Barwon Health drawn into ‘fake posts’ probe
BARWON Health, already facing bed and surgery reductions from Gillard Government funding cuts, has been embroiled in a pro-Labor fake online messages scandal.
Labor-friendly comments...
Developers renew creek push
TORQUAY’S land war is heating up sharply again, with Christian College and developer Amex ramping up their campaign to have the town’s west approved...
Rentals ‘in clear’
A GEELONG rental business has avoided an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) undertaking over unfair contracts.
Household goods supplier Mr Rental Australia, which has...
3000-plus entries make multisport a ‘huge success’
GEELONG Multisport Festival attracted more than 3000 participants over an “extremely successful” three days, according to organisers.
USM Events’ Courtney Akrigg praised the Geelong community...
Fund fields applications
The first round of funding applications to a Greater Geelong Industry Fund has closed.
The fund is a Victorian Government initiative to support new investment...
Revived Arrow aimed at skies over Geelong
IT COULD outpace today’s fastest fighter planes but was hacked to pieces, its models and blueprints destroyed, a victim of Cold War fever and...
FINALLY FRIDAY: For Pete’s sake
“Cool, warm and surfie” is how Australian acoustic rocker Peter Murray describes his re-recorded Blue Sky Blue album, The Byron Sessions.
“By surfie, I...
Bancoora fired up for big 50th
IT’S UNIQUE among the region’s well-known surf life saving clubs, tucked away in apparent obscurity yet eliciting passionate dedication among members.
Bancoora Surf Life Saving...
Feedback adds cafe to $45m library project
PUBLIC feedback has prompted Geelong’s council to add a cafe to its “striking” $45 million plan for the city’s library and heritage centre, according...
Pro boats ‘loaned’ for plunder of fish
FISHERMEN are borrowing commercial boats from licensed operators to plunder Corio Bay’s fish stocks, according to a new lobby group.
Friends of Corio Bay Action...
Deakin students seek ’benefactors’: Who’s their daddy?
A US DATING website has ranked Deakin University third in Australia for students seeking “sugar daddies’.
SeekingArrangement.com listed more than 100 Deakin ‘’sugar babies’’ as...
Places alliance ’risky business’
GEELONG’S council has been warned to exercise caution over a planned strategic alliance with Places Victoria because the statutory authority is in “crisis”.
Council decided...
A family affair
The Geelong Independent looks back on our best Friday features for 2025.
Father and daughter Tony Armstrong-Carrigg and Rachel Cumming make up two-ninths of...
