Ninja kickstarts new movie industry drive
A WEEKEND’S shooting on the Geelong waterfront has producer/actor Rob Baard buzzing about his latest Ninja franchise offering and prospects for the region’s burgeoning...
Cunningham Pier limitations force on-water refuelling
WEIGHT and access limitations on Cunningham Pier have forced the use of a barge to refuel a navy ship berthed in Geelong.
Viva Energy Australia...
GAWS cat-fight woman bashed in gang assault
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A WOMAN in an emotional battle with Geelong Animal Welfare Society over her missing cat is further traumatised after an unrelated...
Man who shot presidents framed by Deakin
By NOEL MURPHY
THE IMAGE OF Gorbachev and Reagan, sitting together in matching blue suits and black shoes but looking apart and conferring with their...
Sewage seafood fears hit Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG supermarkets and restaurants could be selling contaminated imported seafood, a fisheries and former coastal council leader has warned in the wake...
Vigilante pirates raid local director’s movie
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG West director's vigilante thriller has suddenly become one of the most downloaded movie titles on pirate sites across the...
City feeds app-etite for cultural arts tourism
By NOEL MURPHY
ARTIST Cam Scale’s image of Willem Baa Nip - known also as King Billy, the last of the Wathaurung tribe’s Watarung Bulluk...
Millions on hold as building permits stall: industry
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY Hall might claim it has cut the red tape of building permits but a key building industry figure says millions of...
Lib, union boss slam bullying
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY HALL has bullied and sacked staff in a systematic culture going all the way to the highest levels of Geelong local...
Kate’s cooking up an internet storm
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG comic Kate McLennan is hot property right now, red-hot property.
Her online cooking comedy The Katering Show, with mad mate Kate McCartney,...
Radio daze for Calvin
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ONE OF two remaining radio receiver-transmitters used in Lancaster bombers during WWII has been painstakingly restored in a Hamlyn Heights garage.
The...
Rob’s new Ninja star fits like a Glover
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW filmmakers get the chance to boss around actors like Lethal Weapon’s Danny Glover but when the director's a martial arts expert...
Cats suffer round one loss
A midfield masterclass from Ash Riddell and a third-quarter blitz from Irish debutante Blaithin Bogue fired North Melbourne to a 30-point AFLW win over...
