Extra firepower for Geelong’s $20b army contract bid
A $60,500 grant will add firepower to Geelong’s bid for a $20 billion army manufacturing project.
Member for Western Victoria David Koch announced the funding...
Contact takes new hit, says Cats coach
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FOOTY’s shepherd could go the way of the bump, Geelong coach Chris Scott warned this week.
Taylor Hunt’s one-match suspension for an...
Pot luck’s over
By NOEL MURPHY
ANOTHER ERA has ended for Geelong manufacturing with delivery of the last pot manufactured for Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter.
The final heavy steel...
Double Take
Welcome to Double Take, the Independent’s new column covering incidents, ideas, quirks and quotes that might otherwise go unreported.
Whether it’s fun, funny, controversial or...
In brief
Gun threat
A ROBBER threatened a worker with a gun to steal cigarettes from a Corio milk bar on Tuesday night, according to police.
Victoria Police...
$100m fund in ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $100 MILLION automotive rescue fund targeting Geelong is running late, proponents have conceded.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the scheme to...
Cancer survivor’s tickled pink to host a fund-raiser
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MARK Ward is in the pink and wants everyone to know.
It’s also the theme behind his Pink Day fund0raiser for Andrew...
Fish ‘inaction’ kills business
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ANGLESEA River fish-kills will claim a land-dwelling victim when long-standing business Anglesea and Great Ocean Road Outdoor Centre closes at the...
More girls get kicks out of soccer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of girls playing the round ball game in Geelong is set to double as the popularity of girls-only teams...
‘False claims’ over sale
By NOEL MURPHY
THE SALE of Portarlington's Ann Nichol House is on a backburner as Bellarine Community Health (BCH) undertakes further due diligence and probity.
The...
80’s enough for loved school crossing veteran Kirke
By NOEL MURPHY
EVEN the teachers are battling to keep a roll-call like Torquay school crossing supervisor Kirke White.
The octogenarian traffic veteran knows every kid...
March of drier days proceeds
GEELONG received below-average rain in March, continuing a long-term trend of drier weather for the month.
Geelong’s urban area averaged 28mm compared to the long-term...
Guthrie lends Stewart support
Zach Guthrie has backed Geelong's tight defensive unit to cover Tom Stewart's absence in the AFL grand final as he wraps his arms around...
