18 years ago
November 9, 2007
Thugs face life-time bans after Geelong nightclubs rollout permanent ID scanners next week, nightlife association chairman Darren Holroyd told the Independent yesterday.
Mr Holroyd said the city area’s six main nightclubs hadagreed to install the scanners as part of an accord with police to clean up alcohol-fuelled crime.
13 years ago
November 9, 2012
State Government will investigate a proposal for an $8 billion container port between Geelong and Werribee, Freedom of Information documents have revealed.
The documents, obtained by the opposition, revealed that the Government has hired consultant firm GHD to examine the Bay West option against the Port of Hastings.
8 years ago
November 10, 2017
Geelong could lose 2500 manufacturing jobs if energy prices continue to rise at current rates, according to Australia’s peak industry group.
Energy price rises were a “life or death matter” for a quarter of Australian manufacturers according to Australian Industry Group’s national policy advisor Tennant Reed.
3 years ago
November 4, 2022
Despite enduring their busiest six-month period on record, Geelong paramedics have managed to start reducing ambulance response times for the first time since the July-September quarter of 2020.
Demand for ambulance services in the Greater Geelong local government area (LGA) has soared since the beginning of the pandemic, increasing nearly 40 per cent since the first half of 2020.
