Geelong volunteer leaders will come together to celebrate National Week of the Volunteer at an event appreciating our community’s volunteers. The event, organised by Volunteering Geelong in partnership with genU, will be held on Thursday, May 18 at Eastern Hub, East Geelong between 1.30-3pm, celebrating volunteers with a high tea. Volunteering Geelong is the chair … [Read more…]
Central Geelong will be buzzing with live musicians, roving performers, locally made wares and interactive workshops for two days later this month. May’d Festival is a bustling makers marketand is an exciting opportunity to discover unique wares while supporting passionate makers, creatives, emerging and professional artists and students of art and design. Twenty-five stallholders will … [Read more…]
Police investigating a collision involving a school bus that left 13 primary school children and an adult in hospital, are questioning a 48-year-old truck driver from Balliang. The bus, which was taking students home at the end of the school day, was struck by a truck moments after departing Exford Primary School at Eynesbury. Eynesbury … [Read more…]
LOCAL councils will help spread awareness about discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community today (May 17), marking 18 years since the first International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) was held. Three municipalities – Surf Coast Council, the Borough of Queenscliff, and City of Greater Geelong – will conduct flag raisings to acknowledge … [Read more…]
A federal MP has heaped pressure on the embattled Geelong council accusing it of financial mismanagement as the city seeks to balance its books. Council’s draft budget has prompted outrage for funding shortfalls to libraries, pools and other services prompting Corangamite MP Libby Coker to detail her “utmost disappointment” in a letter to councillors and … [Read more…]
Rebecca McDonald / 17 May 2023 Local research has found a link between an increased risk of depression and eating ultra-processed food. The findings from Deakin University showed the risk jumped among people whose diet had more than 30 per cent of ultra-processed food. That includes junk and fast food, diet soft drink, some fruit … [Read more…]
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has committed a major faux pas on social media, neglecting to mention his wife Melania Trump in a tribute message. A jury in a civil trial found former President Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996. He responded to the verdict during a … [Read more…]
Nathan Lyon is predicting big things from Australia on his fourth Ashes tour. DANIEL CHERNY reports on the veteran spinner’s pre-series declaration and his response to Stuart Broad’s recent dig. The 35-year-old meanwhile says he has “no end in sight” as he approaches the 500 Test wicket milestone. Australia has not won an away Test … [Read more…]
A push is underway to bolster health outcomes in Geelong’s north, where people are dying younger and chronic health problems are rife. See how your area ranks. The Grovedale population health area had the region’s highest median age of death at 86, while the statewide figure was 82. But the startling figures, encompassing 2016 to … [Read more…]
Online racist abuse directed at AFL players is showing no signs of slowing down and one Geelong midfielder has had enough. Geelong premiership player Brandan Parfitt has labelled racist online trolls as “disgraceful” and “sad” as he prepares to celebrate his Indigenous culture during the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round. Possibly the most important Indigenous … [Read more…]