FINALLY FRIDAY: He sounds Swede, bro
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A UNIQUE style of organ Dustin Tebbutt played in Sweden captured his attention so strongly that after failing to buy one on...
Teacher in student’s ANZAC steps
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG teacher who encouraged one of his students to apply for a study tour was so impressed he decided to...
Kelly barks on thanks to fund
By NOEL MURPHY
LARA’S Russell Langfield was so distraught when he learnt his darling girl, Kelly, had a cancerous lump on her lung that he...
Belmont trades on festive spirit
BY MICHELLE HERBISON
BELMONT'S traders are pioneering a collective Christmas spirit with a series of white elves dancing along High St shop windows this month....
Jobs boost locked in: Labor MPs back WorkCover shift to Geelong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RELOCATING WorkCover’s head office to Geelong would “absolutely fit” a plan to create a centre of excellence in injury prevention and...
APCO calls for vouchers ‘ban’
By NOEL MURPHY
SUPERMARKET fuel discounts of up to 40 cents a litre are discriminating heavily against many shoppers and should be banned, according to...
Young burn survivors make a splash at surf camp
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SPLASHING about in Torquay’s waves and filling the Surf Beach air with laugher this week was a far cry the previous...
Funding for 1000 jobs: Coalition backs projects
THE Abbott Government has committed to funding regional developments projects left under a cloud after Labor lost office.
Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson said a newly-established...
Community takes the LEAD to help establish NDIS
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LARA'S Donna Shaw desperately hopes the National Disability Insurance Scheme will give her respite from constant care of 18 year-old daughter,...
Women’s broken nose costs man bond, $500
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A GEELONG Magistrate has sidelined a conviction in favour of a stern warning for a man who broke his partner’s nose with...
Water pressure: Aquifer concern on Colac pipe
By NOEL MURPHY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are anxiously awaiting a Barwon Water report on the effects of tapping an Anglesea aquifer and its impact on nearby swamplands.
Geelong...
Our power, water bills: Gripes rise by quarter
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
COMPLAINTS to the Energy and Water Ombudsman from the Barwon region have increased almost 25 per cent, according to the organisation’s...
Hawks go into break in 3rd spot
A seven goal to two first quarter against the breeze helped Drysdale to a 40-point win against Newcomb at Grinter Reserve on Saturday and...
