‘Gutted’ workers reeling over cuts
By John Van Klaveren“WE'RE GUTTED.”
That was the simple but emotional response of 25-year veteran Ford worker Jim Kontogeorgis to the company’s 220 Geelong redundancies...
Governments challenged as imports dominate fleets: Start driving jobs
Support jobs: Leigh Diehm issues his buy-Australian challenge outside Geelong’s ford factory.By John Van KlaverenGOVERNMENT failures to buy Australian-made fleet cars contributed to Ford’s...
New campaign to ‘pressure decision-makers’: Bypass ‘agenda’ bid
By Michelle HerbisonA COMMUNITY group is spearheading a new campaign to put a Drysdale bypass on council and state government agendas.
Drysdale Clifton Springs...
VCAT rules in favour of terrace plan
By Michelle HerbisonVICTORIA'S planning tribunal has quashed residents’ objections to a 35-lot development at 105-109 Sheepwash Rd, Barwon Heads.
The Independent reported last month...
Supermarket tours moving into diabetes prevention
Tour of duty: Hilary Hoevenaars with healthy produce.By Michelle HerbisonBELLARINE Peninsula residents are learning about healthy eating while they shop to treat and...
Supermarket tours moving into diabetes prevention
Tour of duty: Hilary Hoevenaars with healthy produce. By Michelle HerbisonBELLARINE Peninsula residents are learning about healthy eating while they shop to treat...
FINALLY FRIDAY: All washed up
Plant-like animals: Zoophyte plays Geelong next week.By Cherie DonnellanZOOPHYTE'S first film clip depicts the members washing up on a beach but the band is...
JOIN THE CLUB: Running free
On the run: Geelong Runners founder Joe Rios with Ethiopian running champion Haile Gebrselassie.By John Van KlaverenA NEW club is forming in Geelong, with...
City taxi boss slams inquiry
Industry threatened: Geelong Taxi Network’s Peter Valentine.By Cherie DonnellanAN INQUIRY'S proposed changes to Victoria’s taxi industry would “destroy” the region’s services, according to an...
No sweat over dry prediction
By Cherie DonnellanPREDICTIONS of a return to “dry, hot weather” have failed to alarm the region’s water authority.
Barwon Water said the region would have...
Uni’s job cuts ‘puzzle’ union
By John Van KlaverenDEAKIN University has made nine Geelong staff redundant after announcing a new digital strategy, according to a union.
National Tertiary Education Union...
Buyers’ market as prices go negative
ST LEONARDS: Bought for $220,000 in 2005, passed in at $225,000. By John Van KlaverenPROPERTIES across the Geelong region are failing to sell for...
Helping hand for Cottage
Darren Allbutt’s Sea & Wood exhibition at Cottage by the Sea late last year was so well received that the fifth-generation Queenscliff resident is...
