Hopes blood to flow after milestone
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S blood service hopes to be overrun with first-time donors after one of its stalwarts gave his 200th donation this week.
Deputy...
Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to a motorbike moron who attempted to fly on a Portarlington street. Show some real guts and take up skydiving - then you’ll...
Dark thriller rattles the tills …
IT’S back and it’s kicking tail like a man possessed – HBO’s spectacular Game of Thrones’ raunchy bloodfest formula, this week into its fourth...
Intruders shoot man at East Geelong
POLICE have issued a public plea for information after a man was shot by intruders at East Geelong overnight.
Two men entered a McNeil Avenue...
Yuletide row over Lyons’ Rio Xmas tree
GEELONG’S $500,000 Rio-style, Corio Bay Christmas tree has received a mixed response from punters on line.
Mayor Darryn Lyons’ Facebook account has been bombarded with...
Cell crisis till August
GEELONG – facing an over-crowded jail cell crisis – will get only 27 of a proposed 80 temporary prison beds, state government has announced.
Shadow...
Geelong’s super millions go unclaimed
Geelong workers are missing out on more than $130 million in 14,000 lost superannuation accounts.
Australian Tax Office figures show Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula and Surf...
Job call by unions blocks city centre
UNIONISTS brought traffic in central Geelong to a standstill today as they demanded more jobs, assistance and transition help for workers laid off or...
$1 million handout ahead of Ann Nichol protest
THE State Government has given Bellarine Community Health a $1 million handout a day ahead of a public protest rally against the sale of...
Kelly Slater quits Quiksilver …
WORLD surfing champion Kelly Slater has split from long-time Torquay-based sponsor Quiksilver just weeks before he's expected in town for the annual Easter Ripcurl...
“Show us the money” – industry call
By John Van Klaveren
Industry groups have called on Federal Government to release the details of its delayed $100 million assistance package for displaced car...
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...
Janice a local hero
A Geelong woman has been recognised with a national award for more than three decades of providing meals to people in need.
Janice...
