City up, down on green credentials
John Van KlaverenGEELONG has been both congratulated and criticised for its green credentials in the same week.
The region ranked as Australia’s second-least sustainable city...
Police hunting man over sexual assault at Grovedale
Police are hunting two men who allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Grovedale home a fortnight ago.
Police said they were seeking...
Exercisers Latin it all hang out in Zumba craze
Andrew MathiesonA NEW exercise craze has throngs of participants shimmying and shaking across the Geelong region to infectious Latin American beats.
Zumba workshops have spread...
Tech failures leaving our ambulances ‘lost’
Erin PearsonFaulty technology is leaving Geelong ambulances lost in the field, state parliament has heard.
Liberal MLC Jan Kronberg told the upper house ambulance dispatchers...
PM Gillard ‘a boost’ for MP
Andrew MathiesonNEW Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ascension to the top job will enhance Labor’s chances of retaining a marginal Geelong seat, according to the...
Bid to take golf site
John Van KlaverenTHREE councillors have called a public meeting to fight plans for redevelopment of Geelong Golf Club.
Eddy Kontelj, Stretch Kontelj and Barbara Abley,...
Student Phoebe a class act in model search
John Van KlaverenJAN Juc’s Phoebe Clarke has enjoyed a meteoric entry into the modelling world after recently signing with a leading Melbourne agency and...
Forum furore
John Van KlaverenA PUSH for a separate secondary school at Torquay has become a political football, with both Liberal and Labor MPs claiming victory...
Secret army wall ‘threat to fisheries’
Kim WatersARMY officials have rejected claims a new rock wall on a secretive military base at Swan Island is altering tidal flows and ruining...
Joeys set to climb over Saints
Frank MasonST JOSEPHS gets the chance to climb back into Geelong Football League’s top five this weekend when it plays St Albans at St...
Hawkins return risk
Andrew MathiesonDEJECTED Tom Hawkins could make a shock AFL return as early as next week.
Doctors had diagnosed the young Cat forward with a serious...
‘Call of duty’ against Saints
Andrew MathiesonSEEMINGLY in cruise mode for the first half of the year, Cats coach Mark Thompson has predicted Geelong will have to “go beyond...
Recognising the first signs of addiction — when to reach out...
Addiction rarely happens overnight. It often begins subtly — with habits that seem harmless or easily controlled. Over time, though, those habits can take...
