Cats centre on educating students
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE region’s school students will be able to get closer to their Geelong Football Club heroes than ever before with a...
Fare cheat fear for myki move
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FARE evasion on Geelong’s rail line could rise after myki replaces paper tickets later this year, Public Transport Users Association (PTUA)...
Last call for golf day entries as prize pool mounts
GOLFERS have only a few days left to enter a golf day supporting the region’s peak rehabilitation and aged care facility.
Organisers have extended McKellar...
$2 billion bonanza: ’Go west’, says Guy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG has received a $2 billion boost with the approval of Armstrong Creek’s west precinct structure, Planning Minister Matthew Guy has...
Sealed for the little people
Choking dust that has been making life uncomfortable for residents at the western end of Church Street in Hamlyn Heights has largely disappeared thanks...
Short term ticket scrap
Short-term myki tickets should be retained, according to Bellarine MP Lisa Neville.
Ms Neville said scrapping the short-term tickets would “punish” Bellarine and Geelong commuters.
She...
Geelong fund launched
An $11 million Geelong Advancement Fund was launched by Victorian Premier and Minister for Regional Cities Denis Napthine at Deakin University today.
Dr Napthine said...
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...
From the archives
16 years ago
22 January, 2010
Thieves are targeting high-tech gadgets in an “alarming rise” in thefts from cars around Geelong, according to police.
Favourite targets include...
