Diner’s ashes all at sea
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BELMONT’S Bet Holland loved the constantly changing vista of Geelong’s waterfront, so she decided to have her ashes laid to rest...
Buckets&Bouquets
BUCKETS to sticky-beak neighbours who always want their own way and who are trying to get rid of us. Sorry, it won’t happen. They...
Coast air activists ‘mislead’ senators
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A SUBMISSION slamming Alcoa’s Anglesea power station to a senate committee on air quality contained errors and was “misleading”, according to...
Skills warning for NDIS trials
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S much-vaunted NDIS centre might fall short of its hype without Canberra producing outstanding cash to train staff, a peak skills body...
Former Toll boss ‘backs Bay West’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
OPPOSITION leader Daniel Andrews has accused State Government of digging its heels in on calls to build the state’s new container...
’You’re a different person when using drugs’: Eureka knock-out
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A MAGISTRATE has convicted and placed a Norlane man on a 12-month community corrections order for knocking out a victim at a...
Spectre of drought returns to spook local farmers
By NOEL MURPHY
THE spectre of drought hangs over the region following a dry start to the year and little sign of significant rain in...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Courthouse on a Fony journey
By MICHELLE HERBISON
PLAYWRIGHTS Ross Mueller and Georgina Capper took their four Fony 2013 cast-members on a journey as they wrote the production specifically for...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Fanning’s city show
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN rock royalty Bernard Fanning will play Geelong’s Costa Hall on 10 August, the former Powderfinger front-man has announced.
Following the release of...
DisabilityCare takes another step
Commonwealth and Victorian governments have come to an agreement on arrangements to transition people with disability into DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme.
Commonwealth...
Murlocs shiver at FReeZa
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RETURNING to Bellarine Secondary College to play with students from their old school will be “scary” for the young members of The...
Coach swinging ‘flexible’ Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE flexibility that has already helped the Cats overcome significant deficits in three games this season is no accident, coach Chris...
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...
