Airport crash heroics end in bravery award
Kim WatersTHOUSANDS of sky-dives over 36 years have blurred together in the mind of Torquay parachute instructor Ralph Hamilton-Presgrave but saving a colleague from...
Pretty lights to celebrate a young survivor
Andrew MathiesonCANCER survivor Matilda Pretty may be young but the Geelong seven-year-old is wise beyond her years.
She’s joining mum Kylie to urge the community...
Our dams near 50%
Kim WatersBARWON Water is reviewing stage three restrictions as the region’s storages creep toward 50 per cent capacity following heavy rain.
A spokesperson said levels...
ALP failure ‘ex-Liberal’
Andrew MathiesonA DISGRACED Labor candidate was a former Geelong Young Liberal, according to party members.
Adrian Schonfelder campaigned for Labor in the lead-up to the...
Miller defends chamber over crook appointment
Andrew MathiesonA RECRUITING company was responsible for hiring disgraced Geelong Chamber of Commerce boss Greg Rowe, according to long-serving predecessor Lawrie Miller.
Rowe, 54, resigned...
Libs cash fails to win bookie nod over ALP
Erin PearsonBETTING agencies have backed Labor to win Corangamite despite the Liberals pledging almost $60 million more in funding commitments for the seat.
Sportsbet on...
‘Deal’ fear on golf club land
Andrew MathiesonCOMMUNITY lobbyists fear State Government and Wool-worths have done a “backroom deal” to develop a former North Geelong golf club site.
Greening Geelong West...
Frank wings it to 400th with Cheetahs since ’84
Andrew MathiesonWHEN loyal Frank Frittoli first pulled on a Geelong West jumper at Bakers Oval, the other local club baring the same famous name...
Death in NT rocks family
A FREAK boating accident had killed a former Geelong man in the Northern Territory.
Fifty-five-year-old Mark Hanlon died while cleaning his 10-metre fishing boat...
RACV in ‘talks’ on conditions
Erin PearsonRACV has called on Surf Coast councillors to review “unrealistic conditions” on plans to tap into drains for watering Torquay’s golf course.
RACV executive...
Club’s VFL coup
Erin PearsonVICTORIAN Football League plans to play its first Good Friday match in Torquay, officials have revealed.
Under the VFL initiative, Western Bulldogs affiliate Williamstown...
History ‘at risk’
Kim WatersBULLDOZERS will turn the last untouched part of Queenscliff’s historical wharf into a car park if developers have their way, concerned residents have...
From the archives
16 years ago
15 January, 2010
Greater police presence and the introduction of new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour have led to a “significant” drop in...
