Bendigo Cup Day vs Melbourne Cup Day?

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Bendigo Cup Day will remain the region's local public holiday for another five years, after Greater Bendigo Council voted to keep it last month. But a council survey found local businesses were far more likely than other respondents to prefer Melbourne Cup Day.

Scroll below to listen to Aoife Cunningham's 3-minute audio current affairs story - including her exclusive interview with the Bendigo mayor - on a divided community.

Bendigo Cup took place Oct 28, offering the region a public holiday that replaced Melbourne Cup's Nov. 2 day off.

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