Butt out, Cats to tell local smokers
GEELONG’s smoking problem has roped the city’s footy team into a campaign highlighting bans on smokers at outdoor sport venues.
Health Minister David Davis said...
Uni team abuzz over 2D material
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN INNOCUOUS-looking piece of film like flimsy, transparent carbon paper has the science world abuzz.
Graphene is a form of carbon now...
Welsh choir to sing for mums
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE NAMES Shirley Bassey, Bonnie Tyler and Charlotte Church only scratch the surface of internationally famous Welsh women singers.
Not to be...
Harden up for Geelong show
ALTERNATIVE Australian punk rock band Hard-Ons will mark its 30th anniversary with a Geelong gig in June.
The group had a strong following in Geelong’s...
Easter fishing action
By Brian Long
ANGLERS reported some great captures over the Easter break.
Freshwater reports dominated, with Moorabool Reservoir producing four redfin to 2.2kg for Troy Anderson....
Avalon, Jetstar woe grows as Brisbane flights end
By NOEL MURPHY
JETSTAR direct flights from Avalon to Brisbane cease next week in the latest setback for the discount airline and the airport.
Flights to...
Council topples Telstra tower plan
By Paul Millar
A DECISION to block plans for a telecommunications tower at Hamlyn Heights, shows that council is listening to ratepayers, according to Cr...
Cats ‘respect’ Power
By Paul Millar
GEELONG coach Chris Scott could well have been listening to tennis great Roger Federer as he prepared this week for Sunday’s top...
Grinder attack on Corio, Ballan Myki machines
POLICE are hunting three men who allegedly tried to break open Myki machines at Corio and Ballan railway stations in October and December.
Two men...
Pressure grows for probe into secret $50m Epworth deal
By NOEL MURPHY
Shadow Health Minister Gavin Jennings and the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association have backed calls for an Ombudsman inquiry into a secret...
Shorten’s anti-union push won’t affect our numbers, says Trades Hall’s Gooden
By PAUL MILLAR
Geelong Trades Hall Council secretary Tim Gooden believes a push by Federal Opposition leader Bill Shorten to distance the Labor Party from...
Wrong-way freeway terror at Lara
By NOEL MURPHY
MARCIA and Glen Wood are thanking their lucky stars they’re alive after a near-miss with a car driving the wrong way on...
Calls for better coverage
Surf Coast Shire Council is seeking support for better mobile network coverage and investment in active transport projects.
Council will table a motion...
