Men wanted
Geelong police have released images of two men with warrants out for their arrest on separate assault offences.
Shaun Cauchi, 37, was known to frequent Geelong and Laverton, while 48-year-old Anthony McKinlay was possibly living in the Newcomb area, police said.
Register ‘vigilance”
State Government should back a federally proposed national public register of convicted child sex offenders, a new local MP has told Victoria’s Upper House.
Federal minister Peter Dutton’s proposed register was about being “vigilant and not vigilante”, said Stuart Grimley, a Geelong-based MP for Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party.
Deal delegation
A local lobby group has travelled to Canberra seeking to break an “apparent deadlock” on Geelong’s City Deal funding package.
Councils alliance group G21 said the details of the joint federal and state package were still up in the air “despite lots of promises”, said the organisation’s chief executive officer, Elaine Carbines.
Multicultural ‘standards’
A new action plan will help Geelong keep up with “international standards” on multiculturalism, according to City Hall.
The multicultural action plan 2018-2022 would “address real community needs” among local ethnic communities, which comprised 16.2 per cent of the population without including recent arrivals from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Burma, the City said.
Skier awarded
A Barwon Heads woman has won a state honour for mogul skiing, award organisers have announced.
Twenty-year-old Jakara Anthony was named Vicsport Victorian Young Athlete of the Year in front of 500 people at Marvel Stadium on Wednesday night, the organisers said.
Park underway
Work is underway to build a $500,000 skate park at Corio, City Hall has announced.
The Stead Park attraction was scheduled for completion by the end of June after contractors had finished works including the removal of seven trees and the planting of 40 replacements, City Hall said.
Storages fall
The region’s water storages have continued receding despite recording 17mm of rain in the seven days to Monday, according to official measurements.
Barwon Water recorded overall capacity at 45.4 per cent, which was 669 million litres less than at the same time the previous week.
Siblings graduate
Three Geelong siblings have graduated simultaneously with commerce degrees, according to Deakin University.
Emmersen, Scott and Nicholas Dixon received their degrees on Wednesday as 6000 students graduated in 12 ceremonies at the university’s Waterfront campus over the past week, Deakin said.
