SPORT: Tuna and kingfish offshore
By BRIAN LONG
ANGLERS chased massive bait shoals in settled conditions offshore last Sunday, finding stripey and small bluefin tuna.
Gunter Marshall found the fish in...
SPORT: Geelong tuning up
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club goes into the final round of the season sitting nicely in third position after an impressive outright victory against...
Conference for busy women
“IF YOU want something done, ask a busy person,” wacky redheaded comedian Lucille Ball is reputed to have said.
It’s a theme taken up by...
Drugs, commercial burgs jump, police figures show
DRUG crime jumped 16 per cent last year across Geelong, according to new statistics released by Victoria Police.
Burglaries on commercial properties climbed a similar...
Police plea on North Geelong armed hold-up
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a convenience store in North Geelong last weekend.
Investigators have been told two men entered...
Homicide squad investigate Bell Park gunshot death
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man found with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest at Bell Park this morning.
The...
300 call centre jobs for Geelong
ENERGYAustralia will establish its new national contact centre in Geelong creating 300 new full-time jobs.
The State Government, which is backing the project, announced the jobs boost...
Corio Bay dredging gets go ahead
A $6 MILLION contract to dredge the channel in Corio Bay has been awarded to the New Zealand-based Heron Construction Company.
The channel-widening works are expected...
Myki tickets only from today
Geelong rail travellers have entered the myki era today, with the swipe card now the only valid ticket for the region.
Public Transport Victoria customer...
Lyons’ waterfront ice castle spectacular …
by NOEL MURPHY
A massive iceberg-style, Superman’s-polar-retreat convention centre on Corio Bay has formed the basis of a special Geelong pitch to Prime Minister Tony...
‘We’ve saved the Shell jobs!’ – Lyons
$2.9bn sale confirmed
SHELL'S Geelong 450 full-time refinery workers and 150 contractor jobs are safe following the confirmed sale of the oilco's Corio refinery and service...
Advertiser office TB link, 100 screened for deadly disease
By NOEL MURPHY
A tuberculosis outbreak at the Geelong Advertiser might have been linked to its open-plan office, ‘hot-desking’ and closed air conditioning, according to...
26-year drought ends as Anglesea wins flag
Anglesea came from 5th on the ladder to topple minor premiers Geelong Amateur to win its first Bellarine Football League flag in 26 years...
