State boosts $1m project for city disabled services
Boost: Gateways’ Rosemary Malone and Member for Western Victoria Region David O’Brien inspect plans for the new facility.By Holly RoskoschA GOVERNMENT funding injection will...
Geelong producing more graduate doctors than available places: Dr training shortfall ‘critical’
By John Van KlaverenA SHORTAGE of post-graduate training opportunities is creating a doctor shortage in Geelong, according to a Deakin University leader.
Medical school head...
Strong future for ‘papers like Indy’
EditorialVICTORIAN regional newspaper like the Independent are “alive and very much kicking”, according to their industry association.
Victorian Country Press Association said the papers’ relevance...
Housing produces ‘160 pools’ of dirt
Dirty talk: CCF Victoria’s Wayne Huntley, EPA Victoria’s Myles Whelan and Barwon Regional Waste Management Group’s John Burgess and Enzo Bruscella at the forum.By...
‘Major development’ proposed: Port ‘to triple’
Simulation: Stuart Christie with the port simulator behind.By John Van KlaverenA PROJECTED tripling of trade will mean major development of Geelong’s port, a computer...
Coast group set to take on shire
Branching out: Jan Juc’s Sid Pope.By Cherie DonnellanA NEW Surf Coast residents association will bridge the “disconnect” between council and its community, according to...
State’s ‘silent’ on cuts
By John Van KlaverenSTATE Government is acting “abominably” in refusing to detail regional public service job cuts in centres like Geelong, according to a...
Faithless leap in new census
Keeping the faith: Father Kevin Dillon outside St Mary’s Basilica.By Cherie DonnellanGODLESSNESS has recorded Geelong’s biggest increase in religious affiliation, according to new census...
News Ltd: Advertisermanager’s redundant
By John Van KlaverenRETRENCHMENTS have begun at the Geelong Advertiser, starting with general manager Wayne Buttner.
News Limited announced on Monday that it had made...
Geelong girls hop into dance finals
Hop to it: Georgia Badham, at front, with the rest of the DIVA’s team.By Holly RoskoschTHIRTEEN Geelong girls will compete in a 2012 Australian...
Guy slashes grassland protection on BW site
By John Van KlaverenPLANNING Minister Matthew Guy has effectively removed an environmental overlay protecting native grasslands at Lara, planning documents reveal.
Landowner Barwon Water asked...
Council ‘to battle government over power to vary rates bills’
By John Van KlaverenGEELONG'S council will fight a push to limit municipal powers for setting differential rates, Mayor John Mitchell has vowed.
“We should be...
Find your new best friend at GAWS
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has reminded potential cat buyers that kittens are not just for Christmas.
The not-for-profit organisation, which received nearly 60 kittens...
