Food ’hub’ plans set to grow $2.7b agri sector
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG could host a new food hub if Deakin University and urban sustainability firm Innate Ecology can draw State Government backing for...
Residents win chemical fight
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PROPONENTS of a controversially proposed chemical facility at North Geelong have decided against a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal appeal.
Teleta Nominees’...
PM invites city’s pitch for $10b combat work
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S bid for a $10 billion combat vehicle contract will go to Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s office and senior cabinet ministers after...
Local car thefts up as keys targeted
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
REPORTS of car thefts in Geelong have jumped 26 per cent, according to new figures.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council recorded...
Servo bid reveals lights ‘plan’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN APPLICATION for a third Drysdale service station indicates Vicroads proposes to replace the town’s congested Jetty-Grubb-Portarlington roads roundabout with traffic...
Lara Mad Max plan
By NOEL MURPHY
LARA wants to hitch its fortunes to a post-apocalyptic Mad Max future.
The 1970s Mel Gibson road warrior, who spearheaded Australia’s assault on...
SPORT: Cats facing Demons
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club remains fourth on the Victorian Premier League ladder after an incredible tie last week against Carlton.
After only making 141...
Jobs flow from water contract
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $28 MILLION Barwon Water contract with a US firm is set to create 16 direct jobs as well as work...
‘Look on bright side’, says achiever
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A MAN who was cast onto the education and jobs scrapheap because of a hidden disability has urged Geelong to “look...
Heat rising on higher homes
By NOEL MURPHY
OBJECTORS to rezoning Newtown and Belmont for dwellings up to four storeys high are fighting to convince authorities the plan is way...
Lara West plans get nod … 12 months later
PLANS for a new Lara West suburb housing 10,000 people, revealed last February by The Independent, have been formalised by the State Government.
The new...
Howard source Sizemore recants on Clinton-Hurley affair claims
UPDATE:
"Some low types in Hollywood," says Dylan Howard.
"He’s just admitted he trashed his ex and made it all up!"
LINK: Tom Sizemore’s Shame As He...
Race to save the hoodie begins
The quest to protect one of the state’s most endangered birds has begun for another year.
BirdLife Australia volunteers are back on our beaches to...
