Charity united behind new name
Cover up: United Way’s Leigh Johnston and Adam Charleston join Jamie Harcourt, Anna Kosmanovski, Sarah Boak and Laura McKee to promote the name change.The...
Degrees of anger ‘as cats dumped on uni’
ERIN PEARSONDEAKIN University’s Waurn Ponds campus has become a dumping ground for pet cats, according to authorities.
City of Greater Geelong animal officer Stacey...
Free screens ‘set to save lives’
KIM WATERSA regionaL rail project cost blow-out could sink plans for a ferry service and a harbour upgrade at Portarlington, according to a community...
Port ‘option’ for containers
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA new study revealing predictions of “massive” growth in container movements has prompted a rethink on using Port of Geelong, according to...
Pako Festa aims for record turnout
KIM WATERSOrganisers expect a “record crowd” for Geelong’s annual Pako Festa this weekend.
Event spokesperon Luisa Lafornara predicted more than 100,000 patrons to attend Australia’s...
State puts on hold plan for dump of foreign sand
JOHN VAN KLAVERENControversial plans to import sand to renourish two local beaches are on hold, according to State Government.
The Government last year announced Eastern...
High hopes for cancer ‘smart bomb’
ERIN PEARSONDeakin University is on the verge of creating a “smart bomb” to kill cancer, according to a researcher.
Deakin Medical School nanomedicine program...
Barwon Health ‘cuts’ leave studies in limbo
JOHN VAN KLAVERENBarwon Health has cut its award-winning bio-medical research programs, leaving promising advances in limbo, according to a leading Geelong scientist.
Associate Professor Mark...
Rescuers save ex-Geelong woman trapped in rubble of NZ building
KIM WATERSRescuers have pulled a former Geelong woman from the rubble of a building that collapsed in New Zealand’s earthquake disaster, according to media...
Bells tolled for ‘elite’ of ringers
An “elite” international team of bell ringers has chimed in with a three-hour performance on Geelong’s only set of traditional English-style church bells.
St Paul’s...
Petrol prices ‘behind rising number plate thefts’
ERIN PEARSONRising petrol rises are behind a “sharp increase” in thefts of number plates around Geelong, according to police.
Leading Senior Constable Graeme Smith said...
Gangs’ robbery surge
ERIN PEARSONCriminal gangs are behind a spike in robberies around Geelong, according to police.
New statistics from Victoria Police show Geelong has recorded the state’s...
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Council supports 24-hour cat curfew
Geelong council narrowly passed a vote to introduce a 24-hour cat curfew throughout the City of Greater Geelong.
The motion, which will require all cats...
