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Natasha Schapova

@abcnews reporter in Geelong | Views are my own 📧[email protected]

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  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova |Kate Ashton

    A number of Victorians have told a truth-telling inquiry their schooling lacked depth when learning about First Nations history. They are calling for changes to the curriculum to teach the findings from the Yoorrook Justice Commission including settlement and its impacts on First Peoples. The Yoorrook Justice Commission will hand down its report next month and is expected to include more than 100 recommendations, and advice on better teaching methods.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova

    The City of Greater Geelong is transforming the municipality's green waste into compost that is being used to grow produce at the botanical gardens. The produce is donated to social supermarket, Geelong Food Share, to feed those in need. It's part of the state's government's target to divert 80 per cent of waste from landfill by 2030, but an audit has shown Victoria still has a way to go to reach that goal.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova

    Six-year-old Caleb Wesley died after being hit by a car while crossing Bannockburn-Shelford Road to get to a school bus stop at Teesdale, west of Geelong, in March. Locals who had been campaigning for safety improvements to the road since 2022 are angry that a motion to investigate the issue was deferred by council. Golden Plains Shire Council will reconvene tonight.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova

    A man who fatally stabbed Geelong father Paul Grapsas in 2023 has been sentenced to eight and half years behind bars. Bailey Clifford, who was 18 at the time, has already served more than a year in jail could be paroled within four years. Ms Grapsas said she would investigate whether there were any grounds to appeal the sentence. Jessica Grapsas burst into tears in court after hearing the man who killed her husband outside their Geelong home could be freed from jail within four years.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova

    Inmates from one of Victoria's maximum-security prisons, west of Melbourne, have been evacuated after a suspected carbon monoxide leak. Twenty-five inmates from Barwon Prison's high security Olearia unit have been evacuated to nearby centres. Inmates who were nearby the suspected leak within the unit, were moved to Western Plains Correctional Centre, the state's newest maximum-security correctional facility.

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Natasha Schapova
Natasha Schapova @NatashaSchap
27 Oct 23

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Natasha Schapova
Natasha Schapova @NatashaSchap
29 Jun 23

When Jarrod Hoskin was stood down from his job at a sawmill in eastern Victoria last year, there were no other relevant jobs for him to move into. @abcnews #gippsnews https://t.co/nc3GhrG5VY

Natasha Schapova
Natasha Schapova @NatashaSchap
7 Jun 23

Researchers say rising power costs are pushing some home owners to replace their solar panels prematurely, increasing the need for bespoke recycling facilities to avoid them going to waste. #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability @abcnews https://t.co/D1KJcmRPyG