Easing the squeeze
BY PETER FARAGOA NEW park-and-ride service in Geelong comes just in the nick of time as the latest commercial construction boom begins across the...
Doctor claims deaths hidden
Hamish HeardA senior Victorian medico has called on State Government to come clean on how many patients have died waiting for medical treatment at...
Lesson for all on kindy food
BY PETER FARAGOWHAT ever happened to kids getting milk and fruit at kindergarten?
The simple, healthy combination seems to have been the norm around the...
MPs throw weight behind Buy Local campaign
Hamish HeardLocal politicians have joined a chorus of businesses singing the praises of a new campaign to bolster the region’s economy.
State members for South...
Shire ”slug” anger
Hamish HeardA secret plan to slug Torquay and Jan Juc homeowners with higher rates to pay for a new shire precinct has angered residents.
The...
If the shoe fits…
Andrew MathiesonINSIDE a modest, sometimes musty and unlit backroom on Ryrie Street is where shoe repairer Ken Plank feels most comfortable.
The Sweeney’s store has...
Golf club bid set for courts
Jane EmerickTorquay Golf Club could end up in court over plans for an RACV takeover.
Members opposing the plan are considering a legal challenge on...
Wind project ”fanning fury”
Jane EmerickFourteen wind turbines up to 100 metres high are set for Winchelsea’s rural skyline.
But Victoria Landscape Guardians has slammed the proposed wind farm,...
Lama greeted with few MPs
Hamish HeardGeelong councillors have braved political fallout and rough weather to greet the Dalai Lama while most of the region’s parliamentarians gave the exiled...
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...
On the bite
By Geelong Story UpdatesThe past week: Salmon at Queenscliff, snapper in Corio Bay up to 6kg and along the coast, redfin at Lake Purrumbete...
Leopold push for boats in harbour: ‘Open it up again’
Alex de VosLeopold residents want an illegal boat harbour reopened to Corio Bay, a community group has told council.
Leopold and District Community Association wants...
Man, I feel like a woman
It’s up to Geelong to decide the queen of country music as ‘Man, I Feel Like A Woman’ coming to the city next month....
