15 years ago
February 27, 2009
Victoria’s heritage body wants to lock up Torquay’s foreshore and Taylor Park from development, a council report has revealed.
A report tabled at a Surf Coast Shire meeting this week also earmarked Torquay’s Sea View Villa, the town’s public hall and former butcher shop, St Luke’s Anglican Church, Torquay Uniting Church and the public foreshore caravan park for listings on Heritage Victoria’s register.
11 years ago
March 1, 2013
A 20-year-old ice addict with ADHD, a “borderline IQ” and “countless” prior convictions has been jailed for a king hit that left a 15-year-old with $15,000 worth of dental repairs.
Michael Strojan, formerly of 3 Elliot Crt, Whittington, pleaded guilty to various offences including recklessly causing injury, burglary, assault with a weapon and dangerous driving.
7 years ago
March 3, 2017
More than 200 jobs might be up for grabs at WorkSafe’s new Geelong headquarters as some staff decline to leave Melbourne, a state minister told the Indy yesterday (Thursday).
About 70 per cent of the authority’s Melbourne staff who were asked to relocate under stage one of the transition had made the move, Finance Minister Robin Scott said.
3 years ago
February 26, 2021
With a beaming smile and tons of energy, Belmont two-year-old Malu Hunt is a fitting choice for the face of this year’s Good Friday Appeal.
“We feel quite honoured to be chosen out of all of the thousands of families that attend the hospital,” his mum Erin Johnson said.
