Lyons versus Gooden/City titles fight
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Mayor Darryn Lyons and union leader Tim Gooden have jousted over Prime Minister Tony Abbott bringing back knighthoods and other mediaeval...
’Betrayal’ over aged care sale
By NOEL MURPHY
EMOTIONAL claims of betrayal and anxiety are flying as residents petition against the sale of Portarlington’s Ann Nichol House.
Bellarine Community Health (BCH)...
Creek housing to crowd Bells
By NOEL MURPHY
OPENING Spring Creek to developers could threaten iconic Bells Beach, activists have warned.
Surfing legend Maurice Cole told other Bells Beach Preservation Society...
Ex-MP puts region in the pictures
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG is no stranger to the focus of cinematic and television lens.
It’s been a popular location for all manner of movies, series,...
Author Zable hears our old stories
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EVERYONE has a story and the older the person the richer the story.
So said famed Australian author, academic and human rights...
Extra fat ’good for the elderly’
BEING overweight might actually be healthier for the elderly, according to Geelong research.
Professor of nutrition and ageing at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus, Caryl Nowson,...
Coast’s Cloudy Sunday
By MICHELLE HERBISON
VIOLENT neighbours destroyed Cloud Control’s visions of undisturbed songwriting when the band borrowed a house on a small French island ahead of...
Grand weekend
GEELONG Cricket Club bowed out of the premier league finals in heartbreaking loss last weekend.
Set 219 to win by Footscray Edgewater, the Cats battled...
Warriors take on Box Hill in NPL
By JOSIP ZILIC
NORTH Geelong Warriors hosts Box Hill United at Lara’s Elcho Park in National Premier League Victoria round-two action this weekend.
The team’s maiden...
No need to go psycho over child nudity, says Deakin academic
CHILD nudity in books such as The Day My Bum Went Psycho and the Gumnut series show society has little to worry about despite...
No junkets in Japanese exchange, says Richards
IT’S just for the birds, and the schoolkids – not for council junkets overseas.
So says City Hall’s Andy Richards about a wetland exchange program...
Lyons the scruff meets up with Oliver …
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has been tackled online for his scruffy appearance while meeting celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Geelong this week.
"Been flat out guys!...
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,...
