Fires flare
Fire fighters have battled grass fires north of Geelong amid soaring temperatures and high winds.
Crews had contained fires near Lovely Banks and Anakie when the Indy went to press on Thursday afternoon amid 39C heat in Geelong.
Local victim
A Bannockburn woman was among the victims of a man who allegedly launched a series of sex assaults on Melbourne trams, according to police.
Police appealed for any witnesses to come forward after investigators charged the 33-year-old from Brunswick with three counts of sex assault.
Guns wanted
Owners of illegal guns can hand them over without fear of arrest during an upcoming firearm amnesty, Geelong Police has announced.
The amnesty from 30 November to 15 December would accept registered and unregistered guns from owners who had made appointments to hand over their weapons, police said.
Great Dane
Geelong will learn Nordic lessons for creating jobs through renewable energy when Denmark’s ambassador to Australia visits the city today, according to Deakin University.
His Excellency Tom Norring would attend a round-table discussion at the university’s Waurn Ponds campus where participants would hear about “the Danish experience of reskilling older workers” in renewables, said Deakin Professor Andrew Scott.
Storages slip
The region’s water storages have fallen .1 per cent despite 9mm of rain in the seven days to Wednesday, according to official measurements.
Barwon Water measured the storages at 71 per cent of capacity this week after weekly consumption of 676 million litres.
Assault charges
A man and a woman wanted on separate assault charges are on the run from arrest in Geelong, according to police.
Investigators released images of 23-year-old Robert Tuipulotu and Nicole O’Connor, 47 this week, saying police believed that the pair were living in the Breakwater and central Geelong areas respectively.
