Residents petition council: Lara ’hub’ fear

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A STRUCTURE plan for Lara could revive a controversial proposal for a freight hub, residents fear. Lara Little River Rural...

Weightlifter’s case set for global sport court

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE case of Geelong weightlifter Daniel Koum appears headed for an international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Mr Koum was alleged...

Shell to sell refinery

Shell Australia has announced its Geelong Refinery is for sale. Shell Australia’s downstream vice-president Andrew Smith acknowledged the process will create a period of uncertainty...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Our Manfred’s making Merry

By MICHELLE HERBISON A QUICK scan of the audience while taking bows at a recent Melbourne opera show delighted singer and school music director Manfred...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Joe’s travelling Van

By CHERIE DONNELLAN SINGER Joe Creighton might have created a Van Morrison tribute show but the Irish-born Melbournian said he has no interest in meeting...

Survivor helps north’s revival

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN JOSEPH Brown is a remarkably happy bloke for someone who has survived two of the world’s bloodiest civil wars. The Liberian refugee...

JOIN THE CLUB: Girls get kicks

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN BOYS will always be boys, but out at North Geelong Football Club, a bunch of girls are also on the ball...

They Kennett beat ‘hungry’ Cats side

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE most intriguing question of round one is whether Hawthorn can finally break the Kennett curse and defeat Geelong for the...

Rare moth standing in way of Lara expansion

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A CRITICALLY endangered moth that has already stalled several housing developments could stand in the way of Lara’s westward expansion. Developer Dacland...

Growers cheer dream harvest

By NOEL MURPHY MILD, dry conditions have driven a “dream harvest” that has Geelong winegrowers saluting their 2013 vintage as one of the best on...

Tavern project off to tribunal

By MICHELLE HERBISON PLANS to refurbish Queenscliff’s Victoria Tavern and add eight apartments to the site are headed to a tribunal after council failed to...

Millions more to tour region

By MICHELLE HERBISON GEELONG and the Great Ocean Road region need 3400 more guest rooms to cope with a projected 10 million annual visitors by...

Improved access for TAFE

Geelong students living with a disability will soon have improved access, inclusion and employment outcomes with a new TAFE centre. Construction began...