Geelong plans to grow
Planning Minister Matthew Guy today released a 40 year blueprint for Geelong, securing the local economy, jobs and liveability of the region.
“The G21 Regional...
Coast towns at ‘risk’ in redraw
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
REDISTRIBUTING Torquay and Jan Juc from their marginal South Barwon electorate to safe Liberal seat Polwarth would be an “absolute disaster”, according...
Tips, pics bust teens at ‘clubs’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
ONLINE photographs and tip-offs from parents are helping police target underage night-clubbers using fake identification.
Sergeant Aaron Riches told the Independent police were...
Property study on Geelong: A lot of upside in going down
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is a downsizing hotspot, according to a Real Estate Institute of Victoria study.
The study found that home owners in the...
Dump ‘snub’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A NEW State Government initiative against illegally dumped rubbish has snubbed a North Geelong Salvation Army store despite its reputation as “one...
Shell sparks economy study: Jobs blueprint
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SHELL'S refinery sale announcement has prompted Geelong Trades Hall Council to commission a manufacturing industry strategic plan.
Trades hall secretary Tim Gooden...
‘120 jobs’ in new service
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Barwon launch of DisabilityCare Australia under the national disability insurance scheme will create 120 jobs, Federal Government has announced.
Minister for...
Buckets&Bouquets
BOUQUETS to the girls at OPSM Corio. They were so helpful and friendly when I attended the store the day before Easter. They couldn’t...
Barwon Health millions return
By NOEL MURPHY
BARWON Health’s missing millions have been belatedly restored after a Gillard Government about-face on its health cuts and the launch of a...
Alcoa seeks to turn off power
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ALCOA is using hardship provisions to terminate a long-term multi-million dollar deal to buy electricity for its Pt Henry smelter from...
Call to reveal full threat to $2b tourism icon: Ocean road to ruin
By NOEL MURPHY
STATE Government must release a report detailing the full extent of damage to the Great Ocean Road from tidal surges, storms, rock-falls,...
Judge jailed over ‘pretty ordinary’ history in city
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A FORMER Breakwater man with a “pretty ordinary” criminal history has been jailed for a string of offences including a high-speed police...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
