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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...

On the job: Federal Budget aims to drive employment growth

THE Coalition says it is putting jobs and investment at the heart of the latest Federal Budget, including hundreds of millions of dollars towards...

VEC prepared to extend voting deadline in council elections

THE deadline for votes in this year's council elections across the state could be extended, with the Victorian Electorial Commission (VEC) prepared to enact...

Geelong businesses earmarked for cheaper, high-speed NBN

GEELONG will be among the first regional cities where business can get access to very high-speed broadband at a rEduced cost through an initiative...

Grants to stoke the creative engine

GEELONG Arts Centre has finalised the full list of recipients for their Creative Engine grants. The grants, both financial and in-kind occupancies within the centre’s...

Wave attenuator on track for 2021 completion

A NEW publicly accessible $10.1 million wave attenuator at the Geelong waterfront precinct is nearing completion, with the last three remaining pieces en route...

VEC encourages early votes

VOTERS should check the mail from this week for their ballot packs for the election, and Victorian Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately is encouraging people...

WILD encourages support for women candidates

THIS year marks the centenary of Victoria's first female councillor, and Women in Local Democracy (WILD) is asking voters to preference women candidates high...

First Peoples’ Assembly presents first report to Parliament

THE First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria has marked a successful first year, with its first annual report tabled in state Parliament last month. Since starting...