March 17, 2023
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David Greig, Meg Price, Cameron Ling, Renee Gellion and Lauren ‘Loggy’ Temuskos supporting the Footy Colours Day. (Supplied)
The Give Where You Live Foundation is asking the people of Geelong to dig deep to help out those in our own community. The Give Geelong Appeal, which runs from Friday, March 17 to Friday, March 24, seeks to raise money to support those who are doing it tough in our region. The foundation will use the funds raised to help meet the basic needs of people who are experiencing serious crisis, as well as fund local education and employment programs. Give Where You Live Foundation acting chief executive Meg Price said she was looking forward to seeing Geelong get behind those most in need. The appeal kicks off Friday with Footy Colours Day, with workplaces, sports clubs, friendship groups and schools all encouraged to participate by wearing their footy colours and donating to the cause. Give Where You Live is also holding its Give Geelong Breakfast on Thursday, March 23, at the President’s Room at GMHBA Stadium. The breakfast, hosted by local identity Paula Kontelj, will also feature speaker Sarah Wilson, author, broadcaster and founder of the ‘I Quit Sugar’ movement. Details: givewhereyoulive.com.au
Family violence rate rises By Jena Carr Reports of family violence have increased across the region, according to new statistics. On Thursday, the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) released the recorded crime statistics for the year ending December 31, 2022, revealing an 11.3 per cent rise in family violence incidents in Geelong. According to CSA, there were 4664 reports of family violence in Greater Geelong in the year to December 31, up from 4194 reports 12 months prior.
Breaches of family violence orders rose from 2434 reported breaches in 2021 to 2825 breaches in 2022. Victoria Police deputy commissioner of regional operations Rick Nugent Victoria Police would continue concentrating on family violence. He said family violence investigation unit detectives focused on known family violence perpetrators and victims daily to detect offending and support those impacted. Overall, Geelong’s crime rate fell by 0.4 per cent from 20,001 offences recorded in 2021 to
19,911 offences recorded in 2022. Central Geelong recorded the highest number of reports (3142), followed by Corio (2437), Norlane (1962), Lara (973) and Belmont (924). Breaches of family violence orders was the most common offence across the region, followed by theft from a motor vehicle (2106 offences), criminal damage (1728 offences), other theft (1462 offences) and theft from a retail store (854 offences). Mr Nugent said despite increasing offences, the data did show some positive outcomes.
“It is very pleasing that overall crime is still almost 10 per cent below pre-pandemic levels,” he said. “These trends align with our expectations based on the intelligence available, which indicates that crime has not dramatically ‘snapped back’ to pre-COVID levels.” “Over the coming year, police will continue to focus on proactive prevention and enforcement to ensure that the community is not only safe, but also feels safe in their homes, in public and on the roads.”
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