Push for local NDIS headquarters
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine and Minister for Disability Services and Reform Mary Wooldridge have called on the Prime Minister to commit to establishing the...
Drink driver nabbed travelling wrong way on freeway
An intoxicated motorist driving the wrong way down the Princes Fwy between Avalon and Werribee almost collided with two trucks earlier this morning.
Police have...
Barriers for Bellarine railway
A $789,000 project has improved rail safety at two level crossings on the Bellarine Railway, Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder said today.
Mr Mulder...
Local unemployment rises
Unemployment in the Barwon and Western District rose 4.3 per cent to 207,100, the latest Australian Bureau and Statistics show.
Regional unemployment figures for the...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Guitarist hits The Wall
ABOUT once every two years virtuoso guitarist Bruce Mathiske allows himself to listen to his favourite album of all time, Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
He...
Master of puppets
VENTRILOQIST David Strassman introduced technology into his comedy routine with infamous puppets Chuck Wood and Ted E Bear in the 1980s but he’s still...
JOIN THE CLUB: Beaut budgies
FEW PEOPLE know that the budgie is found only in Australia.
Budgies have also enriched our lexicon - think budgie smugglers, budgie bath and refusing...
Absence of Lyme help ticks off fundraiser
WHEN Michelle Kelly’s fatigue, pain and weakness continued deteriorating she suspected a doctor’s diagnosis of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia was inaccurate.
The 42-year-old of Portarlington,...
Fifth of recyclables ‘in rubbish’
ALMOST 20 per cent of the region’s rubbish is recyclable, according to new research.
Barwon Regional Waste Management Group chair Cr Andy Richards said the...
Ghostly goings on spook staff, patrons: My pub’s haunted
A POLTERGEIST with a knack for scaring the daylights out of people has staff and contractors spooked at Geelong West’s Irish Murphy's pub.
“Mary”,...
School, state say stop bullies
ENGAGEMENT and feeling connected with school is the key to preventing bullying, according to a primary school well-being officer.
Geelong East Primary School’s Dianne Bennett...
Solar credits for panel-less Harry
FRESHWATER Creek’s Harry Cook was left stunned after phoning his power company about a late bill only to find it was never sent.
Mr Cook...
Snap up a snapper
Summer equals snapper season and if you or anyone you know comes back from the bay with a haul, here’s how you can put...
