Geelong, Australia News

A man and woman have been seriously injured when their car hit and killed two horses near Geelong, south of Melbourne.

KEVIN Rudd is running an "extraordinarily vain" government that is handing over Australia's immigration program to people smugglers, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says.

The sky's the limit for Victorian Opposition leader Ted Baillieu who says a coalition government would bid for the Red Bull Air Race and hold it in Geelong.

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Myer has claimed bragging rights in the battle for customers and the best performing publicly listed department store.

BROOKLYN residents are hoping a trail dividing the community would soon have another access point.

Scientists have made a crucial breakthrough in the fight against the deadly Hendra virus, which has killed two veterinarians in little more than a year.

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There has been a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly Hendra virus following the development of a treatment which shows great potential to save the lives of people who become infected with the virus.

But those who come to Australia by plane and mess up their visas don't get the same publicity as those who come by leaky boats from Indonesia after leaving their problematic situations in places like Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan.

A GEELONG MP has revealed he was a victim of racial abuse for his Muslim background.

A car believed to have been involved in the daylight shooting of a truck driver in Geelong on the weekend has been found dumped in parkland.

Geelong Trades Hall Council backs Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes 100% in his call for Australia to roll out the red carpet for refugees.

Police investigating a deadly shooting in Geelong, Victoria last night will not say whether they think the incident is bikie-related or linked to another non-fatal attack around the same time.

Reed Report Reigning Open class champion Chad Reed has moved into the lead of the Monster Energy Super X championship after coming out on top in tonight's Quad Challenge format at Skilled Stadium in Geelong.

MELBOURNE'S median house price has hit a record $480,000 to surpass the heights of the 2007 property boom.

Former Geelong veteran Garry Hocking has joined Port Adelaide as a development coach.

PORTLAND Aluminium is being targeted as part of a concerted campaign to eliminate the state of aluminium smelters.

A 29-YEAR-OLD Victorian woman has died after being hit by a taxi in the Hungarian capital Budapest while on a European vacation.

Three people have died on Victorian roads in separate crashes in less than 24 hours, police say.