Lyons on steep learning curve
By NOEL MURPHY
HIS FEET have hardly touched the ground since being propelled into Geelong’s mayoral office but Darryn Lyons is doing little to ease...
V/Line charges $27K too much
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HUNDREDS of Geelong rail commuters are out of pocket an average $17.45 each after V/Line overcharged on date-to-date tickets, according to...
Special force targets local firebugs
By NOEL MURPHY
POLICE have placed local firebugs on notice with a ramped up assault on deliberately-lit bushfires this summer.
Specially-trained officers across Geelong and the...
SPORT: Cats form threat to place in eight
BY JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club went down to Prahran then Essendon in a disastrous Twenty20 double header at Warrnambool last Saturday.
The Cats batsman failed...
SPORT: Fishing hard work but worthwhile amid variability
BY BRIAN LONG
VARIABLE conditions forced anglers to work hard for fish over the past week.
Many anglers spent the first full weekend of the cod...
SPORT: Warriors’ NPL chance
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE GEELONG region could have three bids for a National Premier League (NPL) soccer licence after a legal challenge to the...
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...
Resurgent Cats pile on Tiger pain
Geelong cruised to a 30-point win over Richmond for its second win on the bounce, leaving the battling Tigers 0-5 as the only winless...
