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...
Another vote lost over C66 ‘conflict’
By NOEL MURPHY
A SECOND Surf Coast councillor has been forced to backed out of voting on a controversial planning scheme amendment setting Torquay’s boundaries...
Salmon dominate coast
SALMON were the dominant species over the past week, with many caught along the coast.
Ken Alford found them at Bancoora Beach where he caught...
Rower races to grant
Geelong boat builder Jeff Sykes and Associates will create 12 new jobs after receiving a new technology grant of $208,700 for specialised equipment to...
Rally for green space
A group of concerned residents will present a petition at the September council meeting in an attempt to save a community space in Belmont.
Geelong...
