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20 years ago

21 January, 2000

Geelong’s council will crack down on petro-chemical companies after rejecting a bid to expand chemical storage at Corio. But a councillor has warned a tougher stance on the industry could threaten Geelong jobs and investment.

15 years ago

21 January, 2005

Developers have unveiled plans for a new plaza at Torquay’s former primary school site that they hope would become a meeting hub for residents and holiday makers. The plaza, on the corner of Payne St and Bristol Rd, would offer a place for people to sit and talk and would complement a new strip of high-quality boutique shops, similar to Geelong’s Pakington St, along Bristol Rd.

10 years ago

22 January, 2010

A cheap bus home from Geelong nightspots will extend services on the Bellarine Peninsula. City of Greater Geelong will offer a new 4am service to Drysdale and Clifton Springs from February.

5 years ago

23 January, 2015

Richard Vecoli could hardly have been less prepared for the cowardly boot to the face that fractured his eye socket in two places, tore his lip, smashed up his cheek and ripped the retina in his right eye. He was sitting with a mate on the Moorabool St footpath, leaning against a 7-Eleven wall head down, texting another friend in the early hours of last Saturday morning when the attack came out of nowhere.

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