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August 6, 2021
$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...
August 6, 2021
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...
August 6, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 5, 2021
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,...
August 5, 2021
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...
August 4, 2021
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,...
August 1, 2021
Festival’s sustainability success
THE Queenscliff Music Festival is an exemplar of the sustainable mindset in action.
The festival won the Environmental Volunteering category in last year's Premier's Sustainability...
July 31, 2021
GABF toasts new partnership with BeerFest
THE team behind The Great Australian Beer Festival (GABF) have announced a new partnership with BeerFest Australia. As a part of the partnership, Australian Beer...
July 30, 2021
Person dies in skydiving incident in Torquay
A person has died and a second has life-threatening injuries following a skydiving crash in Torquay this afternoon. Victoria Police said the pair were doing...
July 27, 2021
Footy and netball to return, some games rescheduled
GROUNDS and courts across the Geelong region will be back in action from tomorrow (Wednesday, July 28) thanks to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions,...
July 27, 2021
Victoria’s lockdown lifts at midnight
VICTORIA will come out of its fifth COVID-19 lockdown at midnight tonight (Tuesday, July 27) but masks will remain "inside and outside and always"...
July 26, 2021
Victoria still waits on end of lockdown decision
VICTORIAN Health Minister Martin Foley says authorities will need the rest of today's data before any decisions can be made about the end of...
July 26, 2021
Geelong to host two Renegades games
THE Melbourne Renegades will be coming down the highway to Geelong during the coming Big Bash League (BBL) season, with GMHBA Stadium to host...
July 26, 2021
Local superheroes unmasked at Bethany awards
THIS year’s winners of the Bethany Superhero Awards have been announced, following the COVID lockdown and restrictions cancelling last month’s ceremony. The 12 primary school...
July 25, 2021
Support for regional workers should be wider, Grimley says
THE Victorian Government has announced a pilot scheme to tackle housing shortages and other barriers to regional workforce attraction, but Derryn Hinch's Justice Party...
July 24, 2021
Victoria “on track” to end lockdown next week
VICTORIA is "on track" to end its fifth lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic next week, according to the state's Chief Health Officer. There were 12...
July 23, 2021
New Elders’ Voice to provide advice for Victoria’s Treaty
THE First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria has announced an interim Elders' Voice to provide cultural advice, wisdom and oversight from elders across Victoria to...
July 23, 2021
Cathy’s a new face on the street
LOCAL organisations and councils have partnered to deliver the latest version of STREETFACE, which will also be displayed outside of Geelong for the first...
July 22, 2021
Geelong’s at an “energy crossroads”, environmental group claims
AN ENVIRONMENTAL group claims the simultaneous milestones for both a “big battery” and a gas import terminal near Geelong mean the city has reached...
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