Officer assaulted
Assaulting a fisheries officer at Airey’s Inlet has led to $3000 in fines and one-year bans from recreational fishing for a Melbourne father and son.
A magistrate imposed the penalties on the pair, aged 51 and 27, for fishing without licences, giving false details and for one of them launching the assault.
Death unsuspicious
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of a man found with knife wounds at Clifton Springs on Monday.
Police said a report was being prepared for the coroner after investigators deemed the death unsuspicious.
TAC action
Industrial action has embroiled Geelong’s TAC head office as unionists seek an improved enterprise bargaining agreement for staff.
A union spokesperson said the arrival of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Geelong had increased the TAC’s “staff retention issues”, so it should comply with EBA demands to be “seen as an employer of choice”.
Drums disappear
The loss of two chemical drums from the back of a vehicle near Meredith has prompted a police call for witnesses.
Police said one of the 200-litre drums of dairy-cleaning sanitisers disappeared 2km south of Meredith and the other 1.5km from Elaine.
Funding cycle
Cyclists’ safety needs a $10 million infrastructure boost at this year’s state election, according to a bicyclists lobby group,
Bike Safe said half the money would begin “fixing up what we have”, while “at least” another $5 million was required to start work on proposed cycling infrastructure.
Job workshops
Retrenched Geelong workers will “discover new employment opportunities” at a series of workshops beginning next month, Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson has announced.
She said the Jobs 4 Geelong workshops from 8 October to 12 November would help put job seekers “on the front foot”
