G21 acknowledges and pays its respects to Wadawurrung, Gulidjan and Gadubanud Elders past, present and emerging.
We recognise their deep connection to the lands and waterways across the G21 region.
We acknowledge their custodianship for thousands of years, their advocacy and continuing care of country.
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Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians in Geelong are a step closer to safer, more reliable journeys with contracts awarded to deliver the much-needed Barwon Heads Road Upgrade. The project will be delivered through a trio of construction partners, creating around 500 local jobs and about 1,400 indirect jobs – crucial to the region’s economic recovery, post-COVID-19. […]
Barwon Water has joined forces with six local councils to transform food, garden and commercial organic waste into clean energy and nutrient-rich products for agriculture, in a big step forward for the circular economy in our region and Victoria. The project has received support from the Victorian Government with funding for a business case, and […]
Wadawurrung Traditional Owners will be taking a central role in the planning, design and implementation of a range of projects in Central Geelong. The Geelong City Deal will deliver $400,000 in funding to provide Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (WTOAC) a strong voice in the design of Revitalising Central Geelong projects. The WTOAC will employ […]
Can you imagine what our lives would have been like in the last 18 months without digital connection? If the pandemic had landed just 10 years earlier, we’d be consigned to a locked-down life of board games or solitaire at the kitchen table, tuning in to radio news for updates and glued to the TV […]
The Bannockburn Growth Plan has been incorporated into the Golden Plains Planning Scheme, following approval by the Minister for Planning. The plan guides sustainable growth to the year 2050, catering for 18,000 new residents. It identifies where and when future housing will be developed, as well as infrastructure to support the growing community, such as […]
Work has begun on a new lookout at the Twelve Apostles, part of stage one works in the Shipwreck Coast Master Plan implementation. The Victorian government will begin construction on the $9.2 million lookout, which will provide a safer and more accessible experience for visitors and help to future-proof the iconic destination. Situated on Kirrae […]
The Victorian Government has introduced draft legislation to protect the Great Ocean Road and reform management of the coast and parks. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lilly D’Ambrosio introduced the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Bill 2021 into the Parliament − the second of two bills to implement reforms in the Great […]
G21 welcomes the Victorian Government’s $27.9 million investment in social and affordable housing in the region which will deliver around 100 new homes across 10 locations in the City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast areas. “This investment is a great first step. We urgently need subsidised housing to help house the increasing number of […]
Plans are underway to double the current footprint of the Geelong Gallery in a major expansion of one of our region’s most popular cultural assets. The Victorian government will join forces with the City of Greater Geelong and the Geelong Gallery Board to update the business case to expand the Gallery into Town Hall, with […]
The second annual progress report for the $382.48 million Geelong City Deal has been released. Although there is still no news on the proposed Geelong Convention Centre, the Geelong waterfront is gradually being transformed. A major new feature for Geelong’s Waterfront Safe Harbour Precinct, ‘Wangim Walk’ stretches out over Corio Bay to form one of […]