Geelong takes bat to deadly diseases
Director: Professor Martin Jeggo outside the CSIRO facility.ERIN PEARSONGeelong is leading the world in testing bats’ immune systems for keys to beating some of...
4C terms omit ‘route options’
KIM WATERSA failure to identify alternative routes in terms of reference for a review of Geelong’s 4C bypass link has alarmed residents, according to...
Tour to reveal women of history
Unforgotten: Nancy Donkers and Jess Boccia admire Christian Waller’s stained glass in Christ Church.KIM WATERSA stained glass artist, a Victorian suffrage society president and...
Tax plan a ‘threat’ to employers
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA carbon tax of $20 a tonne would cost key Geelong region employers more than $232 million a year, according to a...
Petrol thieves put stations ‘on alert’
Caught on camera: Vehicles that police believe were involved in recent fuel thefts at APCO Waurn Ponds.ERIN PEARSONAPCO has put its service station staff...
‘Record crowd’ flocks to Pako Festa
Colours of life: Pako Festa participants liven up Geelong West on Saturday. To see more pictures, go to starphotos.com.au and search ID numbers 61091...
Pipe contract locks us into ‘desal price rises’
KIM WATERSAn unbreakable contract for a pipeline from Melbourne has locked the Geelong region into paying desalinated water prices, according to State Government.
Water...
Numbers up as Avalon airshow opens with 550 aircraft
Big bird: America’s Colonel Seth Bretscher strides away from a giant Boeing C-17 Globemaster at Avalon. JOHN VAN KLAVERENAll the numbers quoted at the...
Survey ‘reveals racist attitudes across area’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENThe Geelong region may be less multi-culturally sensitive than it believes, according to a new survey.
The national Challenging Racism survey found that...
Pokies cash grab ‘costs thief $750’
KIM WATERSA man who helped himself to “a handful” of cash from a hotel’s till was an “opportunistic” criminal, Geelong Magistrates Court heard this...
20 new players to lead Tigers mission in 2011
New look: Torquay Tigers recruits Aaron Nesbitt and Hamish Jarrad outside their new clubrooms. ERIN PEARSONTORQUAY Tigers will unveil 20 new players this season...
Grove on ‘fast track’
KIM WATERSState Government is “fast-tracking” funding for proposed sport facility upgrades at Ocean Grove, according to a Liberal MP.
Member for Western Victoria Simon Ramsay...
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Lest we forget
Hundreds lined both sides of The Terrace before marching to Ocean Grove Park for a solemn and heartfelt Anzac Day service this morning.
Community groups...
