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COVIDSafe app use lagging, poll reveals

ONLY just over half of regional Victorians have the COVIDSafe app installed on their phones five months after its launch, according to a new...

Cats crush Pies, Stewart eyes the Lions

THE Cats will fight for a spot in the AFL grand final this weekend after a dominant semi-final against Collingwood. Geelong will face Brisbane at...

Don’t forget to vote in council elections

VOTERS enrolled in the council elections across the Geelong region should have received their ballot packs by now, and are reminded they have until...

Allied effort: Joint letter pleads for easing of coronavirus restrictions in regional Victoria

THE Geelong Chamber of Commerce has joined an alliance of similar organisations from regional Victoria “pleading” for the state government to ease coronavirus restrictions...

GRC prepares for Geelong Cup with no crowds

THE Geelong Racing Club (GRC) is preparing for a very different Geelong Cup next week, with coronavirus restrictions preventing the usual flood of racegoers...

No reply envelope? You can still vote

VOTERS who didn't get reply envelopes with their council election ballot packs can still cast their vote by mail, according to the Victorian...

Labor’s Budget would benefit apprentices and childcare

AT LEAST two of the measures proposed by the Labor Party in its Budget reply would have significant benefits for people in the Geelong...

Sounding off and checking in on youth mental health

Vichealth and Mushroom Group have joined forces to launch a new platform featuring Australian musicians openly sharing their personal mental health and wellbeing experiences...

CORA to go ahead despite some community opposition

THE state government has, after months of consideration, given planning approval to the Cape Otway Road Australia (CORA) project, but a community group of...

Giving the best mental health advice to businesses

Beyond Blue has launched an online training course to help small business advisers provide mental health support to business owners affected by the coronavirus...

Networking drinks go online

TOURISM Greater Geelong and the Bellarine (TGGB) has kept networking drinks alive despite the coronavirus pandemic, taking the concept online last week. The organisation hosted...

G21 gives mixed response to Budget

LEADING Geelong lobby group G21 has given a mixed response to the Coalition's 2020/21 Federal Budget and its impact on the region. G21 chief executive...

Survey reveals Australians’ reactions to COVID symptoms

More than a third of Australians with cold- or flu-like symptoms spent time in public and almost one in five attended work in person...

Bellarine police throw a shaka for a good cause

BELLARINE police officers have joined the list of personalities who are throwing a shaka for a Barwon Health Foundation campaign during Mental Health Month. "Shaka...

Regional Victoria may go alone on coronavirus roadmap

THE state government has given its strongest indication yet that regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne will not have to move together along the state's...

Game on for CORA as state government gives approval

IT IS GAME on for the $350 million Cape Otway Road Australia (CORA) project, with the state government to announce today it has given...

More health service to log onto telehealth

People living in Western Victoria will have better access to specialist medical care without having to travel through a boost to telehealth services by...

Meet your council candidates: Borough of Queenscliffe

  Susan Salter.

Susan Salter

Candidates quizzed by northern Bellarine voters

COUNCIL candidates on the Bellarine have faced questions from the voters in the first of three online forums hosted by the Combined Bellarine Community...

Campaign wants 12 Apostles tourists to treasure their visit

THE local tourism group closest to the 12 Apostles is urging visitors to the iconic tourist attraction to respect the environment and travel to...

Meet your council candidates: Bellarine Ward, City of Greater Geelong

Tom O'Connor.

Tom O’Connor

Gabby and Seb get their foot in the door

THE Queenscliff Music Festival (QMF) has announced joint winners of its 2020 Foot-in-the-Door competition, with judges unable to recommend either of the two finalists...

RCV urges faster easing of coronavirus restrictions outside Melbourne

THE state's regional areas continue to have a very low number of active coronavirus cases, and Rural Councils Victoria (RCV) is urging the Victorian...

Duncan backs Selwood to face the Pies

CATS midfielder Mitch Duncan is backing his skipper Joel Selwood to recover from a finger injury and front up for this weekend's do-or-die AFL...