New push for wharf to host stingray shows
By MICHELLE HERBISON
QUEENSCLIFF Harbour management is pushing to repair Fisherman’s Wharf and develop infrastructure for a stingray-feeding tourist attraction following State Government inaction.
Harbour manager...
Highton our ‘preferred’ address
HIGHTON has outscored coastal counterparts and other affluent suburbs as City of Greater Geelong’s “preferred” residential address, according to a new analysis.
The PRDnationwide research...
$2b wind farm bid faces Island ballot
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S $2 billion Bass Strait wind farm, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, faces a major hurdle next week when it goes...
Never mind the bollards? We do, actually
By NOEL MURPHY
NEVER mind the bollards, punk rocker Johnny Rotten might have sung about Geelong’s bayside landmarks, but deterioration on some is being tackled.
The...
Taxpayers ‘fund’ PM’s political ads
By NOEL MURPHY
THE Liberal party has slammed a full-page ad promoting Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s job support for Ford workers as taxpayer-financed political advertising.
South...
Head-butt left partner with facial injuries
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A BELL Post Hill man responded “disproportionately” when he head-butted his partner for refusing to turn down music, according to a magistrate.
Geelong...
13th transport study unveiled
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RACV will undertake the region’s 13th transport-related study, citing a “misconception” the automobile organisation focuses only on roads.
Public transport and mobility manager...
Athlete drug law proposal ‘dopey’, says Deakin expert
By NOEL MURPHY
COMPELLING Olympic athletes under contract to release doping evidence that might incriminate them goes against their common law rights, according to a...
Northern kids project their music
SEVENTY students from Geelong’s Northern Bay College have told their stories in an original “song cycle” as part of a two-year music project.
The students...
Medium’s well-done
By MICHELLE HERBISON
During her live shows international medium Lisa Williams rounds up queues of dead people she talks to “like kids”.
Appearing before hundreds of...
Ford job losses prompt Premier’s ‘special taskforce’
Premier Denis Napthine has announced he will lead a “special taskforce” to generate new job opportunities for Geelong in the wake of this week’s...
UDIA slams Surf Coast, Geelong slug on vacant blocks
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG and Surf Coast councils have come under attack from Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) over rate charges against owners of...
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...
