16 years ago
October 31, 2008
A Geelong community organisation is battling red tape and financial hurdles to rescue five African orphans from war-torn Sierra Leone.
Multicultural services provider Diversitat wants to reunite the five children aged 12 to 16 with their aunt, Kaddie Perry, who lives in Geelong.
12 years ago
November 2, 2012
Clothing giant Cotton On is Geelong’s new billion-dollar baby, opening its 1000th global store and setting course for a thumping 2016 stores around the world by 2016.
The fashion group’s rapid growth reflects a phenomenal expansion over the past two decades and especially the past two years.
8 years ago
November 4, 2016
Geelong pensioners will bear the brunt of electricity price rises when one Victoria’s largest power plants closes next year, according to senior citizens branches.
Australian consulting firm Frontier Economics forecast a 25 per cent price increase after Hazelwood closes in March.
4 years ago
October 30, 2020
Thousands of cars from new developments are set to inundate a narrow Waurn Ponds road already struggling with increasing traffic, a local resident has warned.
“Ghazeepore Road residents have been thrown under the bus, truck and cars,” long-time local Ross Carlson said.
