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4 years ago - November 8, 2019

2 years ago

November 12, 2021

Ambulance Victoria’s latest performance data has shown the health system is under significant pressure, with ambulance call-outs for life-threatening matters increasing by more than 10 per cent across Geelong.

The performance data for the July to September quarter showed Ambulance Victoria received 3900 code one call-outs, which require a lights and sirens response, across the city

4 years ago

November 8, 2019

Geelong’s deadliest road is “even worse” after authorities applied a trial safety fix this week, according to a veteran trader on the strip.

John Boom slammed the configuration of new turning lanes on Thompson Rd as “unbelievably dangerous”.

6 years ago

November 10, 2017

Geelong could lose 2500 manufacturing jobs if energy prices continue to rise at current rates, according to Australia’s peak industry group.

Energy price rises were a “life or death matter” for a quarter of Australian manufacturers according to Australian Industry Group’s national policy advisor Tennant Reed.

8 years ago

November 13, 2015

It’s a tough enough job for an adult, let alone a 16-year-old.

But Geelong children as young as eight are being pressed into service as carers when disaster strikes families