About: James Taylor

60 Moorabool Street building completed

WORKERS have started to move into Geelong’s newest office building, the $100 million headquarters for health insurer GMHBA developed by Quintessential Equity. Located in Geelong’s...

Delta COVID-19 variant grounds 2021 Avalon Airshow

THIS year's Australian International Airshow has been grounded, with organisers confirming today (Tuesday, August 10) the cancellation of the event scheduled for November 30-December...

COVID-19 case recorded in Lara

A NEW COVID-19 case has been recorded in Lara today (Tuesday, August 10) but the person has been self-isolating for their infectious period. According to...

GDFNL clubs vote to skip straight to finals

THERE will be no more games in the Geelong and District Football and Netball League (GDFNL) regular season for this year, with most clubs...

Wathaurong looking for a new CEO

WATHAURONG Aboriginal Co-operative Lisa Briggs stepped down as chief executive officer of the organisation on Friday last week. Ms Briggs became CEO of Wathaurong in...

Local footy returns this weekend

COMMUNITY footy is back across the Geelong region this weekend, following the Victorian Government’s announcement that the lockdown would lift in regional Victoria from...

Regional Victoria lockdown lifts at midnight

REGIONAL Victoria will revert to the COVID-19 settings in place before the start of the state's sixth lockdown, with restrictions to be lifted at...

BC Beatz dance into the national titles

GEELONG dance school BC Beatz is hopeful border restrictions will ease enough that its students will get the chance to compete at the national...

Tokyo Olympics: Aussies in action on Day 17 and Day 16 results

AUSTRALIA  - 17 gold, 6 silver, 22 bronze   What's on today? ATHLETICS Men's Marathon (Brett Robinson, Jack Rayner, Liam Adams), Olympic Stadium/New National Stadium CYCLING TRACK Women's Omnium all...

Party in Fyansford like it’s 1939

Geelong Arts Centre and Tenacious C are teaming up to give musical theatre fans the chance to party like it’s 1939. Provenance Wines will host...

Outback journey inspires poetry collections

Not everyone would love to camp in the desert under the stars, encounter a hungry dingo or paddle in a waterhole at Uluru, but...

$400m lockdown support package for businesses announced

THE federal and Victorian governments have today (Friday, August 6) announced a new joint funding package to give Victorian small and medium businesses extra...

Corio Village initiative to make space safer

CORIO Village has launched its "Respect, Protect, Connect" campaign, a new initiative geared at making the popular shopping centre a safer space for the...

High achievers honoured in Premier’s VCE Awards

VICTORIA’S best performing VCE students have been recognised with Premier’s VCE Awards, celebrating their outstanding efforts and achievements in their final year of schooling...

G21 Stakeholder Forum cancelled

THE G21 Stakeholder Forum scheduled to be held tomorrow (Friday, August 6) and broadcast online has been cancelled due to Victoria's impending snap COVID-19...

Seven-day Victoria lockdown starts at 8pm

VICTORIA will go into its sixth lockdown within hours, with Premier Daniel Andrews announcing the entire state would return to the same level of...

Two COVID cases in Victoria added to six announced today

VICTORIA has recorded another two coronavirus cases on top of the six previously announced today (Thursday, August 5). The two new cases will be included...

Owen Wright takes bronze as first medals for surfing awarded

AFTER three days of fierce competition in everything from waist-high wedges to overhead typhoon surf, reigning World Surf League (WSL) champions Carissa Moore and...

Rip Curl Pro comes back to Bells in 2022

THE Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be back in 2022, with the World Surf League (WSL) announcing the long-running event would return to...

Tokyo Olympics: Aussies in action on day 14 and day 13 results

AUSTRALIA - 15 gold, 4 silver, 17 bronze   What's on today? ATHLETICS Men's Decathlon last five events (Ash Moloney, Cedric Dubler) Women's High Jump Qualifying Round (Nicola McDermott,...

MoPA to keep playing through RISE grant

The Museum of Play and Art (MoPA) is among three arts organisations in the Geelong region to share in more than $1 million under...

Funding to fix region’s road black spots

ROAD users and pedestrians alike in the Geelong region are set to benefit from Black Spot projects announced last week by the federal government,...

Festival’s sustainability success

THE Queenscliff Music Festival is an exemplar of the sustainable mindset in action.