Leaked memo: Nude dune fence
Hamish HeardA leaked Surf Coast Shire email reveals secret plans to fence off a sand dune behind one of Torquay’s nude beaches to stop...
Fury as shops, gyms, university make gay websites
Hamish Heard and Alex de VosA website lists a northern suburbs skate park as a meeting place for gay sex.
A gym at Norlane’s...
Mormons overcome in battle of churches
Hamish HeardA Morman show of strength has pulled the church over the line in a battle to find the region’s strongest faith.
The Church...
Vow: area to have 76 extra cops
SEVENTY-SIX extra police would patrol the region under a Liberal State Government, the party has announced.
Liberal police spokesperon Kim Wells said Geelong would have...
Court win on Shell
Andrew MathiesonA Geelong environmental group has forced a review of a decision to give Shell more time to clean up emissions from its Corio...
Out of the shadows
Andrew MathiesonBRUCE Scott has a better understanding than most about what makes the mind tick.
It was 50 years ago that he first confronted and...
Shamed Grubbers to take holocaust lesson
Alex de VosOcean Grove footballers have agreed to visit Melbourne’s Holocaust Museum after allegedly attacking a Jewish man while on their way home from...
Bellarine bounty
Alex de VosLabor has offered a $10.5 million bounty in Bellarine-specific election promises compared to a Liberal list worth $7.3 million, according to last-minute...
Winds over 120km/h wreck Corio properties
Andrew MathiesonA “microburst” wind storm has damaged dozens of homes at Corio.
Gusts in excess of 120km/h ripped through part of the suburb near Purnell...
Commonwealth to Bracks on next bypass stage
The Commonwealth will reject Premier Steve Bracks’s funding plea on the fourth stage of Geelong’s bypass, a Liberal party source told the Independent yesterday.
The...
Day ‘to gauge trials support’
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG Speed Trials organisers will gauge public support for returning the historic event to the city’s foreshore.
Speed trials director Gary Grant said attendance...
City loses demand for cash. Space war win
Andrew MathiesonA developer has won a legal battle against City Hall’s demand for cash to create open space offsetting a residential project opposite Kardinia...
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Intersection will receive lights
Construction will soon begin on a Torquay intersection to improve road network safety and traffic management.
Surf Coast Shire Council decided, seven councillors to one,...
