MEDIA RELEASES

The G21 Board of Directors today (27 Nov 2020) elected City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Stephanie Asher as its new Chairperson. Deakin University’s Chief Operating Officer Kean Selway was elected as Deputy Chair. G21 media release.

G21 welcomed today’s (24 Nov 2020) delayed State Budget as well-targeted to assist the region’s post-COVID economic and social recovery - G21 media release.

Media release - G21 welcomes today’s [5 Nov 2020] state government and Neoen announcement of one of the world’s largest lithium-ion batteries to be built within the G21 region at the Moorabool Terminal Station.

An innovative digital summit will be held on 28 Oct 2020 for young people across the Geelong region to look at ways of breaking down the barriers that cause loneliness, social isolation and lack of connectedness. Joint G21 and Dept of Health and Human Services media release issued 19 Oct 2020.

G21 welcomes CORA sports complex ‘go-ahead’ - Media release - 8 Oct 2020. G21 welcomes a state government planning scheme amendment allowing the $350M CORA world-class elite sport training and tourism facility to be built at Modewarre.

Federal Budget brings opportunities and questions for the region - The themes of infrastructure, jobs and skilling running through the 2020 Federal Budget will potentially benefit the Geelong region on multiple levels as it emerges from COVID-19. Media release issued 7 Oct 2020.

Media release - G21 calls (30 Sept 2020) on the federal government to rectify a recent “funding miss” for Geelong and the Great Ocean Road in Tuesday night’s Federal Budget. G21 is bewildered by the Great Ocean Road, Geelong and the Bellarine being excluded from applying for funding under the Recovery for Regional Tourism program

Media Release - 25 Sept 2020. G21 is one of five Geelong region peak organisations who have combined to call on the state government to include specific projects and initiatives to help the region’s COVID19 recovery in the 2020-21 StateBudget to be delivered in coming weeks.

Media release issued 8 Sept 2020 - G21 calls on the federal and state governments to support Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery in order to save local jobs, protect the regional economy and help ensure liquid energy security for the nation.

Region’s tourism ‘perfect storm’ Coronavirus has wreaked deep and wide damage on the Geelong region’s visitor economy. Media release - 9 July 2020

G21 media release - G21 calls on the federal government to retain the Australian Tax Office in Geelong - issued 2 July 2020

Joint G21 and Sirovilla Inc media release (issued 30 June 2020) - An $80,000 seeding grant aims to increase Social and Affordable Housing within the Geelong region to meet a rapidly growing need.