17 years ago
May 16, 2008
Geelong’s new councillor has hit back at an MP who publicly mauled him over his call in last week’s Independent for State Government to investigate building a new dam.
Andrew Katos said the “bluff and bluster” of Labor Member for South Barwon Michael Crutchfield would do nothing to help the region over its water shortage.
11 years ago
May 16, 2014
Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons has savaged City Hall bureacrats for putting barriers in the way of business opportunities.
Department staff and some senior managers had refused to embrace his open-for-business philosophy and continued to stymie entrepreneurs wanting to invest in the region, an angry Cr Lyons said.
6 years ago
May 17, 2019
Corangamite candidate Damien Cole has given his Labor counterpart a possibly-decisive advantage in the marginal seat.
The prominent independent made a last-minute preference change yesterday, after initially offering a split ticket to his supporters with separate how-to-vote cards for Liberal and Labor.
1 year ago
May 17, 2024
Bellarine Peninsula Basketball Association has called for more facilities following the allocation of funding for an Armstrong Creek stadium in the federal budget.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers released his third federal budget on Tuesday, May 14. While there weren’t many Greater Geelong-specific announcements, $6 million in federal funding was allocated to the proposed Geelong sports stadium.
