SPORT: Anglers feel heat on sharks, tuna, flatties

By BRIAN LONG CASEY Greet headed out into 70m of water directly out from Port Phillip Heads on Saturday hoping for a shark. After only five...

Wanted over Waurn Ponds assault

POLICE have released a grainy image of two men they want to interview about an assault at a Waurn Ponds supermarket in November. A man...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Self-taught Barbra scratches out the detail

By MICHELLE HERBISON MARSHALL wildlife artist Barbra Gleeson’s digital camera snapped away as a 60-odd herd of elephants plodded within 10 metres of her safari...

Chamber launches awards

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN POWERCOR Geelong Business Excellence Awards have played a part in the growth and development of businesses throughout the region for almost...

‘Error’ behind red light fines

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A MOTORIST claims VicRoads changed lane markings after he complained about a fine from a notorious red light camera at a...

‘Fighting fund’ in height fight

By NOEL MURPHY OPPONENTS to plans that would rezone Newtown for four-storey housing are trying to set up a $25,000 fighting fund against the State...

Lights ads an ‘eyesore’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN SIMONDS Stadium’s light towers are “works of art” that should be saved from becoming an “eyesore”, according to objectors fighting a...

Studies hope for arthritis victims

By NOEL MURPHY A RESEARCH breakthrough in Geelong could help millions of osteoarthritis sufferers. Deakin University’s Dr Wren Greene has synthetically mimicked cartilage’s lubrication system and...

State Govt to crack down on council leaks

NEW laws are set to crack down on local councillors leaking information to the public or misusing their position. The laws will target councillors who...

Schapelle needs to keep low profile: Deakin prof

SCHAPELLE Corby will need to keep her head down while on parole in Bali, especially with any lucrative media deals she might strike, says...

That’s no kangaroo … that’s an aardvark

By NOEL MURPHY That's no kangaroo -- that's an aardvark. And with that, cold  water has been tipped on a New York suggestion the Portuguese discovered...

Athletes all treated as drugs suspects: Deakin academic

By NOEL MURPHY ALL athletes are treated as suspects, a year after the Essendon AFL doping scandal erupted, says Deakin University law lecturer Martin Hardie. Mr...

Community grant recipients announced

The City of Greater Geelong has announced the 78 recipients of a funding pool of $772,131 for its latest round of community grants. Awarded by...