Target clothing recalled over cancer dye
Target products have been among 120,000 items recalled over fears they contain a carcinogenic dye.
The Target kids and ladies denim jeans have been on...
Joshua’s debut fit for a prince
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A YOUNG Torquay dancer has scored a title role in a much-anticipated contemporary production alongside two Australian ballet stars.
Joshua Hunt will...
V8s rev up for Geelong waterfront
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S waterfront could host a motor racing circuit if Lamborghini-driving Mayor Darryn Lyons and V8 Supercars win state backing.
Cr Lyons said talks...
Double Take
As if AFL players aren’t under enough empirical scrutiny already, with measurements for everything from possessions to clangers and skin-folds.
KRock commentators set a new...
Study confirms we live on top price land
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LAND prices in the Barwon region are still among the nation’s most expensive despite a 3.7 per cent price decrease, according...
In brief
Truck trial call
Geelong council has called for feedback on the progress of the trial restricting trucks travelling through central Geelong, underway since 3 March.
Feedback...
Jobless at ‘GFC levels’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of unemployed people in Geelong has risen almost 25 per cent even though the jobless rate remains steady, according...
Cartoon duo knows where to draw the line
By NOEL MURPHY
COMICS have come a long way from the golden days of last century and proven a great survivor of the artworld.
The space...
Government ‘duds north’ over hospital
By NOEL MURPHY
LABOR MPs have savaged plans for a hospital at North Geelong after the state budget allocated $3.4 million to the project next...
Canberra feels ‘pier pressure’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FEDERAL MP Sarah Henderson has welcomed Mayor Darryn Lyons’s response to her deadline for action on revitalising central Geelong.
The Liberal Member...
Rail PSO patrols for Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
PASSENGERS moved along nervously as a man brutally kicked and screamed profanities at his bike at North Geelong station at 6.45 last...
Few surprises left in budget
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THERE were few surprises for the Geelong region in this year’s state budget, with most major announcements already revealed over the...
Lights restart next year
Works to install traffic lights at a Torquay intersection will restart early next year, following significant service delays.
Surf Coast Shire Council paused the project,...
