20 years ago
October 20, 2000
A new study has warned Geelong’s manufacturing sector faces 4000 job losses if the current terms of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change are ratified.
The Anderson Consulting Group study, commissioned by the Minerals Council of Australia, found the protocol’s demand for Australia to cut greenhouse gas emissions would hit hard in the Barwon region.
15 years ago
October 21, 2005
Public drunkenness, violence and abuse of liquor licensing laws in marquees marred the success of the 2005 Geelong Cup, Chief Inspector Wayne Carson said yesterday.
And the trouble did not stop at the racecourse, he said, with race patrons causing trouble at other venues and vandalising public and private property.
10 years ago
October 22, 2010
City Hall has won its push for a full-size, nine-hole course on former golf club land in North Geelong, according to a council source.
The source, who did not want to be identified, said City officers and land owner Links Living reached an agreement this week for a new draft plan with a full-size course on the former Geelong Golf Club.
5 years ago
October 23, 2015
Commercial netting will finish in Corio Bay on 1 April 2018 in a surprise State Government move.
Government introduced legislation yesterday to phase out commercial netting in Port Phillip Bay by October 2022 but to close Corio Bay much earlier.
