17 years ago
August 29, 2008
Geelong Ford workers will lose thousands of dollars in wages as the company slashes production in the next few months, a union representative has told the Independent.
The “down days” follow Ford announcing last week it would axe up to 350 jobs at Geelong and Broadmeadows by November on top of a 600-staff cut by 2010.
11 years ago
August 29, 2014
Drug offences in Geelong have soared over the past year, with a local security boss saying “it’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it”.
The latest police statistics for Geelong show drug offences climbed 11.6 per cent to 607, with theft of motor vehicles up 8.9 per cent to 711.
7 years ago
August 31, 2018
Diversitat has refused to reveal the future of community radio station The Pulse as it settles a public defamation battle with former mayor Darryn Lyons.
Diversitat chief Michael Martinez and The Pulse manager Leo Renkin failed to return multiple emails and phone calls from the Indy this week regarding the station’s future.
1 year ago
August 30, 2024
Geelong council has supported a plan for the development of a new precinct in the City’s northwest that could house more than 10,000 people.
The Creamery Road Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) will, with ministerial approval, go out for public exhibition some time in late 2024.
