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FINALLY FRIDAY: A Stache of music

By MICHELLE HERBISON SARAH Armstrong’s computer crashed after making her second EP as Von Stache but the committed electronic artist accepted the loss with optimism. “I’m...

Torquay line feasibility study faces hurdle: ‘Block for rail plan’

By NOEL MURPHY A PROPOSED rail link to Torquay will compete with traffic on other lines unless planners can overcome a single-line bottleneck south of...

Drysdale line feasibilty study faces hurdle: ‘Block’ for rail plan

By NOEL MURPHY A PROPOSED rail link to Drysdale will compete with traffic on other lines unless planners can overcome a single-line bottleneck south of...

South Barwon budget winner: More prison beds for northern suburbs seat

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN The Liberal-held electorate of South Barwon received a hospital and a train station but the Labor heartland seat of Lara received...

Hike about 4.3%, source reveals: Rates ‘restrained’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN CITY of Greater Geelong will set its lowest rate increase for six years when it unveils its budget next week, a...

Diner’s ashes all at sea

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN BELMONT’S Bet Holland loved the constantly changing vista of Geelong’s waterfront, so she decided to have her ashes laid to rest...

Buckets&Bouquets

BUCKETS to sticky-beak neighbours who always want their own way and who are trying to get rid of us. Sorry, it won’t happen. They...

Coast air activists ‘mislead’ senators

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A SUBMISSION slamming Alcoa’s Anglesea power station to a senate committee on air quality contained errors and was “misleading”, according to...

Skills warning for NDIS trials

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S much-vaunted NDIS centre might fall short of its hype without Canberra producing outstanding cash to train staff, a peak skills body...

Former Toll boss ‘backs Bay West’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN OPPOSITION leader Daniel Andrews has accused State Government of digging its heels in on calls to build the state’s new container...

’You’re a different person when using drugs’: Eureka knock-out

By MICHELLE HERBISON A MAGISTRATE has convicted and placed a Norlane man on a 12-month community corrections order for knocking out a victim at a...

Spectre of drought returns to spook local farmers

By NOEL MURPHY THE spectre of drought hangs over the region following a dry start to the year and little sign of significant rain in...

New chair for KP Trust

Kardinia Park Stadium Trust has a new chair with John Eren bringing valuable experience across tourism, sport and major events. Mr Eren has been a...