JOIN THE CLUB: In for a service
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EX-SERVICEMEN and women can be a strange breed, admits RSL Geelong sub-branch president Alan Frisby with a laugh.
“They are all like-minded,...
Geelong retail giant faces legal action on ‘fake’ cosmetics: Target blames mess on Puppy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG retailer Target is taking legal action in the United States to force suppliers to reveal the source of allegedly fake...
$10,000 boost to west’s memorial
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $10,000 State Government grant has boosted restoration work on Geelong West’s Soldiers Memorial Plinth.
The project will reinstate the memorial’s step...
Vets soldier on with disability
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MANY Geelong region war veterans are suffering disabilities without realising they are eligible for compensation, according to a local veteran’s centre.
Geelong-Surf Coast...
Karingal appeal a winner with help of Indy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WIDESPREAD community support has raised more than $100,000 to furnish a new respite care centre for people with disabilities, acquired brain...
New Avalon airline ‘banned’ in Europe
By NOEL MURPHY
AVALON Airport’s first international carrier, Cebu Pacific, is the airline behind the second worst air crash in The Philippines’ history.
Cebu Pacific was...
Old jail hits the Biggs time on TV
By NOEL MURPHY
GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs might have escaped jails in Britain, Brazil and Barbados but not Old Geelong Gaol.
The former UK most...
Professor slams ASIO over advice
By NOEL MURPHY
SRI Lankan asylum seekers are jailed in Australia as security threats on advice to ASIO from the government they fled, according to...
Year-long search finally over: Howard found
By NOEL MURPHY
MYSTERY man Howard Jones, who went missing last year after living in a Herne Hill bus shelter, has been found and reunited...
Underagers ‘threat to Geelong venues’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
UNDERAGE kids entering Geelong’s nightclubs are “playing with the livelihood” of venues, according to a business owner.
The Basement licensee Antoinette Ramia said...
North ‘concern’ at shortage of police
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NORLANE and Lara residents are concerned about limited police presence in their suburbs, according to the state opposition.
Shadow police minister Jacinta...
Ford cooking up new ingredients
By NOEL MURPHY
DANDELIONS, coconuts, corn, soybean oil and sweet potato might be the makings of a tasty kitchen creation but they might also be...
Further bonus for Ioniq 5
The Ioniq 5 burst onto the local electric vehicle scene more than three years ago like the greyhound favourite out of a trap at...
