Natasha Schapova
Reporter at ABC News (Australia)
@abcnews reporter in Geelong | Views are my own 📧[email protected]
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1 day 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.
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1 week 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.
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2 weeks 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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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Natasha Schapova |Harrison Tippet
There is a call for MP attendance to be officially recorded in Victoria’s parliament, amid concerns over how well one state member is representing his constituents. Darren Cheeseman, the member for South Barwon — which covers Geelong and parts of the Surf Coast — resigned from the parliamentary Labor Party last year amid allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour. He has since served as an independent MP, earning more than $200,000 a year as his parliamentary contributions have dropped.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Bransen Gibson |Brianna Melville |Natasha Schapova
The Kalannie Bulldogs from WA's Wheatbelt have travelled to Victoria to play the Bannockburn Tigers in a pre-season friendly. About 100 people made the trip from WA to honour Jack Satchell, a former player from both teams. The clubs say there is talk of Bannockburn visiting the tiny town of Kalannie in the future. Two football teams from country towns on opposite sides of Australia have faced off in Victoria to honour a late mate who belonged to both clubs.
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