New leaders predict chamber change
John Van KlaverenGEELONG’S peak business group will embark on an era of change, according to its new leadership.
Recently appointed executive officer Greg Rowe and...
Geo plant ‘12 months away’
Erin Pearsonby erin pearson
Victoria’s first geothermal power plant is set to begin generating power south of Geelong within 12 months, according to Greenearth...
Young car enthusiast masters art awards
Erin PearsonA LOVE for all things involving cars has earned pint-sized Ben Tasevski to a people’s choice art award in a Geelong’s showcase of...
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...
Year in review – December
The completion of a major upgrade to the Melbourne to Geelong pipeline, a $40 million project increasing the pipeline’s capacity from 16 billion litres...
