Bellarine MP Lisa Neville in hospital
Bellarine MP and Police, Water and Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville was hospitalised last Friday due to complications associated with a previously diagnosed medical...
Victoria to enter five-day lockdown
Victoria will re-enter a snap stage four-style lockdown for at least five days beginning 11.59pm tonight following another two COVID-19 cases overnight.
Premier Daniel Andrews...
Charlie pulls strings at Australian Open
Charlie Reid’s passion for stringing racquets has landed him in the same room as star player Nick Kyrgios – if only briefly.
“Kyrgios came into...
Shop local for Valentine’s Day
Highton florist Jen Gross is urging locals to buy Australian-grown roses this Valentine’s Day, her 39th in the industry.
“I try to buy Australian roses,”...
Refinery could be last left by 2022
Geelong’s Viva Energy refinery could be the last left operating in Australia by 2022, following ExxonMobil’s closure of its Altona refinery.
The oil giant on...
Little cooks mix up fun
Article written prior to the announcement of Victoria's five-day lockdown.
Geelong Lutheran College’s three-year-old kinder kids had an early go at making pancakes on Wednesday...
Push to extend Covid supplement
More than 24,000 Geelong and Surf Coast residents could lose $3.6 million in coronavirus supplements, with the federal government yet to announce an extension...
Cancer mural recognised
A Geelong West mural celebrating cancer survivors has made the finals of a national street art competition.
Surf Coast artist Kirsten Walsh’s mural, The Brave...
Rental vacancies hit all-time low
Geelong’s rental vacancy rates have plummeted to an all-time low amid an influx of Melburnians moving down the highway.
Vacancy rates hit 1.3 per cent...
Harpo’s search for Valentine
Handsome Harpo hopes to fill a cat-shaped hole in the life of someone feline the love this Valentine’s Day.
After being at Geelong Animal Welfare...
On a mission for stroke survivors
Strokes in working-age Australians cost the national economy $2.9 billion in lost productivity each year, despite most people associating the disease with the elderly....
Raising awareness of albinism
Almost four years after starting an Instagram account to raise awareness for albinism with her friend Sammy McCombe, Lucy Carpenter has been on a...
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Vaccination for local aged care
Geelong’s first public sector aged care residents and staff rolled up their sleeves to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
The local rollout, which...
