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...
Shane falls for footy nostalgia
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ANYONE ever in need of a nostalgia kick should drop in to see Shane Falls at his Fyans St car yard.
The...
Fast fights a promise
by NOEL MURPHY
MARTIAL arts are fast and furious, to say the least, but when their best practitioners pad up to the eyeballs in protective...
Buckets & Bouquets
BUCKETS to nearly all residential building sites for simply allowing their rubbish to just blow away into the environment. This week has been particularly...
Port’s complex starts to pump
By NOEL MURPHY
PORTARLINGTON’S long-awaited service station and convenience-store complex is set to start building in the new year.
Developer John Lascaris’ complex - at the...
Spring Creek is ‘good planning’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
“CONVENTIONAL density housing” in the Spring Creek valley was “good planning” according to the planning expert who prepared the controversial Spring Creek...
Rail link student push hit
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S 160-year-old rail link with Werribee will disappear under the Regional Rail Link, with schools and college enrolment likely to be hit...
No concerns for scheme launch
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
CLAIMS the newly-implemented national disability insurance scheme would have “teething problems” have been denied by Minister of Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin.
The Independent...
Year in review – December
The completion of a major upgrade to the Melbourne to Geelong pipeline, a $40 million project increasing the pipeline’s capacity from 16 billion litres...
