Asbestos land given ‘all clear’, says shire
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
TORQUAY residents have continued to find asbestos on a development site despite Surf Coast Shire ruling it safe.
Landowners posted a video on...
Charges on second coffee suspended for the needy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG café has brought a worldwide charitable trend called suspended coffee to the region, with an unprecedented customer response.
Lavish owner...
Mayor vows faster, can-do council
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A 24-HOUR turnaround for straightforward planning permits is part of Mayor Keith Fagg’s aims for his newly-established Enterprise Geelong.
“We need to...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Run for the covers
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A PLAN to include a cover song in Mark Seymour’s next original album resulted in a whole CD covering some of his...
Horror hole in repairs
By NOEL MURPHY
BRENDA Hoad’s days of feeling like a “sideshow freak” are over after a Belmont surgeon repaired a gaping face wound that Barwon...
20 years on, ex-mayors say: Mergers ’good’ for city growth
By NOEL MURPHY
DISASTER, frustrating, secretive but positive.
That’s the assessment of Geelong’s former mayors 20 years after their councils were controversially merged to form City...
Policing sports drug use ‘futile’
By NOEL MURPHY
POLICING drug use in the AFL is probably futile, according to a Geelong academic.
Deakin University law lecturer Martin Hardie also believes existing...
Jobs ‘drive tariffs call’
By NOEL MURPHY
TARIFFS must rise to safeguard jobs at Ford and other car-makers, according to Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
National secretary Dave Smith said Australian...
Bailed despite three heroin convictions: Dealer on ‘last chance’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A CONVICTED heroin trafficker caught with three others at Geelong’s Chifley Hotel in January has won bail.
Magistrate Ann McGarvie gave “one more...
Peninsula link backed: ’Benefits for tourism, traffic’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
COMMUNITY groups will lobby politicians to support an extension of Geelong’s ring road to the Bellarine Peninsula.
Drysdale/Clifton Springs Community Association spokesperson...
Ambos miss nearly 200 shifts in region
By NOEL MURPHY
ALMOST 200 paramedics shifts went unfilled in the region last year, mostly due to bad rostering organised outside Geelong, according to the...
Fathering, bar violence linked: Dads to blame
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A YOUNG man who drinks and turns to violence might actually be reacting to an abusive father-son relationship, according to a...
Hawks go into break in 3rd spot
A seven goal to two first quarter against the breeze helped Drysdale to a 40-point win against Newcomb at Grinter Reserve on Saturday and...
