Local kids kick on for state in footy championships
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SIX local students will play for state representative teams in Australian schools football championships in Geelong next month.
Surf Coast kids Tom...
Jetstar still awaiting court ruling on ’deceptive fares’
By NOEL MURPHY
JETSTAR might have sold out its $29 fares to the Gold Coast in quick time today but its drip-charge fees – which...
Woolies doubles up in Torquay
By NOEL MURPHY
SUPERMARKET competition is ramping up at Torquay as Woolworths embarks on a new development in the town’s north.
Surf Coast Shire recently approved...
City needs a confidence boost: report
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Geelong region’s future hangs in the balance, a new report has found.
Geelong had managed to absorb the economic shocks of...
White Rabbit’s $50K beer spend at Geelong
LIQUOR giant Lion will spend $50,000 relocating its White Rabbit brewery from Healesville to the company's Little Creatures site in South Geelong, according to...
Toledo should get Geelong a Jeep: Sister city campaigner
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG should strike an auto industry deal with Jeep, utilising retrenched Ford staff and former manufacturing facilities, according to a sister city...
Paddock art ‘just for laughs’, says Wallington’s mystery commentator
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A SERIES of amusing social statements in a Wallington paddock has entranced motorists on Grubb Rd over the past nine months.
A...
Opera singer’s community choir one out of the Box
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE RANGE from opera to The Beatles is wide but Geelong music teacher and performer Lisa Breen is determined to fill...
Coles creates 120 jobs in Torquay
NEARLY 120 new jobs arrived in Torquay this week with the opening of the region’s newest Coles store.
The company said almost 100 of the...
Energy targets burns Otways guardians
By NOEL MURPHY
BURNING native forest timber should be excluded from Australia's Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme, according to Otways environmentalists.
“Our native forests and wildlife...
Local experts signing up for wellness event
EXHIBITORS are getting behind a new Geelong event promoting local operators in the $3.4 trillion global wellness and spa industry.
Geelong Community Health and...
Blame game over hospital figures
Noel Murphy
DELAYS treating patients at Geelong hospital have been blamed on the previous state government’s budget cuts.
But the coalition, now in opposition, has blamed...
Driving mentors needed
The City of Greater Geelong has put the call out for fully licensed drivers to help young learners get their Ps.
The L2P Program, funded...
