Cats axed
The Geelong Cats have delisted forward Daniel Menzel after 136 goals in 73 games despite four knee reconstructions.
The Cats announced Menzel’s axing this week, along with fellow forward Jordan Murdoch, who kicked 73 goals in 108 games.
Violence targeted
Family violence’s 59 per cent rise over the past five years in Geelong is targeted in a council plan to improve the health and wellbeing of residents.
Council this week adopted the three-year plan, which also seeks to address concerns over obesity levels and food shortages among cash-strapped members of the community.
Water woe
Recent rain has failed to increase the region’s water storage levels as consumption outstrips inflows.
Barwon Water recorded the storages at 62.7 per cent of capacity this week despite 17mm of rain in the seven days to Tuesday as weekly consumption nudged 640 million litres.
Joey saved
Police and passers-by have rescued a “small joey” from the pouch of her mother, who died at the intersection of Torquay’s South Beach Rd and Surf Coast Hwy.
Police reported on Wednesday that the joey would make a “full recovery” in the care of a wildlife rescue organisation that recovered the animal at the scene.
Tough call
A local politician facing court for drink driving has called for tougher sentencing for crimes of violence.
State Upper House MP Simon Ramsay has mailed constituents with a flyer calling for “tougher” laws after blowing .191 after a football club function at Barwon Heads in July.
Multicultural planning
“Inclusive planning” will help deliver “greater social cohesion” in Geelong, according to a new City Hall strategy for enhancing multiculturalism across the municipality.
Acting Mayor Peter Murrihy noted that 16 per cent of Geelong residents were born overseas as he launched City Hall’s Multicultural Action Plan 2018-2022, saying “the work we do in this space is vital”.
Man wanted
A bottleshop surveillance camera has snapped a man wanted for questioning over a spending spree with a stolen credit card.
Police released an image of the man this week, alleging the card was used at a “number of retail outlets” after a wallet was taken from a car at Ocean Grove on 8 October.
