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Praise for plan to fix snarl at roundabout

Alex de VosA community association has praised authorities’ plan to fix the Bellarine Peninsula’s worst traffic snarl. Drysdale Community Association’s Roger Lavingdale said he was...

Round two in stoush over new dam push

Geelong’s new councillor has hit back at an MP who publicly mauled him over his call in last week’s Independent for State Government to...

Round two in stoush over new dam push Katos hits back

Geelong’s new councillor has hit back at an MP who publicly mauled him over his call in last week’s Independent for State Government to...

Club’s no to eviction

Andrew MathiesonA DEFIANT Geelong Gun Club will ignore a State Government eviction notice for the end of the month. Club president Steve Haberman said...

Call to keep tariffs as Ford posts $87m loss

Peter FaragoSTATE Government wants automotive industry tariffs maintained at 10 per cent until 2015 on the back of a massive financial loss for Ford...

Strange bedfellows in a cultural fusion at Star Search

Guest artists are planning a fusion of indigenous and western cultures at the region’s premier annual talent quest next week. Narana Creations didgeridoo exponent Norm...

Golf course off market Links dumps bid to sell site

Andrew MathiesonA developer has taken the former Geelong Golf Club “off the market” after struggling to find a suitable buyer. Links Living spokesperson Ron Smith...

Spending blow as games events lost

Jessica BentonGEELONG and the Bellarine Peninsula could miss out on more than a million dollars in visitor spending after Australian Masters Games organisers sent...

Showing their metal

Andrew MathiesonFOUR unassuming girls – three of them from Lara – walk up in sight of a burly bouncer without a skerrick of fear. They...

Pot calling kettle an apparatchik

Peter FaragoMEMBER for South Barwon Michael Crutchfield’s mauling of a rookie Geelong councillor over calls for a new dam in the Otways needs to...

Surf Coast wins Masters Games

Alex de VosSurf Coast Shire has won a bid to host three Australian Masters Games events in February. Around 500 national competitors will flock to...

Plan for Drysdale snarl fix revealed

Jessica BentonAuthorities have revealed to the Independent their plan to fix the Bellarine Peninsula’s worst traffic snarl. Vicroads and City of Greater Geelong will duplicate...

Jez stars in big win

Jeremy Cameron kicked his 700th AFL goal and Chris Scott celebrated his 350th game as Geelong coach in a 72-point pumping of Richmond. Adding to...

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