Cement producer adds to Vic. jobs gloom
Cement producer Boral sheds 90 jobs as Victoria bucks the national trend by recording an increase in unemployment in the past month.
View ArticleUnion meets workers over Boral job cuts
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is meeting today with workers who are expected to lose their jobs at Boral's Waurn Ponds cement plant near Geelong.
View ArticleGillard opens Geelong bypass road
The Prime Minister has officially opened the final stage of a Geelong bypass road in south-west Victoria.
View ArticleInfrastructure, front-line services focus in budget
The Victorian Government says the state budget will focus on infrastructure and front-line services and include a surplus of $225 million.
View ArticleProbationary driver charged after high speed chase
Police say a high-speed chase west of Melbourne on Sunday reached 200 kilometres per hour.
View ArticleNapthine to argue 'forcefully' against budget cuts
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has said he will "forcefully" put his case against federal budget cuts when he meets the Prime Minister this afternoon.
View ArticleVic Govt denies breaking Geelong hospital promise
The Victorian Government has denied it has broken its election promise to deliver a multi-million-dollar community hospital for Geelong.
View ArticleDeakin University considers closing Warrnambool campus amid declining enrolments
Deakin University is considering the closure of one of its four Victorian campuses, in a move the tertiary union believes will "cripple" regional students.
View ArticleVictoria scores $7.8 billion for transport projects in federal budget
The Federal Government promises $8 billion for infrastructure to tackle congestion in Victoria, including $1.75 billion for the North East Link and almost half a billion for a rail link to Monash...
View ArticlePrisoners could be given sentence discounts during COVID-19 outbreak,...
During the sentencing of Travis John Wills for manslaughter, Justice Paul Coghlan raises the issue of what "special concessions" might come into effect for prisoners if a COVID-19 outbreak in prison...
View Article'We're thankful we're alive': Geelong picks up the pieces after freak storm...
A family describe how they ran from their home as glass rained inside from smashed windows caused by a freak storm in Geelong overnight.
View ArticleWeather bureau says it was a tornado that tore through Victorian homes this week
The weather bureau's preliminary investigations confirm the damaging storm that hit Geelong this week was a tornado with winds of up to 160km an hour.
View ArticleRegional Victoria gets billions for health, education and infrastructure...
The Victorian Government is spending more than $8 billion in this year's Budget to help regional Victoria recover from the back-to-back crises of last summer's bushfires and the pandemic.
View ArticleVictoria's list of COVID-19 exposure sites grows to more than 70
Three op-shops are among a number of Tier 1 exposure sites added to the Victoria's growing list, amid concerns a person with COVID may have attended a major rugby union match in Melbourne earlier this...
View ArticleConcern over 'very fleeting transmission' as Victoria enters second day of...
As Victoria enters day two of its snap five-day lockdown, there is particular concern over stranger-to-stranger transmission. Here's what that could mean for the chances of the lockdown lifting on...
View ArticleApartment complexes across Thornbury, Ascot Vale, St Kilda East and Port...
More than 1,000 exposure sites are listed by Victorian health authorities, with dozens more added yesterday.
View ArticleAlfred Hospital, Ballarat building sites among latest on COVID-19 exposure list
New tier 1 COVID-19 exposure sites have been identified at The Alfred Hospital and building sites in Ballarat suburbs.
View ArticleRegional venues and Melbourne hospital added to Victoria's COVID exposure sites
The Casey Hospital Emergency Department in Berwick joins venues from Ballarat and the Bellarine Peninsula on Victoria's list of COVID-19 exposure sites.
View ArticleSchools, childcare centres and popular regional hotel listed as Victorian...
The overall number of venues on the list has shrunk in the past week as old venues have dated, despite a growing number of new infections detected each day.
View ArticleWomen's hospital designated Victorian tier 1 exposure site
A women's hospital in Melbourne's north is deemed a tier 1 exposure site, while schools and childcare centres are added to the list overnight.
View ArticleThese are the Victorian seats to watch this federal election
Will complacency towards Melbourne's outer suburbs roll Labor at the ballot box or will anger over COVID put the Coalition to the test?
View ArticlePreferences set to scupper Greens
The Greens hopes of making a breakthrough in Victoria's lower house based on grassroots campaigning have been dealt a blow.
View ArticleTruck driver dies after being struck by train at Geelong level crossing
A train and a truck have collided at a level crossing in Geelong, south-west of Melbourne. The driver of the truck has died at the scene.
View ArticleVictorian police investigating suspicious fire at high school
The fire occurred at a high school in Waurn Ponds, a residential suburb of Geelong. Police have released CCTV vision of men they wish to speak to about the January 1 fire.
View ArticlePolice release CCTV footage of men before suspicious school fire
Police release CCTV footage of two men they wish to speak to about a suspicious school fire in Geelong that caused an estimated $4 million in damage.
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