Community takes the LEAD to help establish NDIS
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LARA'S Donna Shaw desperately hopes the National Disability Insurance Scheme will give her respite from constant care of 18 year-old daughter,...
Women’s broken nose costs man bond, $500
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A GEELONG Magistrate has sidelined a conviction in favour of a stern warning for a man who broke his partner’s nose with...
Water pressure: Aquifer concern on Colac pipe
By NOEL MURPHY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are anxiously awaiting a Barwon Water report on the effects of tapping an Anglesea aquifer and its impact on nearby swamplands.
Geelong...
Our power, water bills: Gripes rise by quarter
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
COMPLAINTS to the Energy and Water Ombudsman from the Barwon region have increased almost 25 per cent, according to the organisation’s...
Sands hotel redevelop ‘option’
By NOEL MURPHY
A PEPPERS hotel at Torquay’s The Sands estate could be in for redevelopment as the Handbury Group weighs its options over the...
Flood rule ‘joke’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S council has revoked a planning scheme flood overlay on an Armstrong Creek estate but imposed another on Newcomb, Whittington, Corio...
Turbine works defy objectors
By NOEL MURPHY
A COURT brawl over a proposed giant King Island wind farm to power Geelong has failed to slow a Hydro Tasmania feasibility...
Shop promises financial Lifeline
By NOEL MURPHY
A NEW Lifeline shop on Geelong West’s Pakington St is helping the service fight back against a raft of financial challenges attacking...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Stages set for 2014
THEATRE-lovers are in for a treat, with eight shows from Australia’s most innovative and accomplished theatre companies set to play Geelong Performing Arts Centre...
JOIN THE CLUB: Women’s work done for CWA
BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
"IT'S not all tea and scones,” declares Drysdale Country Women’s Association stalwart Shirley Rogerson.
The long-time committee member suggested people come and...
Solar panel idea for dam surface
By NOEL MURPHY
FLOATING solar panels on Geelong’s water supply at Wurdee Boluc Reservoir could be an an idea worth pursuing, according to Geelong Environment...
SPORT: Summer sizzles
By Brian Long
SETTLED conditions last weekend produced some outstanding captures.
Troy Barns fished the 18-metre line directly out from St Leonards where just on daybreak...
The boozy and the beautiful
Party-folk band the Drunken Poachers never struggle to bring the good time vibes.
With seven musicians on stage making it easy to build the energy...
