Call for investigation into database misuse
By John Van KlaverenA COUNCILLOR has asked City Hall to seek urgent legal advice on alleged misuse of a Committee for Geelong database in...
Ending celibacy for priests won’t stop abuse, says our top Catholic
By Noel MurphyDROPPING the demand for Catholic priests to be celibate is unlikely to address sex abuse problems within the church, according to St...
Race into spring fashion
Racing daze: Luke Nyko and Shae Rowbottom model Geelong spring racing fashions. EditorialSome of Geelong’s leading retailers have put their spring racing fashions...
Double trouble at rally
By Michelle HerbisonANTI-WAR activists are planning to blockade Swan Island’s military facility next week with twice as many protesters as last year, according to...
$500K project restores Port beach for summer
Sand and deliver: Vin McKay, MP David Koch and Department of Sustainability and Environment’s Frances Northeast join Sam and Miah, both nine, to inspect...
New Geelong association to monitor council: ‘Watchdog’ on prowl
Eye on council: Andrew Senia, at front, with fellow association members Tony Klemm, Daryl Thomas, Pat Sciarrone, Callan Shakespeare and Tania Smith.By John...
Rip Curl ‘best bet’ for investors, says analyst
For sale: Rip Curl’s Torquay headquarters and retail complex this week.By Cherie DonnellanTORQUAY'S Rip Curl could be “more enticing” to overseas investors than rival...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Russian to local show
From Russia with love: Imperial Russian Ballet dancers in action.By Cherie DonnellanCLASSIC Russian beauties will float into Geelong next Friday dressed in tutus and...
FINALLY FRIDAY: A couple of musos
Coupled: Kasey Chambers and husband Shane Nicholson play Geelong next month.By Cherie DonnellanCOUNTRY-pop singer Kasey Chambers joked that after releasing one duet album with...
Avalon dream ‘in five years’
By John Van KlaverenAVALON Airport will go international in five years, Melbourne Airport’s chief has conceded.
Chris Woodruff said it was a matter of when,...
JOIN THE CLUB: Union club Rams home its pedigree
Unionists: Rams players get down and dirty.By John Van KlaverenTHERE could scarcely be a better nickname for a rugby union club than the Rams.
After...
Bid to ‘rescue’ food for needy
By Cherie DonnellanGEELONG will be a focus of a project to divert “perfectly eatable” food from going to waste and into disadvantaged homes, according...
From the archives
17 years ago
October 31, 2008
A Geelong community organisation is battling red tape and financial hurdles to rescue five African orphans from war-torn Sierra Leone.
Multicultural...
