20 years ago
28 January, 2000
Geelong researchers have developed breakthrough technology to kill toxic blue-green algae in drinking water.
Chemical manufacturer Agmin Chelates plans to spend $3 million expanding its Moolap operation and employ up to 70 more staff to meet demand for its new copper-based algae killer.
15 years ago
28 January, 2005
Geelong recorded its wettest January day on record after a series of severe thunderstorms ripped through the city on Wednesday.
Residents were left counting the cost after more than 100 millimetres of rain and hail up to two centimetres in diameter pelted the region amid a spectacular lightening display.
10 years ago
29 January, 2010
State Government has left Geelong councillors in the dark over plans for a $50 million residential development on Moorabool Street.
Councillor Andrew Katos, who holds council’s planning portfolio, said the Government had never briefed councillors.
5 years ago
30 January, 2015
A five-year-old Geelong West girl has been labelled a “miracle child” after surviving a fall onto concrete from the third storey of a Jakarta building.
Billi Lucas broke her back in the horror fall – but has made a stunning recovery and is on her way back to Australia in a cast back-brace, lying on a flatbed for the flight home.
