo councillors to state exactly where they stand on GovHub. Here is his letter in...