Daylight saving ends
Daylight saving ends this Sunday at 3am.
People should turn their clocks back by one hour when they go to bed on Saturday night.
Daylight saving...
Double-barrel shotgun terror strikes family at Corio
UPDATE:
A CORIO family was left “extremely traumatised” when a shotgun-wielding bandit jumped the counter of a Goldsworthy Rd milk bar to menace them in...
Egg warning lifted after Torquay’s Bottle of Milk salmonella outbreak
THE Department of Health has lifted its warning on Green Eggs after more than 200 people became ill eating food with raw egg at...
Buckets & Bouquets
BOUQUETS to a kind lady who handed in my handbag at a bottle shop in Geelong West after I left it in a toilet.
Grateful...
Enright injury concerns Cats
AN ANKLE injury to Cats star Corey Enright is “a bit more serious than we’d like”, according to coach Chris Scott.
Enright was subbed off...
Arthritis means more spinal fractures: Deakin study
WOMEN with rheumatoid arthritis as twice as likely to sustain spinal fractures, a Geelong region study by Deakin University has found.
The eight-year study investigated...
Gallery funded after plan to crash new library
STATE Government has announced an expansion of Geelong Gallery three months after the Independent revealed the gallery's plan to gate-crash a new library and...
Coalition promises $20 million to rebuild Geelong High School
GEELONG High School's long-awaited redevelopment is guaranteed after the state coalition promised $20 million to overhaul the entire campus.
The pledge follows a similar promise...
Cats add three to squad for Lions match
GEELONG Cats has added three players to its squad to take on Brisbane at the Gabba on Sunday.
Jackson Sheringham, Josh Walker and George Horlin-Smith...
Queenscliff bans smoking in outdoor zones
NEW SMOKING bans will stop spectators lighting up at football matches in Borough of Queenscliff.
The borough has announced that a range of other outdoor...
Priced out of health checks
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PEOPLE who might have serious illnesses are beginning to “fall through the cracks” in Geelong, a leading health services provider warned...
Regional body wasted
Rubbish, recycling controlled form Hamilton
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BARWON Region Waste Management Group has been killed off in a State Government reshuffle.
The region’s waste management...
High quality, bargain price
Yet another new name for Australian buyers to grapple with, Jaecoo is one of three sub-brands from the Chinese Chery brand.
Chery is the leading...
