City pushes business angle for CEO
By NOEL MURPHY
Geelong City Hall staff are smarting from a mayoral dressing down as advertisements for a new business-savvy $500,000 a year CEO hit...
Broadband despair puts Chinese customers at risk
A FYANSFORD IT business stands to lose valuable international customers because it's unable to obtain a broadband connection.
Greg Dale, of Easy As PC, has...
Police rally against staff ‘shortages’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Off-duty police have taken a "big step" to rally against staff shortages in the Geelong region, according to their union.
About 200...
Buckets & Bouquets
Bouquets to Tony and everyone concerned with demolishing an old house at Lara. A terrible eyesore has gone at last.
Helen, Lara
Bouquets to a man...
Colac police plea over missing war medals
COLAC CIU detectives are appealing for information from the public after a spate of burglaries in Colac. Thieves have targeted residential properties in Ligar Street,...
Wrong flood zones hitting insurance and building costs: architect
By NOEL MURPHY
HUNDREDS of Geelong residents face higher insurance, building and renovation costs because of inaccurate flood zones designated by City Hall, according to...
Brain booster for bipolar disorder
Providing the brain with an energy boost could be a new way to treat bipolar depression.
Deakin University’s IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, in partnership with...
Mayor Lyons’ blitz on council staffers
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has savaged City Hall bureaucrats for putting barriers in the way of business opportunities.
Department staff and some senior...
In Brief
Waits ‘slashed’
Geelong Hospital’s waiting list for elective surgery has recorded a “healthy drop”, according to Victorian Health Minister David Davis.
He said the March quarter...
College girls to attack annual Star Search En Masse
Christian College girls plan to storm Geelong’s premier talent quest En Masse in both name and number.
The secondary students have been honing their craft...
City cash focus off ward funding and back on CBD
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY Hall’s new budget has achieved what former mayor Keith Fagg could not, redirecting $7 million from ward funding into central Geelong.
The...
Double Take
Angling expert and On the Bite columnist Brian Long has handed the rod to new ownership and management at his iconic fishing shop on...
10 Best Australian Christmas Books for Kids
Looking for the perfect gift for little readers this Christmas? Reading Out of Poverty (ROOP), a national charity supporting early childhood literacy, has curated...
