$100m fund in ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $100 MILLION automotive rescue fund targeting Geelong is running late, proponents have conceded.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the scheme to...
Cancer survivor’s tickled pink to host a fund-raiser
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MARK Ward is in the pink and wants everyone to know.
It’s also the theme behind his Pink Day fund0raiser for Andrew...
Fish ‘inaction’ kills business
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ANGLESEA River fish-kills will claim a land-dwelling victim when long-standing business Anglesea and Great Ocean Road Outdoor Centre closes at the...
More girls get kicks out of soccer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of girls playing the round ball game in Geelong is set to double as the popularity of girls-only teams...
‘False claims’ over sale
By NOEL MURPHY
THE SALE of Portarlington's Ann Nichol House is on a backburner as Bellarine Community Health (BCH) undertakes further due diligence and probity.
The...
80’s enough for loved school crossing veteran Kirke
By NOEL MURPHY
EVEN the teachers are battling to keep a roll-call like Torquay school crossing supervisor Kirke White.
The octogenarian traffic veteran knows every kid...
March of drier days proceeds
GEELONG received below-average rain in March, continuing a long-term trend of drier weather for the month.
Geelong’s urban area averaged 28mm compared to the long-term...
MP’s abalone option for Ford staff
SACKED Ford workers could end up processing abalone for Asian markets, according to a Liberal MP.
David Koch said the region’s first aquaculture processing facility...
MP slams City on trucks trial
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY Hall’s contentious central city truck re-routing is dangerous, according to Geelong MP Ian Trezise.
Up to 1000 extra trucks had moved from...
Buckets & Bouquets
BUCKETS to a young girl who left her wallet on the roof of her car at Bell Post Shopping Centre. I picked up the...
Candidates murmur Tweet nothings
By NOEL MURPHY
THE twitterverse is slowly moving into the consciousness of Geelong’s state politicians and candidates.
Mayor Darryn Lyons romped into office on the back...
Watchdog bites employers
Staff ripped off
By NOEL MURPHY
A PHARMACIST underpaid almost $14,000 was among 84 Geelong complaints to the Fair Work Ombudsman over the past six months,...
A real festive buzz
With a week until Christmas Day, our city is sparkling with colour and that unmistakable festive buzz.
People are out and about making the most...
