About: Ellie Claringbold

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January 20, 2025

Regional roads account for majority of fatalities in 2024

VICTORIA Police has committed to drive down road trauma through 2025, after provisional figures released this month revealed another devastating year on the state's...

January 14, 2025

Making waves for sick kids

SWIMMERS across the region are preparing to hit their local beaches and lap pools next month to raise funds for the 130,000 seriously ill...

January 8, 2025

Register your pool, save a life

RESIDENTS with newly installed swimming pools and spas are being reminded of their legal obligation to ensure those structures are child safe. Since 2000, 27...

January 5, 2025

Threat of rising sea levels looms over local communities

RISING sea levels, reduced rainfall and more storm events are just some of the climate change impacts forecast for several of Victoria's coastal communities,...

January 1, 2025

Government pledges three days of subsidised childcare if re-elected

THE Federal Government has pledged to provide families with three days of subsidised childcare each week if re-elected next year, as it works towards...

December 18, 2024

Graduates to save hundreds on student debt

AN estimated three million student debts across Australia will be reduced by hundreds of dollars, after legislation changing how indexation charges on the debts...

December 11, 2024

Inquiry calls for local government rate cap review

A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry into local government funding has called for a review into the way rate caps are calculated but has stopped short of...

December 11, 2024

Food system strategy needed to feed growing population, inquiry says

A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has called on the state government to develop a whole-of-government food system strategy to secure the state's food supply into the...

August 15, 2024

Geelong filmmaker up for AACTA award

A short film written by Geelong actor Cassidy Krygger has been named a contender in the 2025 AACTA Awards, Australia's most prestigious film and...

August 8, 2024

Major overhaul to Victoria’s health system announced

THE Victorian government has today (Thursday, August 8) confirmed an additional $1.5 billion in funding will be injected into Victoria’s health system, but forced...