Extra fat ’good for the elderly’
BEING overweight might actually be healthier for the elderly, according to Geelong research.
Professor of nutrition and ageing at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus, Caryl Nowson,...
Coast’s Cloudy Sunday
By MICHELLE HERBISON
VIOLENT neighbours destroyed Cloud Control’s visions of undisturbed songwriting when the band borrowed a house on a small French island ahead of...
Grand weekend
GEELONG Cricket Club bowed out of the premier league finals in heartbreaking loss last weekend.
Set 219 to win by Footscray Edgewater, the Cats battled...
Warriors take on Box Hill in NPL
By JOSIP ZILIC
NORTH Geelong Warriors hosts Box Hill United at Lara’s Elcho Park in National Premier League Victoria round-two action this weekend.
The team’s maiden...
No need to go psycho over child nudity, says Deakin academic
CHILD nudity in books such as The Day My Bum Went Psycho and the Gumnut series show society has little to worry about despite...
No junkets in Japanese exchange, says Richards
IT’S just for the birds, and the schoolkids – not for council junkets overseas.
So says City Hall’s Andy Richards about a wetland exchange program...
Lyons the scruff meets up with Oliver …
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has been tackled online for his scruffy appearance while meeting celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Geelong this week.
"Been flat out guys!...
Commuter blitz on the horizon
By John Van Klaveren
Police will be scanning the Geelong’s major commuter roads for the next three weeks as part of Operation Horizon.
The blitz during...
Joinery receives jobs grant
By John Van Klaveren
A Geelong joinery has received a $230,000 grant under the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund (GRIIF).
The grant for Pickering Joinery...
NDIS faces serious issues
By John Van Klaveren
The National Disability Insurance Scheme - headquartered in Geelong - faces serious issues according to assistant minister for social services, Mitch...
Hockey skates to Geelong
Geelong has won its bid to host the 2014 inline hockey national championships.
More than 500 inline skaters will battle it out for national titles...
Fire breaks out at K Park before Cats-Crows clash
FIRE has broken out at Kardinia Park just hours before the Geelong Cats are scheduled to clash with the Adelaide Crows.
The fire, which started...
Community grant recipients announced
The City of Greater Geelong has announced the 78 recipients of a funding pool of $772,131 for its latest round of community grants.
Awarded by...
