20 years ago
August 11, 2000
Federal Government auditors have labelled a Geelong nursing home “one of the best they have ever seen”. The Aged Care Accreditation and Standards Agency (ACASA) auditors also gave top marks to 12 other nursing homes across the region, with none failing the tough test.
15 years ago
August 12, 2005
A city pharmacy is offering to donate to charity to avoid graffiti being scribbled on its building. Pardey’s Pharmacy, at the corner of Moorabool and Little Malop St, has erected a sign on its shop wall to try to combat graffiti.
10 years ago
August13, 2010
A “vicious” gang attack on a group of young Geelong revellers during a night out in Melbourne has highlighted the comparative safety of their home town, according to police. Newtown’s Ashleigh Bakker and her group of friends suffered a variety of injuries in the allegedly unprovoked attack.
5 years ago
August 14, 2015
Up to 30 former Alcoa workers from Geelong and at least one ex-Ford employee face redundancy for the second time in 12 months as a Williamstown shipyard sheds another 125 staff. The former Alcoa electricians joined BAE Systems after the Point Henry smelter closed just over a year ago.
