Snowtime in the city
Andrew MathiesonLEOPOLD'S Christine Simons and two-year-old daughter Laney are pictured amid a snow flurry in central Geelong on Wednesday.
The duo enjoyed a brief winter...
New committee saves historic highland gathering
Erin PearsonA NEW committee has saved Geelong Highland Gathering, according to its vice-president.
John Fraser said 10 new members joined the committee at a meeting...
Homes ‘under water’ in new sea-rise maps
Kim WatersRISING sea levels will eventually flood Geelong Grammar School, Corio Bay Yacht Club and Point Lonsdale, according to Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman.
He...
RACV ‘units anger’
Erin Pearson"AMBIGIOUS" planning laws have delivered the Surf Coast’s first five-storey building, according to a Torquay councillor.
Ron Humphrey blamed the Surf Coast’s “easily challenged”...
Show us an ‘icon’
A HUGE cash prize will drive a competition to design an “icon” for Geelong, organisers have announced.
Geelong Professionals Alliance Network chairman Andrew Senia...
Festival Goes for radio star
Erin PearsonORGANISERS have re-appointed Melbourne radio personality and internet-accredited marriage celebrant Jon Von Goes as patron of Apollo Bay Music Festival.
The zany musician was...
Padman set to ‘do it for girls’
Erin PearsonWORKING “nine days a week” in his record and promotions company while brushing shoulders with the DJ world’s elite is a labour of...
Local Legend: Revealing the seamy side of sport
Insider: Neil Humphreys with his latest controversial novel. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 57657Andrew MathiesonNO ONE knows corruption better in the so-called beautiful game than Highton’s...
Riding on for kids
Easy riders: Children Madeline and Riley, at front, help promote this weekend’s toy run with, from left, Michael Wall, Vicki Humpage, Phil ‘Lucky’ Marshall...
State ‘to audit hospital waits’
Bedside manner: Health Minister David Davis chats with Geelong Hospital patient Iain Macleod. Erin PearsonAN AUDIT of Geelong Hospital’s surgery waiting lists will fix...
Schoolies ‘suspected’ in lights theft
Ruined: Martin Duke with the remnants of Torquay’s Christmas tree decorations. Erin PearsonSCHOOLIES are prime suspects in the theft and destruction of $5000 worth...
City works ‘without permit’
Andrew MathiesonFAILING to obtain a permit for a pipeline project that damaged endangered grassland will cost Geelong’s council $131,000, according to Federal Government.
The Government’s...
From the archives
18 years ago
7 December, 2007
Building approvals dropped almost 20 per cent in City of Greater Geelong last year amid housing industry concerns that limited...
