Braving the cold for MND
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
Crowds gathered to watch 16 sliders plunge into the icy cold waters at Herne...
FMOs strike for better pay
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
Geelong ambulance fleet maintenance officers (FMOs) have walked off the job in a “historic...
TAFE teachers strike
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
TAFE teachers from The Gordon Geelong have joined the state in a strike for...
Celebrating 170 years of firefighting
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
Geelong Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrated 170 years over the weekend, honouring the many members...
Dragons snubbed by council
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
The City of Greater Geelong has backflipped on its plan to help fund the...
Corpse plant blooms in Geelong
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
Geelong Botanic Gardens’ corpse flower has bloomed for the first time, giving people a...
December
Geelong community members stepped up the campaign against Viva Energy’s proposed gas import terminal in Corio Bay with a protest at Norlane Community Centre.
Iconic...
November
Members of Balyang Par 3 Golf Course campaigned in opposition to the redevelopment of the unique sporting facility.
Geelong Botanic Gardens' corpse flower bloomed, with...
October
A 13-year-old girl was arrested by police after fire engulfed part of Northern Bay College’s Hendry Street campus.
Community radio station 94.7 The Pulse announced...
September
The Victorian government officially opened two major health and wellbeing projects in Geelong, University Hospital’s children’s emergency department and Central Geelong Mental Health and...
August
Premier Jacinta Allan visited the Surf Coast to announce a new kindergarten for Armstrong Creek would be open by Term 1, 2026.
Football and...
July
Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve celebrated its 105th and its committee of management recognised 25 years on July 7.
Three Geelong siblings followed in their...
Four in a row for Pies
The Independent takes a look at our best stories of 2024.
North Geelong claimed its fourth consecutive Geelong Cricket Association premiership on Saturday March 25...
