Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters has returned to Canberra for the first parliamentary sitting week for the year.

Sandhurst Football Netball Club have been named National Runners Up in the Mental Health Category at the Alcohol and Drug Foundation’s Good Sports Awards.

Bendigo Airport will receive further upgrades thanks to funding under the Australian Government’s $100 million Regional Airports Program.

The Australian Government is delivering more funding to allow small businesses to access free mental health and financial counselling support.

The Australian Government is ensuring vulnerable children will continue to get the dental care they need under the national Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS).

Bendigo’s disaster defences could get a boost, with applications open for the Albanese Government’s new Disaster Ready Fund (DRF).

Good news for central Victorians relying on prescription medications into the New Year, with cost-of-living relief coming their way.

For the first time in its 75-year history, the maximum cost of general scripts under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will fall.

More than 1500 young people, carers and students across the Bendigo electorate are set to receive a boost to their social security payments when indexation increases take effect on 1 January 2023.

Recipients of Youth Allowance will see the largest indexation increase to their payment since it began in 1998.

Doctors and nurse practitioners living and working in parts of central Victoria will have their HELP debt wiped under legislation introduced by the Australian Government.

Federal Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, has announced 13 successful recipients of Round 2 of the 2022-23 Local Sporting Champions Grants and Local Para Champions Grants.

The Local Sporting Champions program is an Australian Government initiative to provide financial assistance for young people.