Bongo’s on the beat as shuttle for ferry
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AUSTRALIA‘S first electric tourist shuttle has launched at Queenscliff.
The six-seat Bongo Transit will service 400,000 Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry passengers annually.
Bongo Transit’s Greg...
Viva oil refinery dispute over plans to sack ship crews
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
VIVA Energy Australia is embroiled in an industrial dispute three months after taking over Corio’s former Shell refinery.
Maritime Union of Australia...
Geelong crime jumps
Drug offences soared almost 25 per cent in the Geelong police service area, according to the latest Victoria Police crime statistics.
Total crime for the...
Labor’s Richards concedes in South Barwon
LABOR'S Andy Richards has conceded to Liberal MP Andrew Katos in the battle for South Barwon.
The Geelong councillor tweeted this afternoon that he had...
Geelong gets limited NBN roll out
Despite being on the cusp of the National broadband network (NBN) two years ago, Geelong has again missed out on the latest roll out...
Cats $250,000 in red
GEELONG Football Club announced its first operating loss in 15 years on Saturday night.
The club blamed falling attendances and a drop in commercial revenue...
Art hub plans for old power station
By NOEL MURPHY
A DERELICT power station at North Geelong could become a community precinct for graffiti and street artists under the plans of Vintage...
Two die in Mount Moriac crash
A FATAL crash in Mt Moriac has claimed the lives of two people.
Investigators believe a vehicle was travelling along Mount Duneed Road when it...
First look at City Hall Christmas projections
LIGHTING projections are casting giant Christmas images on Geelong’s City Hall at night.
The nightly projections are lighting up the building from 8.30pm to midnight...
$120 million new Carlton wins go-ahead for Malop St
HERE is the first look at what could be Geelong's new home for the National Disability Insurance Agency -- a $120 million nine-storey high-rise...
Ex-priest charged with sex offences
A 71-YEAR-OLD East Geelong man will appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on 12 December over historic sexual assault charges.
Police have charged the former Catholic...
Mum in Geelong West Tramonte murder mystery dies
By NOEL MURPHY
A MOTHER accused twice of killing her daughter in the unsolved 1979 Geelong West stabbing murder of 18-year-old Dorna Tramonte has died...
Student dies in bus crash
A child has died, while more than a dozen people have been hospitalised with two in critical condition after a school bus tipped.
The crash...
