Pub fee pain spreads
Alex de VosThe region’s country pubs are up in arms over “ridiculous” liquor licensing fee increases aimed at stopping alcohol-fuelled violence.
Meredith Hotel’s Caz Hearn...
Grove bid to stop footpath charges
Jessica BentonOCEAN Grove ratepayers are protesting a council plan to charge them for new footpaths on a main thoroughfare.
Thacker Street resident Pamela Brown is...
Ratepayers rejected
Alex de VosSurf Coast Shire rejected late objections to an $1.8 million footpaths bill for ratepayers despite telling State Government it would extend the...
A mussel man
Andrew MathiesonROBUST Lance Wiffen jumps off a docked sea trawler, muscles flexing under a tight T-shirt.
Ironically, the 54-year-old is dubbed the mussel king around...
Competition bowls up for disabled
Andrew MathiesonA LAWN bowls first for disabled people has launched in Geelong.
The first bowl rolled down the green on Tuesday evening for Geelong’s All...
Smart meters to hurt poor
Alex de VosState Government’s new smart meters could slug disadvantaged Geelong residents with 30 per cent electricity price rises, a leading charity provider has...
Adelaide air service stays after trial success
Alex de VosSharp Airlines will continue flying between Avalon, Portland and Adelaide after an “overwhelmingly successful” trial late last year.
Sharp Airlines’ managing director, Malcolm...
Queenscliff to host Easter seafood expo on the pier
Jessica BentonQUEENSCLIFF will host a world-first seafood expo at Easter, according to an organiser.
Scott Talbot said The Seafood Show would be a world-class exhibition...
Swanky suburbs earmarked for public housing State waste slammed
Jessica BentonSTATE Government is wasting taxpayers’ money using prime real estate for public housing in Geelong, according to a resident set to neighbour one...
Parents’ mark F for speeding
Alex de VosGeelong motorists are still thumbing their noses at special speed limits outside schools despite increased media coverage warning drivers to slow down,...
Call to swing behind golf fundraiser
Entries have opened for the Independent’s 15th annual McKellar Centre Charity Golf Day.
McKellar Centre’s Kerry O’Sullivan said this year’s event would help the Barwon...
UK expert arrives to clean up troubled school our super principal
Alex de VosState Government has appointed an “executive principal” to raise academic standards at a Geelong primary school.
Phil Dunlop-Moore is one of a handful...
Blood donation rule change
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has removed sexual activity wait times for life-saving plasma donations, meaning that many more people can now help to save...
