New mayor goes global: Lyons rides vote-count rollercoaster of emotions to mayoral office
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S choice of Darryn Lyons as mayor has featured in global media, including the front page of Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, the...
MPs’ Canberra battle over tax
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE CARBON tax is “causing damage” in Geelong, “perhaps the most carbon-intensive city in the country”, Liberal MP Sarah Henderson has...
Our soldiers in return from Afghanistan war
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THREE Geelong soldiers have returned from Afghanistan’s front lines with mixed emotions: happy to be home but leaving a part of...
Local families’ violence surge
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S “filthy little secret” - family violence - jumped an alarming 44 per cent across Geelong in the past year, according to...
New fear for Alcoa: Generator bid as profit from subsidy revealed
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW documents about Alcoa of Australia’s operations suggest its Point Henry smelter will close next year, according to the Greens.
Victorian Greens...
Mates await their mayor
BY JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW Mayor Darryn Lyons faces a smooth induction into City Hall, with two personal friends on council.
Former mayors Stretch Kontelj and...
Golf course aged care rejected
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast councillors have rejected controversial plans to turn part of Torquay’s The Sands into an aged-care centre.
The Handbury Group wanted to...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Japanese duo’s talent for blues
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEORGE Kamikawa and Noriko Tadano’s appearance on Australia’s Got Talent last year certainly spread the word about the Japanese duo’s unique blues-folk...
JOIN THE CLUB: Bears on base
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT'S quite a way from a part-time baseball field at Wallington to US college ranks but a number of Bellarine Bears...
Young tech snoop puts bite on Apple
By NOEL MURPHY
SELF-STYLED teen tech insider Sonny Dickson says he’s taking a break from exposing new Apple products before they hit the market.
The Bellarine...
Risk grounded
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DANGEROUS power lines in the Otways will be among the first targeted for replacement to reduce bushfire risk, State Government has...
Premier prize for Barwon Health
AN “increased focus on improvement” has won Barwon Health Victoria’s highest honour for regional health-care services, State Government has announced.
The Government said the Premier’s...
Year in review – June
Greater Geelong community members braved the cold for a good cause as they slid into icy water during another successful Big Freeze Geelong to...
