Percival pointed at peninsula
By MICHELLE HERBISON
Fame and fortune might be by-products of television appearances but 2012 The Voice runner-up Darren Percival has his sights set on other...
Young actors star with GSODA
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DEBBIE Fraser can name drop with the best of them: Guy Peace, Portia De Rossi, Chrissy Amphlett, Peter Colman-Wright - even...
Queenscliff knits a slick look for penguins in recovery
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PHILLIP Island’s oil-slicked penguins will have a better chance at recovery thanks to a Queenscliff knitting group.
Member Sue Longmore said she brought...
Coins back Muslim ‘discovery’, says local academic
By NOEL MURPHY
MOVE over Captain Cook.
Likewise, Abel Tasman, William Dampier, Willen Janszoon, Cristavao de Mendonca and Zheng He - the title to Australia’s...
City’s future healthy, say industry leaders
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is uniquely positioned to become an international centre of excellence in trauma, rehabilitation and injury management, health sector leaders have...
Put DisabilityCare HQ in city centre, says mayor
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MAYOR Cr Keith Fagg has called for Geelong’s DisabilityCare Australia headquarters to be located in the city centre.
Cr Fagg said the...
City Hall sacks ‘sanger’ staffer
By NOEL MURPHY
MICK Van Beek, fired then reinstated in City Hall’s 2009 steak sandwich controversy, has been sacked again - this time for allegedly...
New farming precinct ‘to create 800 jobs’
By NOEL MURPHY
A NEW agri-business sector on the edge of Geelong could generate almost 800 jobs and inject up to half a billion dollars...
Punch injured officer, court told
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AN alleged punch to the face landed a Geelong police constable in hospital after an arrest warrant turned ugly, a court heard...
City NBN rollout in asbestos snag
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A “SIGNIFICANT number” of asbestos-lined telecommunications pits will affect Geelong’s NBN rollout, Telstra has revealed.
A Telstra spokesman said the company had...
Divers part of vivianite mining bid
By NOEL MURPHY
IT'S CLAIMED to ward off dementia, assist mental clarity, clear chakras and burn away negativity in the body.
It’s also an attractive blue...
Drysdale bypass best in ‘stages’, says study
By MICHELLE HERBISON
VICROADS will recommend a “staged approach” to development of a Drysdale bypass, according to the organisation’s regional roads director.
William Tieppo said VicRoads...
Manning, Harrison claim victory
Queensland’s Zoe Manning and WA’s Carl Harrison won the Surf Coast Century ultra marathon on Saturday September 13 with 1400 runners participating in the...
