NBN false start
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AUSTRALIA’S troubled National Broadband Network has stuffed up again in Geelong.
Geelong customers of Australia’s second largest internet provider were told to...
Stone Cold Steve Moxon takes shot at boxing world title
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MOVE over Stone Cold Steve Austin - Geelong’s Stone Cold Steve Moxon is ready to take on all comers.
Sporting a moniker...
Aussie-first offers HeadStart in sports industry
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW entrepreneurial investment program aiming to give sports technology businesses a head start hopes to generate 75 new jobs in...
Big stake in Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre
By NOEL MURPHY
KEY SUPERANNUATION player IPST is buying half of Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre in a major vote of confidence in Geelong’s economic prospects.
The...
Double Take: Viva Corio!
VIVA Corio!
It might not have the same ring as Elvis Presley’s anthemic Las Vegas hit but it’s the name Shell's refinery will receive when...
In brief
Political panel
A politician-dominated panel has fielded questions about Geelong job losses on an episode of ABC TV’s Q&A filmed in the city.
Mayor Darryn Lyons,...
NDIS trial result mixed, feds hear
NATIONAL Disability Insurance Scheme trial site results have been “mixed”, admits Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews.
Mr Andrews told federal parliament the Abbott Government would...
Austin, Costa: That’s a bit rich
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG businessmen Nigel Austin and Frank Costa have featured in an annual rich list of Australia's 200 wealthiest people.
Mr Austin, head of...
Anti-Alcoa activists ‘misleading’, again …
By Noel Murphy
ANTI-ALCOA activists are under attack for allegedly misrepresenting claims by others about the Anglesea power station again.
The station's union representative, Ben Davis,...
Storages surge after June rain
Excellent rain during June has lifted the region’s water storages back over 70 per cent of capacity.
Barwon Water measured 72.4 per cent earlier this...
Silence golden in new wool museum film festival
By NOEL MURPHY
SILENT movies, in their day, were stunning new technology; arresting moving pictures, films that had audiences jumping from their seats as locomotives...
Vandalism drives Christ Church fare fightback
by Emily Iannello
Vandalism and wear and tear on Geelong’s historic Christ Church are driving a Fruits of Labour Fair to help finance repairs.
The church,...
Tragic tale of young Anzac
Ocean Grove singer-songwriter Vin Healy has released a new music video telling the story of a young Anzac just in time for Remembrance Day.
Mr...
