Pokies policy is a ‘kick in guts’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
The Coalition’s proposal for an industry advisory group on gaming policy reform is a "huge kick in the guts" to those struggling...
Golf go-ahead
By MICHELLE HERBISON
State Government has approved a planning scheme amendment to expand and redevelop Lonsdale Golf Club and create 100 new residential lots.
The...
Debt pinching more families
By REBECCA BILLS
GEELONG households and businesses were feeling the pinch with growing costs of living and unemployment, according to debt collection agency Prushka.
Prushka Geelong...
Mitchell comeback: Mayoral stakes rise
By NOEL MURPHY
HE’S 15 kg lighter, "just about dangerous" and thinking seriously about making a comeback at City Hall.
John Mitchell told the Independent he’d...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sam keeps pledge despite mind games
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
ACTOR Samuel Johnson wanted to use colourful language to describe the plot of his new play, The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell, but...
Cats go for broke in Swan season
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Cats are hoping to kill two birds with one stone at the expense of the Swans this week.
A good showing...
Cancer shock turnaround helping others
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GROVEDALE resident Lyn Hunter has turned a shock breast cancer diagnosis into an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease throughout the...
Barbecues beat fund-raising snags
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT seem a humble sausage sizzle but the barbie at the local supermarket, hardware store or butcher shop is a more...
JOIN THE CLUB: Originals still hit Corio’s ski slopes
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHEN the late Serge Kovacs came out to Australia he wondered if he would still be able to pursue his favourite...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Theatrical Diesel
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
THE image of thick "deep red" velvet curtains appealed to singer-songwriter Diesel when he decided to embark on a tour using Australia’s...
Jan Juc paddler takes world title
By NOEL MURPHY
PADDLING 53km through shark-infested waters while fending off fatigue and pain in ever-changing currents and tides is hardly a walk in the...
Party animal plans to party on
By NOEL MURPHY
POLITICAL wildcard Buddy Rojek might have been dumped by Clive Palmer’s United Party as its Corangamite candidate but that won’t stop him...
Two dead in Geelong house fire
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of two people in a house fire in Herne Hill on 27 December.
There...
