Call for scheme to fund ‘sex services’
SEX services should be available through a new Disability Care national insurer launched in Geelong, according to a leading rehabilitation expert.
James Cook University’s Professor...
Fears artefacts sold to dealers
HERITAGE items donated to Geelong Museum Association might have ended up in the hands of scrap dealers, according to president Bec Gurrie.
She said the...
Big revenue in ’free campers’
CAMPERVAN tourists have hit back at concerns they are freeloading on the region’s public facilities to the detriment of accommodation providers.
Campervan and Motorhome Club...
Lib edge in South Barwon, Bellarine: Seats face ’redraw’
POPULATION growth is set to force the redrawing of three Geelong state seats under Victoria’s first electoral re-division in 10 years.
South Barwon, Bellarine and...
Save trees, feds urged
A SMALL stand of sugar gums and pines at Lara need heritage protection to safeguard their role as the earliest known trees honouring Geelong...
TAFE stalls, others rise
GEELONG’S Gordon Institute of TAFE had no increase in government-subsidised enrolments last year but private and community training places jumped 130 per cent, a...
Report douses Geelong hopes: Ferry unlikely
A FERRY between Geelong and Docklands is “unlikely to be suitable for most commuters”, according to a State Government report.
But the Ernst and Young...
Sex abuse claims flood centre for commission
UP TO 60 people from the Geelong region have made submissions to Australia’s royal commission into child sex abuse, according to a counselling body...
Activist told to pay Terminals $40,000
A GEELONG activist must pay an international chemical storage company $40,000 compensation, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled.
The tribunal ordered Geelong Chemical Action...
Drunks hinder health workers
ALCOHOL-fuelled patients are hampering the work of Geelong’s doctors, nurses and paramedics.
Barwon Health figures show more than 250 patients presented with alcohol-related issues at...
Winchelsea death
Homicide Squad detectives have taken over the investigation into the death of a 57-year-old Winchelsea man.
Victoria Police said the man’s body was found in...
TAC hits social media
The TAC is using a ground-breaking Facebook integration to capture the attention of young people, by placing the user in the driver’s seat of...
Summer craft fun for kids
Keep their kids entertained this summer and spark their creativity with some at-home crafts.
From colourful art to nature-inspired DIYs, there’s no shortage of...
