Collections unviable: Councillor dashes hard-rubbish hopes
HARD rubbish collections would be a “financially unviable” failure in dealing with illegal dumping, according to a Geelong councillor.
Environment and sustainability portfolio holder Andy...
Boss backs taxi ’snubs’ over safety
GEELONG Taxi Network will stand behind its drivers refusing to service Corio and Norlane following a spate of rock-throwing incidents, according to its boss....
Hospital revival brings vital boost to jobs, patient care
A $65 MILLION redevelopment of St John of God Geelong Hospital will “generate” 5000 admissions a year to reduce pressure on Geelong’s existing health...
Peninsula vets program kids into Darwin defence
DRYSDALE RSL will expand a primary school program teaching students about the 1942 bombing of Darwin to schools beyond the region following its local...
Schools fix over $43m: State’s biggest bill by far
BARWON South West schools’ maintenance bill of more than $93 million is double any other education department region in Victoria, according to an Auditor...
GPAC’s bid for $15m tops list
GEELONG, Queenscliff and the Surf Coast have applied for more than $30 million worth of projects in the third and fourth rounds of Regional...
MP vows ‘unity’ during PM’s visit
LABOR Member for Corangamite Darren Cheeseman has promised a “united front” with Prime Minister Julia Gillard when she visits Geelong this weekend despite last...
Bail lost amid extra offences
A MAGISTRATE has refused bail to a Leopold man with a $150-a-week ice habit remanded in custody over a string of drugs, firearms and...
Dogs’ owner fined $6000 for deadly attack
A MAN has been ordered to pay more than $6000 in fines and fees after his two guard dogs fatally attacked a neighbour’s cat...
Federal MPs hooked up with early cabling
GEELONG'S federal electorate offices have received fibre optic internet connections months before the National Broadband Network rollout arrives in the city.
Telstra has a $23...
Mr Paparazzi’s eye on the ball to help McKellar Centre
“Mr Paparazzi” knows from personal experience the importance of North Geelong’s McKellar Centre.
“My nanna was there for many years and mum always used to...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Brough breaks
Geelong singer-songwriter Imogen Brough thinks she has Enya’s ethereal music “built in” because her parents played it so much when she was young.
It’s...
Absurd and risqué comedy
Kate Hanley Corley will compare histories of parenting while exploring her Geelong roots in her signature absurd and risqué style of comedy.
The...
