Fire, ambo complex set for Lara
Andrew MathiesonCONSTRUCTION of a proposed Lara fire and ambulance complex will begin in December, according to local MP John Eren.
But Liberal candidate for Lara...
Ford hopes
By Geelong Story UpdatesA rescue package modelled on assistance to its traditional adversary could help Ford build a new engine in Geelong.
AMWU vehicle division...
Owners shoot horses
Hamish HeardHorse owners and farmers are destroying their animals as a feed crisis in the region continues to run local RSPCA inspectors off their...
Slam for MP over backflip on shire
Alex de VosA public meeting has demanded to know why Labor MP Lisa Neville has “backflipped” on plans for a new Bellarine Peninsula shire.
Participants...
Kev’s bawdy brew
Hamish HeardTwenty minutes on the phone with Kevin Bloody Wilson delivers remarkably little in the way of printable material.
With a sense of humour as...
City in talks on new sports at Skilled
Andrew MathiesonCITY officials are in talks to lure several oneoff sporting fixtures to Geelong in an ambitious plan to increase the use of Skilled...
Sharks eye Tigers
Hamish HeardSharks are circling Torquay Football Club as a group of renegade Tigers threatens to defect to a proposed new Jan Juc side.
A spokesman...
Grossman set to beat Hodge in mayor race
Jane EmerickTorquay councillor Keith Grossman is poised to upset Jan Juc colleague Rose Hodge in a Surf Coast council vote for mayor next week.
Cr...
Radios tune into city thugs
Jane EmerickTwo-way radios were set to debut in Geelong nightclubs last night as the latest weapon in a crackdown on violence in the central...
Vic footy calling on final reserves
Peter FaragoVICTORIAN football is not dead yet.
For weeks the football media has speculated about the demise of the game in the sport’s heartland, given...
Footy could go. Water crisis sports threat
Hamish HeardTorquay footballers are facing a 2007 season without home games after a council decision to replace Spring Creek Reserve’s playing surface left it...
Councillors try to douse anger. Entry backlash
Hamish HeardCouncillors yesterday sought to douse anger among northern suburbs residents about plans to direct tourists to Geelong’s Ballarat Road entrance.
The Independent last week...
Out & about at the beach
It was a stinker on Monday, but Voice photographer Ivan Kemp went to Ocean Grove main beach early, as did many others, before it...
