Levy watchdog called in over pensioner bill
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
VICTORIA’S new fire services levy monitor will investigate a Norlane pensioner’s insurance premium after it remained virtually unchanged despite the levy’s...
A premier campaign
PREMIER Denis Napthine is pictured endorsing the Independent’s Shop Local Geelong campaign, encouraging shoppers to spend locally rather than online or out of town.
Mr...
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...
Helping hand for Cottage
Darren Allbutt’s Sea & Wood exhibition at Cottage by the Sea late last year was so well received that the fifth-generation Queenscliff resident is...
