The Independent takes a look through the pages of our archives.
15 years ago
February 8, 2008
The region’s libraries are almost broke, according to an Auditor-General’s report.
The report said Geelong Regional Library Corporation had “immediate liquidity problems”
10 years ago
February 8, 2013
Geelong Football Club has nothing to fear from a drug investigation engulfing Essendon, according to former Cats president Frank Costa.
Mr Costa, who was president when the Cats employed a fitness trainer now embroiled in the investigation, declared Geelong “squeaky clean”.
5 years ago
February 9, 2018
A coalition MP has broken ranks with his Geelong colleagues over their calls to locate the city’s convention centre at Western Beach.
Debate on the centre’s location was “a bit late” given the State Government had all but decided on its preferred site at Deakin University, Mr Ramsay said.
2 years ago
February 12, 2021
Geelong’s Viva Energy refinery could be the last left operating in Australia by 2022, following ExxonMobil’s closure of its Altona refinery.
The oil giant on Wednesday announced to 300 workers that the refinery would close after 72 years of operation.
