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Exposure sites update – September 24

THE Department of Health has listed multiple COVID-19 exposure sites across the Geelong region within the past 24 hours. New exposures sites include locations in...

Senator welcomes pool progress

BELLARINE residents will be encouraged to provide feedback next month on the concept designs for stage two of the North Bellarine Aquatic Centre, which...

BT digital edition, 23 September

MCH digital edition, 23 September

Vic teachers must get COVID-19 vaccine

VICTORIAN teachers and childcare workers will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before they return to work. Education Minister James Merlino announced all staff at...

Queenscliffe wins vax race

THE BOROUGH of Queenscliffe is officially the COVID-19 vax capital of Victoria! The borough is the first Victorian municipality to reach the significant milestone of...

‘No choice’ but to shut Vic construction

THERE was "no choice" but to shut down swathes of Victoria's construction industry because of the spread of COVID-19 and low public health compliance,...

Exposure sites update – September 19

NEW public exposure sites to COVID-19 in the Geelong region include the following: The Wharf Shed, Geelong, September 11, between 10.30am and 11.50am is a...

Vic roadmap unveiled, 507 new virus cases

PREMIER Daniel Andrews today unveiled Victoria's "cautious" roadmap out of lockdown, as the state recorded 507 new virus cases and another death, bringing the...

Exposure sites update – September 18

NEW public exposure sites to COVID-19 in the Geelong region include the following: Three Little Figs, Geelong, between 12.30pm and 2pm, September 13, is a...

BT digital edition, 16 September

MCH digital edition, 16 September

Ballarat lockdown, Shepparton released as Victoria’s outbreak ‘not at peak’

BALLARAT will go back into lockdown for a week due to a rise in cases, as health authorities warn the state's latest outbreak is...

Exposure sites update

COLES Torquay has been added to the region’s growing list of COVID exposure sites with anyone who visited the supermarket urged to get tested. The...

V/Line suspended, more pop-up vax hubs

ANOTHER five COVID-19 infections have been detected in regional Victoria, including one in greater Geelong, one in Mildura, two in Gippsland and one linked to...

Exposure sites increase

THE Department of Health has identified more COVID exposure sites across the Geelong region with exposure time frames dating back to August. Tier 1 exposure...

Victoria reports 450 new COVID infections

VICTORIA’S young and unvaccinated remain the most vulnerable as the state reported four-hundred-and-fifty new cases of COVID-19. More than 42,760 COVID tests were taken during...

New exposure sites: Lorne and Geelong

Victoria’s Department of Health has listed three new exposure sites in the Geelong region and a Tier 1 site on the Surf Coast. Anyone who...

Surf Coast Century event rescheduled due to lockdown

TORQUAY-BASED events company Rapid Ascent has once again been forced to reschedule the Surf Coast Century which was to be held on September 11...

BT digital edition, 9 September

My Coastal Home – Special Edition

Victoria records 246 new COVID-19 cases

A SEVENTEEN-year-old on a ventilator is among the one hundred and ten Victorians in hospital with coronavirus. The state has recorded 246 new COVID-19 cases, including...

Guy returns as leader of Victorian Libs

MATTHEW Guy is again the leader of the Victorian Liberals, after toppling Michael O'Brien in a leadership coup. MPs voted 20 to 11 for a...

Textile waste growing threat to ocean’s health

CHEAP trendy disposable clothing is choking waterways and polluting the ocean like never before, but sustainability is becoming increasingly fashionable industry insiders claim. New data...