Bailed despite three heroin convictions: Dealer on ‘last chance’

By MICHELLE HERBISON A CONVICTED heroin trafficker caught with three others at Geelong’s Chifley Hotel in January has won bail. Magistrate Ann McGarvie gave “one more...

Peninsula link backed: ’Benefits for tourism, traffic’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN COMMUNITY groups will lobby politicians to support an extension of Geelong’s ring road to the Bellarine Peninsula. Drysdale/Clifton Springs Community Association spokesperson...

Ambos miss nearly 200 shifts in region

By NOEL MURPHY ALMOST 200 paramedics shifts went unfilled in the region last year, mostly due to bad rostering organised outside Geelong, according to the...

Fathering, bar violence linked: Dads to blame

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A YOUNG man who drinks and turns to violence might actually be reacting to an abusive father-son relationship, according to a...

Police appeal for help

Victoria Police are appealing for public assistance following a non-fatal shooting in North Shore in January this year. Police were called to a residential address...

Breaker to roll in over coast stage

By MICHELLE HERBISON BREAKER Morant is “just as relevant today” as when Kenneth Ross wrote his famous play about the Australian’s tragic fate in the...

Abbott in export Territory

Opposition leader Tony Abbott lauded the locally-made Ford Territory as he committed to increasing exports of Australian cars. During a visit to Geelong Mr Abbott...

Abbott slams NBN no go zone

Getting fast broadband to the Geelong’s southern suburbs was used by opposition leader Tony Abbott to sell the coalition’s version of the NBN this week. Mr Abbott...

Thom raw for festival

By CHERIE DONNELLAN SCOTTISH singer-songwriter Sandi Thom confesses that creating fourth album Flesh and Blood drew out the sound she had "been searching for”. “It’s where...

NBN cable hooked up

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG’S spread of new housing estates has helped drive early availability of the National Broadband Network to local homes, according to...

JOIN THE CLUB: G-Men scaling model heights

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THEY are members of a miniature engineering group but the scale models they produce are by no means small. Known colloquially as...

Silver side for Sarah’s top design

By CHERIE DONNELLAN RIPPLESIDE'S Sarah Cielesh saw an opportunity when she discovered few students attempted silver-smithing for prestigious VCE exhibition Top Designs, The Geelong College...

Revving for mental health

Registrations are now open for a Geelong motorcycle event that encourages conversations about depression and suicide prevention. Black Dog Ride’s ‘One Dayer’ will...

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