GOR cash fast-tracked: Works begin ‘in months’
By NOEL MURPHY
AN early release of hard-won cash for the Great Ocean Road could lead to upgrade works beginning between Lorne and Apollo Bay...
Start it or you’ll go blind, pilot program tells city
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A high risk of blindness in Geelong has prompted a pilot eye test program in the city.
Geelong is one of four...
Wow factor: Doyle backs Lyons
By NOEL MURPHY
DARRYN Lyons has won powerful backing in his mayoral campaign, with Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle saying Geelong needed his “wow factor”...
$8b for tunnel ‘a dud’ for Geelong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
The NAPTHINE Government’s east-west tunnel plan is a “dud” for Geelong, according to Lara MP John Eren.
Mr Eren went on the...
Family discovery reveals forgotten miseries
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Discovering an extended family she never knew led Geelong author Jura Reilly to pen a book about one of the most...
Showdown over wards
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MAYORAL candidate Ken Jarvis is on a collision course with Geelong councillors over his policy to eliminate their wards.
Mr Jarvis said...
Charity garage sale seeks stall holders
A charity garage sale at Newcomb's Amazing Mill Markets next week will raise money for the city’s cancer centre as it treats market owner...
Miss Saigon a tale of our Tonya’s life
By NOEL MURPHY
IT WAS one of the most riveting moments of the Vietnam War - hundreds of babies rescued from Saigon by airlift, many...
‘Hands off’ call on watersports
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Trades Hall has lashed out at mayoral aspirant Ken Jarvis’ call to resurrect a controversially proposed water sports complex on Belmont...
‘Let the public see’: C66 release backed
By NOEL MURPHY
Surf Coast's council should release an independent report on Torquay’s growth options as soon as councillors have been briefed, according to deputy...
Sylvia’s 98 par for the course
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A 98 might convince most golfers to give the game away but not Sylvia Blegg - it’s only her age, not...
Fight over funds a lesson for vote
COMMENT John Van Klaveren
I like Keith Fagg.
He’s a decent bloke, his heart is in the right place and he has a good business track...
Pedestrian safety project up for public appraisal
Golden Plains Shire council has called for members of the community to provide feedback on a proposed pedestrian safety improvement project in Teesdale.
The project...
