20 years ago
September 8, 2000
Geelong will cheer on 14 local heroes in the Sydney Olympics starting next week – our biggest contribution of athletics ever to the games.
With a realistic chance of bringing home medals in up to nine sports, all of Geelong’s Olympic athletes are profiled on page 3 of today’s Independent.
15 years ago
September 9, 2005
Geelong unions want to ban Labor hopeful and union heavyweight Richard Marles from meetings and rallies in the city.
Union representatives have tabled a motion at Geelong Trades and Labour Council calling for the ban.
10 years ago
September 10, 2010
Geelong is a hotspot for cyberbullying among young basketballers, according to the sport’s state body.
Basketball Victoria has called on clubs and associations around Geelong to warn players that bullying other participants on social networking sites, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, is “unacceptable behaviour”.
5 years ago
September 11, 2015
A discussion paper released as part of a state review into local councils questions the effectiveness of Geelong’s directly elected mayoral model.
The paper also questions whether the act of parliament authorising the directly elected mayor should remain separate or be incorporated into the Local Government Act.
