Tag: Jobs
25 jobs lost on Alcoa clean-up
By PAUL MILLAR
A MOOLAP operation pinning its hopes of survival on processing Alcoa’s landfill will close its doors next month.
Alreco, employing up to 25...
70 find jobs as second-largest Coles opens at Lara
MORE than 70 people began new jobs when a new Coles supermarket opened at Lara this week.
The company said the workers joined 40 existing...
Alcoa to 250 staffers: Yule be out of work
By NOEL MURPHY
ALCOA’S last 250 Geelong workers will face a bleak, uncertain Christmas when they farewell the aluminium plant after 51 years of operation...
Jobs tumble as Jetstar flights are cut
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
JETSTAR sometimes reduced its flights from Avalon to three a day during last winter, an election forum has heard in Geelong.
Avalon...
Jobs flow from ‘fast-track’ call
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A PLEA in last week's Independent to fast-track planning processes for a $320 million farm has won State Government support.
Planning Minister...
80 new jobs in local industry
MORE than 80 manufacturing jobs are set to flow from three business investments worth almost $7.5 million, federal Industry Minister Ian McFarlane has announced.
He...
Youth jobs hit as funding is cut, claims Labor
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A PROGRAM aimed at reducing Geelong’s soaring youth unemployment rate faces being cut at the end of the year.
The Youth Connections...
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Officer assaulted
Assaulting a fisheries officer at Airey’s Inlet has led to $3000 in fines and one-year bans from recreational fishing for a Melbourne father...
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Jobs bounce
Geelong’s labour market will bounce back from recent job losses in manufacturing and retail within 18 months, according to new research.
Deakin University’s Geelong...
Avalon:1000 new jobs in vegetable farm venture
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Futuristic $320m farming investment unveiled
A PROPOSED $320 million sustainable vegetable farm at Avalon will create more than 1000 jobs for Geelong,...
Alcoa health concern for workers on eve of sackings
By NOEL MURPHY
RETRENCHED Alcoa staff need to guard against depression and other mental health issues in coming months, Beyondblue has warned ahead of 520...
Region unites for jobs battle
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A UNITED effort to tackle Geelong’s jobs challenge is underway.
G21 Alliance chief executive Elaine Carbines said tackling joblessness was a clear...