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‘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,...

Intersport De Grandi – Cricket Catalogue 2021 – 2022

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...

GLT 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...

I AM sculpture finds its place by the water

A LARGE-SCALE sculpture celebrating the local community is now on public display at Geelong Waterfront and is inviting everyone to be a voice for...

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...

GLT digital edition, 9 September

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...

Cash for renters as state records 246 cases

Victorians struggling to pay rent because of multiple coronavirus lockdowns will be eligible for a one-off fifteen-hundred-dollar grant. The State Government announced the grant on...

Regional lockdowns could ease soon

VICTORIA has one-hundred-and-eighty-three more cases of COVID-19 as the state announces additional support for vulnerable community members impacted by lockdowns, and points to a...

Govts announce $2.3b in Vic business aid

VICTORIAN businesses struggling amid extended COVID lockdowns will share in more than two-point-three billion dollars of Government support as the state records one hundred and...

Vic man in his 60s dies with COVID-19

A MAN in his sixties has become the latest death from Victoria's Delta coronavirus outbreak, Premier Daniel Andrews says. It brings the fatality toll from the...

Time between Vic AZ COVID vaccines halved

THE interval between doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been halved from twelve to six weeks in Victoria, as the state records one-hundred-and-seventy-six...

GLT digital edition, 2 September

Regional lockdown could lift next week, playgrounds back

REGIONAL Victoria could leave lockdown next week, aside from Greater Shepparton, with significant restrictions still in place. The controversial ban on playgrounds will be lifted,...