Fees jump ‘to limit rates hike’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S council has increased user-pays fees and charges to minimise its rates increase, according to Mayor Keith Fagg.
Council’s lower-than-anticipated incease of...
MPs spruik roads, Libs slam taxes
THE region’s federal Labor MPs have talked up spending on local roads in the Gillard Government’s budget this week.
Corangamite’s Darren Cheeseman highlighted $7 million...
’Priorities list’ boost for Port harbour, peninsua bypass link
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PROPOSALS to redevelop Portarlington’s harbour and extend Geelong’s ring road to the Bellarine Peninsula have earned places on a new list of...
Corio’s ’risk’ of fatality alarms Trezise
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN application for a dangerous goods facility in Roseneath St, North Geelong, creates an off-site risk of fatality, council documents reveal.
The...
Overdue honour for our angel of World War I
By NOEL MURPHY
A DAUGHTER of Mars will be honoured as namesake of Bell Post Hill’s McNaughton St.
Nursing sister Kit McNaughton’s surname will be assumed...
Teachers’ sex-ed ‘a world-first’ for uni
By NOEL MURPHY
SEX school is in for teachers under a new Deakin University initiative cited as a world-first.
Aussie teachers, lacking qualifications and confidence about...
Exhibition to reveal our tall tales and true
By NOEL MURPHY
PIRATES, bunyips, secret discoveries and wartime landings - mystery and legend abound in Geelong for anyone curious enough to dig.
Even a cursory...
Grovedale couple fear for family ‘persecuted’ in Iran
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GROVEDALE'S Aflatoon and Mahdokt Khavari are safe in Australia but the Iranian Government has imprisoned relatives for trying to educate their children.
Terry...
G21’s leaders hit back: Attacks ‘false, unfounded’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
G21 GEELONG Alliance board director Barbara Abley has hit out at “unfounded” and “false” attacks on the organisation.
In a letter to...
Union action ‘to cost Shell $20m’
By NOEL MURPHY
SHELL stands to lose up to $20 million to a one-day operators’ stop-work action planned to coincide with the federal election campaign.
The...
Police ‘help’ call on track flasher
POLICE are appealing for public assistance after a man exposed himself to a woman on a walking track in Ocean Grove on Monday.
The woman...
Bottle shops busted in teen booze study
By NOEL MURPHY
ALMOST half of Geelong’s 14-year-olds are drinking alcohol, according to a new Deakin University study.
The study found the young teens were obtaining...
Moody steps into assistant coach role
Geelong Venom has appointed Megan Moody as an assistant coach for the upcoming WNBL season.
Moody brings a wealth of experience and success to the...
