1 year ago
July 22, 2022
New data released by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) suggests Geelong property price growth is slowing more than metropolitan Melbourne and other regional areas.
With the looming reality of regular interest rate rises and the constant discourse around the high cost of living, growth is flattening out across Victoria and the nation.
3 years ago
July 24, 2020
Geelong and neighbouring municipalities have recorded 54 new COVID-19 cases in a week, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Twenty new cases in Geelong and an outbreak at Colac’s Australian Lamb Company abattoir drove the seven-day increase.
5 years ago
July 20, 2018
Police have blamed “excessive” speed for a Norlane crash that ripped a ute in half and left a passenger fighting for his life.
Alcohol and drugs could also be a factor,with police awaiting blood test results. Geelong Highway Patrol Acting Sergeant David Ramm described Wednesday’s crash as the worst he had seen.
7 years ago
July 22, 2016
Four men allegedly car-jacked a pregnant woman before a police chase across the Bellarine Peninsula on Wednesday night.
The 30-year-old woman was left unwilling to “participate in any media” after the men allegedly force her off the road, Victoria Police said on Thursday.
