Geelong, Australia News

PASSENGERS on the Melbourne to Warrnambool V/Line service last night experienced delays of up to 90 minutes when a fatal accident involving a freight train and a car near Werribee shut the rail line between Melbourne and Geelong.

North Queensland's Barron Falls after a massive deluge hit the state in the last 24 hours.

Melbourne can expect falls upward of 30mm and gusts of wind strong enough to bring down trees, Weatherzone's Alex Zadnik says.

If you listen to some, manufacturing in Australia will be all but dead in the water by the end of the decade.

TALENTED Port Adelaide midfielder Travis Boak, an out-of-contract target of Geelong and other Victorian clubs, will consider his future when he returns home to Victoria during the club's break for the bye weekend.

Qantas has confirmed it will slash 500 engineering jobs and close its heavy maintenance base in Melbourne - one of three in Australia - by August as part of cost-cutting measures.

Most people wishing to keep unwanted intruders out of their home tend to opt for a burglar alarm or a menacing rottweiler.

THE REGION'S waste management group has devised an alternative for Geelong residents demanding a hard rubbish collection.

NEW STATISTICS showing the Geelong region has the most dementia cases in Victoria has shocked an aged care boss.

By Neville D'Cruz MELBOURNE, May 12 -- Tourism Malaysia held successful roadshows here and Geelong this week, promoting Malaysia as "an affordable luxury destination". About 145 travel agents and tour operators attended the Tourism Malaysia presentation and dinner at a restaurant here.

GEELONG'S land prices grew more than other parts of western Victoria last year, according to a researcher.

GEELONG ratepayers face a $2 million bill to rehabilitate the site of an ill-fated Port Bellarine development, according to a state MP.

GEELONG manufacturing faces further economic gloom after Ford announced its worst recorded loss of $290 million.

INCREASED traffic on Drysdale's High St is 'starting to impinge on travelling through town', according to a councillor.

ANOTHER major project for the region has failed to fire, blocking further Geelong jobs growth.

The Morning Show co-host was guest speaker at the Crows Foundation Ladies Lunch at AAMI Stadium yesterday but in the haste of getting to Adelaide after filming the Nine program, she left her shoes in the taxi to the airport.

Shares sink to three-week lows as investors digest the federal budget and worries about a potential default by Greece unsettle investors.

The Australian Workers Union is optimistic hundreds of jobs could be retained at the Alcoa smelter at Point Henry, near Geelong.

A MEDICAL app trialled in Geelong will speed up treatment for patients with serious injuries and illnesses, according to developer Lake Imaging.

'IN YOUR face' is how lead singer Glenn Lynch describes his death metal band, Destruktor.