City student boost
ERIN PEARSONAN EXTRA 2000 Deakin University students will help boost business in central Geelong, according to Mayor John Mitchell.
He welcomed the university’s plan to...
Geelong’s funky squad set to boogie at Pier party
Flashback: Tyrepower’s Greg Plumridge, European Affairs’ Paul Loughnan, Forty Winks’ Leigh Keen, the Independent’s Sam McKenzie and LP Communications’ Alycia Redman get into the...
Head ‘kicked like a football’
KIM WATERSA GEELONG man who kicked a victim’s head “like a football” during an assault was acting in self-defence, a court heard this week....
One jailed, three free on Nightingale death
KIM WATERSA MAN who fatally shot Corio father Brock Nightingale will spend up to 11 years in jail, a judge ruled this week.
But three...
Police to blitz drivers’ after catching 5000 speeding
Slow down: Senior Constable Darren Kiddle prepares for the big blitz.ERIN PEARSONA POLICE blitz will target speeding and drink drivers across the region over...
Police probing assault ‘leads’: ‘Sensational’ response to appeal for information
ERIN PEARSONGEELONG police believe they are another step closer to catching a man who violently assaulted a university student in the central city area,...
WANES WHEELS: A Dodge or nothing
Dodge nut: Murray Coster admits to being one-eyed about the Dodge since he first saw one 73 years ago. His latest car is...
FINALLY FRIDAY: ’80s enough for a loving tribute
ERIN PEARSONFOUR legends of Australian rock will “bling up” Geelong in a tribute to the ’80s on Saturday night, according to former Kids in...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Fiddler on waterfront
If he was a rich man: Howard Dandy as Tevye with his on-stage wife and daughters in Fiddler on the Roof.HAMISH BROOKSGEELONG Lyric Theatre...
JOIN THE CLUB: Orienteering steps out in city
Walk this way: Orienteers Heather Leslie and John Gavens. JOHN VAN KLAVERENFOR the cartographically-challenged, there may yet be hope.
The sport of orienteering usually elicits...
Pokie debate ‘scares workers’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENAUSTRALIA'S gambling debate has left pub and club staff across Geelong fearful for their jobs, according to Australian Hotels Association president Peter...
One-legged man: I’ll walk Kokoda
ERIN PEARSONGEOFF Chandler’s backpack will be lighter than others next month when he tackles Papua New Guinea’s gruelling Kokoda Trail.
The 50-year-old, who has a...
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Spot the red flags in family violence
The community has gathered to honour and hear stories of women and children killed or harmed by family violence at a Geelong Candlelight Vigil...
