Barwon Health millions return
By NOEL MURPHY
BARWON Health’s missing millions have been belatedly restored after a Gillard Government about-face on its health cuts and the launch of a...
Alcoa seeks to turn off power
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ALCOA is using hardship provisions to terminate a long-term multi-million dollar deal to buy electricity for its Pt Henry smelter from...
Call to reveal full threat to $2b tourism icon: Ocean road to ruin
By NOEL MURPHY
STATE Government must release a report detailing the full extent of damage to the Great Ocean Road from tidal surges, storms, rock-falls,...
Judge jailed over ‘pretty ordinary’ history in city
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A FORMER Breakwater man with a “pretty ordinary” criminal history has been jailed for a string of offences including a high-speed police...
‘Scammer’ cuts up city suburbs
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
GEELONG Facebook users have posted warnings about a man allegedly scamming vulnerable residents for money after offering tree-lopping services.
A used named Betty-Lou...
Tiger tale tall but true, says puzzled farmer
By NOEL MUPRHY
A TASMANIAN tiger could be marauding farms from Freshwater Creek through to the Otways, big cat watchers say after a fresh round...
Tayla’s made for her place among stars
A BACKGROUND in Geelong theatre has set Tayla Johnston on course to stardom.
Now studying at Victorian College of the Arts, the Newtown beauty leads...
JOIN THE CLUB: Flower’s power
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG has a couple of world-renowned clubs - think the Cats and Geelong Pelargonium Club.
A local flower club? World famous?
Indeed, the...
Surfers ID board, return to owner
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
OCEAN Grove’s Jon Willard is “indebted” to a pair of surfers who returned his unique surfboard after confronting an alleged thief.
Mr Willard...
Enid’s art illustrates plant diversity
By NOEL MURPHY
KIDNEY weed, skullcap, swamp-mat, bladderwort, hound’s-tongue…Enid Mayfield’s latest book reads like a witch’s shopping list.
Many of the species would probably go very...
Perry good result for local in Bells pro event
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
JAN JUC surfer Jack Perry was a big winner in the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach over Easter.
Perry finished first in...
‘We’ll fix your face’
By NOEL MURPHY
A GEELONG woman left feeling like a “sideshow freak” when she was unable to pay for post-cancer nasal surgery could soon have...
Revitalising Geelong
Revitalising central Geelong has been a key focus of my term as mayor, and we are working hard to activate and renew areas within...
