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...
Alcoa river ‘link’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENALCOA is responsible for a spate of fish deaths in Anglesea River, according to a Geelong scientist.
Frank Parsons said he included his...
Police probing NSW shooting
Shot: An image of Georgia Kirby from her Facebook page.ERIN PEARSONPOLICE have charged a Lara man over an alleged car theft that ended ...
John and Bob in a Heartbeat
Vital signs: Lynne White, John Ellis’s son Michael, wife Wilma and son Garry join Bob Loader’s daughter Fiona Crosby and Heartbeat Geelong member Brian...
Drug, burglary ring ‘busted’, court hears
KIM WATERSPOLICE have busted a “very well-organised” drug and burglary ring in Geelong, a court heard this week.
Jason Davison, Ryan Stalker and Timothy...
Police urging Best victims to come forward
ERIN PEARSONPOLICE are calling on unknown victims of convicted Geelong paedophile Robert Charles Best to come forward after he pleaded guilty to a string...
MPs ‘split on mayor’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENLIBERAL MP Andrew Katos has used a seven-year-old speech to split Labor counterparts over plans for a directly elected mayor of Geelong.
Mr...
‘Double rent hike’ for public battlers
JOHN VAN KLAVERENSUCCESSIVE rent hikes tot-alling $70 have floored public housing tenants in Geelong’s northern suburbs, they have told the Independent.
They said Department of...
Digital ‘bypass’ anger
ERIN PEARSONRESIDENTS of two Surf Coast towns might have to pay for free-to-air digital television if broadcasters fail to upgrade a transmitter, according to...
Council pulls GORCC cash
ERIN PEARSONA COUNCIL decision to stop funding Surf Coast’s foreshore management body will force cost cutting, according to its chief executive.
Great Ocean Road...
Shire’s footpaths affair to remember on national television
ERIN PEARSONJAN JUC residents have taken their fight against a special charge scheme for footpaths to national television.
Channel 9’s A Current Affair contacted them...
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Eagles’ nest now home for Ned
East Geelong’s loss to Bell Post Hill in round one might have been the motivation it needed with the Eagles stringing together four consecutive...
