Legal aid fears over NDIS HQ
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S DisabilityCare headquarters will ramp up pressure on the city’s legal aid centres, according to Community Law Australia (CLA).
Centres such as Villamanta...
Hospital project finds historic link to Melba
By NOEL MURPHY
BARWON Health’s original Geelong Kitchener Memorial Hospital building might now be gone but its foundation stone - laid by Dame Nellie Melba...
JOIN THE CLUB: Guardians of our hazardous coast
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT’S THE nastiest stretch of water in the world when it’s playing up, but the Queenscliff coast guard blokes brave it...
Opportunity beckons in ‘Aviation city’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
GEELONG has an opportunity to “step up and become an aviation city”, according to a pilot training business owner.
Sky Thrills owner and...
Street art chalks up a surprise
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
MANY tried and failed to pull legendary sword Excalibur from its stone resting place - just like this 3D chalk radish set...
Huge support backing Tutungi
By NOEL MURPHY
EMOTION and selflessness have marked a massive community desire to help South Barwon footballer Casey Tutungi, struck down a quadriplegic after a...
Women no longer skirt success
NAIVETY plus belief - those were the two ingredients behind Rebecca Martin’s success in creating her own three-store home wares and clothing brand.
“When I...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Conducting a classic
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
WHO knew classic cartoon character Wile E Coyote could have anything in common with a classical music conductor?
Johann Strauss Ensemble conductor...
’I’m sorry you had to wait’: Paramedics hit lack of resources, low pay
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG paramedics are urging their managers to take up the cudgels for more resources, better pay and a new ambulance administration.
About 200...
Harding all clear
By NOEL MUPRHY
GEELONG’S most troubled CBD development - Harding Park - appears set for completion after almost 15 years of controversy.
Plans have been lodged...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Hip hop hobby hits the spot
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
Melbourne hip-hop artist Seth Sentry confesses to still viewing music as a “hobby” despite earning notoriety as Channel V’s 2012 Oz Artist...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sisters swinging the soul scene
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
WHETHER it be boogie-woogie-ing to the tunes of the Andrews Sisters or getting excited with the Pointer Sisters, the members of Soul...
Chery Omoda musical chairs
It’s getting quite difficult to keep track of the constantly evolving brands and sub-brands within the giant Chinese Chery group.
The most recent development is...
