60 rape reports to local cops sex complaints up
Alex de VosComplaints of sexual assault have risen 16 per cent over the past year at the region’s major counselling and referral service.
Barwon Centre...
Councils in $820m highway bid
Seventeen councils will join forces to demand an $820 million upgrade of the Princes Highway from Geelong to South Australia.
Geelong, Surf Coast and Colac...
City bids for champs pool
Alex de VosGeelong is competing for an Olympic-size pool from next year’s World Swimming Champ-ionships in Melbourne.
State Government will give away the events temporary...
State land option for developer. Fear over servos
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG’S council has refused a developer’s application to buy council-owned land for a service station on Lovely Banks’ Plantation Road.
But council now...
Fast times for ex-teller with listing in BRW
Hamish HeardFormer Geelong bank teller Dale Gillham would have laughed if someone had told him five years ago he would one day feature on...
Freeway”s speed eyes ”acurate”
Hamish HeardControversial speed checks on the Princes Freeway between Geelong and Melbourne are accurate, according to a joint Independent and Victoria Police experiment.
The finding...
Manly Coast Plan
Jane EmerickA PROPOSED residential and retail development would bring a bit of Manly to Torquay, according to a foreshore property owner.
Julie Spriggs said the...
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...
Anger as council caught breaking restrictions
Alex de VosResidents have slammed City of Greater Geelong for breaking water restrictions during one of the worst droughts on record.
The City has admitted...
40 million
By Tyronne OsborneCity Hall is planning a marina development worth up to $40 million at North Geelong.
Councillor Stretch Kontelj said the concept promised more...
Making Millions
Hamish HeardThe amount of home owners sitting on million-dollar-plus residential properties in City of Greater Geelong has more than doubled in the past two...
Debt and rates to jump for precinct
Jane EmerickSurf Coast Shire will borrow $11 million and raise rates to fund new offices and a community precinct.
The shire’s strategic resource plan reveals...
Eyes in the sky
Choppers will be a regular sight in the skies over the Bellarine, Geelong and the Surf Coast in coming weeks as Powercor conducts aerial...
