Pako Festa aims for record turnout
KIM WATERSOrganisers expect a “record crowd” for Geelong’s annual Pako Festa this weekend.
Event spokesperon Luisa Lafornara predicted more than 100,000 patrons to attend Australia’s...
State puts on hold plan for dump of foreign sand
JOHN VAN KLAVERENControversial plans to import sand to renourish two local beaches are on hold, according to State Government.
The Government last year announced Eastern...
High hopes for cancer ‘smart bomb’
ERIN PEARSONDeakin University is on the verge of creating a “smart bomb” to kill cancer, according to a researcher.
Deakin Medical School nanomedicine program...
Barwon Health ‘cuts’ leave studies in limbo
JOHN VAN KLAVERENBarwon Health has cut its award-winning bio-medical research programs, leaving promising advances in limbo, according to a leading Geelong scientist.
Associate Professor Mark...
Rescuers save ex-Geelong woman trapped in rubble of NZ building
KIM WATERSRescuers have pulled a former Geelong woman from the rubble of a building that collapsed in New Zealand’s earthquake disaster, according to media...
Bells tolled for ‘elite’ of ringers
An “elite” international team of bell ringers has chimed in with a three-hour performance on Geelong’s only set of traditional English-style church bells.
St Paul’s...
Petrol prices ‘behind rising number plate thefts’
ERIN PEARSONRising petrol rises are behind a “sharp increase” in thefts of number plates around Geelong, according to police.
Leading Senior Constable Graeme Smith said...
Gangs’ robbery surge
ERIN PEARSONCriminal gangs are behind a spike in robberies around Geelong, according to police.
New statistics from Victoria Police show Geelong has recorded the state’s...
Ex-Juc model Melaine to hit road for kids
ERIN PEARSONFORMER Jan Juc beauty Melaine Morgan has put her modelling career on hold this year to help the disadvantaged.
Ms Morgan, who is vying...
School site in ‘talks’
ERIN PEARSONState Government has begun negotiations on “the preferred site” for a stand-alone secondary school at Torquay, according to the Education Department.
The department did...
Sport upgrade ‘stalls’
KIM WATERSBellarine MP Lisa Neville has told State Parlaiment to take her electorate “seriously” after failing to provide funding for a new sports precinct...
Organisers hope for a fair return
KIM WATERSWallington Primary School mums will bunker down to hull more than 350 punnets of strawberries in three hours this weekend for the school’s...
Around the grounds
The Independent goes around the grounds from all the senior women’s cricket games on Sunday 2 November with North Geelong young gun Isla Hanna-Phillips'...
