Barwon Water unveils garden audit program
Qualified horticulturalists will visit homes to assess gardens and provide advice under a Barwon Water program to help customers cope with drought.
Barwon Water announced...
Mr Rudd won’t be happy…New MP wags school lessons
Alex de VosMember-elect for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman has failed to complete his first homework assignment.
Mr Cheeseman said he was unable to visit two schools...
Out of Africa then in the Sydney to Hobart
Andrew MathiesonA COUPLE of carefree Sudanese refugees who live for the hip-hop scene will be the first Africans to compete in the Sydney to...
Mayor backs Webster
Alex de VosSURF Coast Shire Mayor Rose Hodge will throw her weight behind Councillor Dean Webster at next months mayoral election.
Cr Hodge said she...
‘Independent’ mayoral bid amid ALP takeover
Geelong’s Mayor has des-cribed himself as an “independent” as he seeks a second term in the wake of Labor ousting the region’s last sitting...
Public drunks set for ‘pats on head’
Alex de VosDrunks could stagger Geelong’s streets with impunity under State Government plans to consider decriminalising public drunkenness, according to a report yesterday.
A News...
The seeds of hope
Andrew MathiesonAFTER the initial handshake, Paul Weight’s big, cheeky grin can sell the virtues of the straight life to society’s most marginalised.
The Geelong youth...
MP fails first test but Libs expelled
Peter FaragoGEELONG’S two new representatives in Federal Parliament begin a new game of snakes and ladders this week.
Over and done with is the game...
Election hits festival numbers while…Drunks spoil the party
Jessica BentonDrunks and brawls marred this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival, according to police, organisers and residents.
Queenscliff police arrested two people for drunkenness and unruly...
Building ‘plummets’
Peter FaragoBUILDING approvals dropped almost 20 per cent in City of Greater Geelong last year amid housing industry concerns that limited land supply was...
Houses threat in wetland bid
Jessica BentonA bid to list wetlands in an international protection agreement could thwart plans for an adjacent residential development at Point Lonsdale.
Geelong Environment Council...
$55m ‘inland port’ in fight for Avalon home
Alex de VosAvalon will have a $55 million “inland port” for trucks and trains if Altona residents win a fight with State Government against...
Eagles in the box seat after day one
Waurn Ponds Deakin holds the upper hand going into day two of its Geelong Cricket Association Division 3 clash against Corio.
With Manifold Heights (5th)...
