Guy, City at loggerheads on lapsed height controls
JOHN VAN KLAVERENSTATE Planning Minister Matthew Guy and City of Greater Geelong have blamed each other for the city’s 7.5-metre residential height control lapsing.
The...
EPA probes mysterious ‘poisoning’ of Corio creek
Dead: Alan Marshall at the creek where he previously collected live bait..JOHN VAN KLAVERENA STEAD Park stormwater drain once teeming with life appears to...
Court ‘ups ante’ over island war protesters
KIM WATERSGEELONG'S court has “upped the ante” on punishing Afghanistan war protestors, according to peace activists demonstrating at Queenscliff this week.
Anti-war activists Paul...
$10,000 Icon for Geelong competition ready to open
Start thinking: Tony Galpin, Deakin’s Hisham Elkadi and Andrew Senia launch the Icon for Geelong competition. ENTRIES for a competition to design an international...
Avalon set to be ‘hub for flying miner jobs’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA FLY-in-fly-out hub at Avalon Airport will allow Geelong workers to share in Western Australia’s mining boom, according to a company behind...
Our jobs ‘safe with CO2 tax’
ERIN PEARSONGEELONG will gain jobs rather than lose them under the Gillard Government’s carbon tax to be unveiled this weekend, according to the region’s...
Central to receivers: Cloud over shopping centre future
Vote of confidence: Toyworld’s Susan Dillon prepares to open her shop at Torquay Central. ERIN PEARSON AND KIM WATERSTORQUAY Central has gone into receivership,...
Council ‘scuttles bid for new pool’
Here, please: Doug Carson points to the community’s preferred pool site on the sports precinct plan. KIM WATERSGEELONG'S council has poured cold water on a...
OPENING BID: ‘Unknown’ town attracts local and overseas buyers
Have a look: Mayfield Real Estate’s Mark Mayfield is encouraging people to explore the bigger blocks on offer at Batesford’s new Riverstone Estate.KIM WATERSA...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Electric charge
Rising: Geelong’s The Human Electric.ERIN PEARSONGEELONG band The Human Electric is young, hip and ready to take over the world, according to bass player...
13th consultations defended: Process ‘OK’
KIM WATERSFORESHORE managers have rejected claims of a “sham” consultation process over controversially proposed 13th Beach access trails.
Barwon Coast Committee has defended...
JOIN THE CLUB: Making histories
For the records: Geelong Family History Group’s Shirley Costello, at front, with Pam Jennings and John Stewart. JOHN VAN KLAVERENIN THIS goal-oriented world, knowing...
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Geelong gathers to honour the Anzacs
Thousands gathered in Geelong’s CBD this morning to pay their respects to the memory of those who have fallen and those who still serve...
