Wave of opportunity for disabled
Jessica BentonSurfing and wheelchairs usually have little in common but Disabled Surfers Association will help bridge the gap on the Bellarine Peninsula.
The volunteer-run organisation...
‘Slug’ set for new estate water work
Peter FaragoBARWON Water could slug developers racing to build at Armstrong Creek for vital infrastructure.
The authority revealed the charge after it told Geelong’s council...
Party over for ALP ‘traitors’ 15 ‘told to go’
Jessica BentonLabor has purged more than a dozen Geelong members for allegedly campaigning against the party’s Corio candidate at the federal election, according to...
Why I drew the lines
Alex de VosThe death of his father at the hands of the Nazis in World War Two put Torquay’s Curtis Weiss on a career...
Our ‘hot spot to dump cars’
Alex de VosBreakwater has emerged as a “hot spot” for dumping stolen cars.
Police Senior Constable Mark Helyer, of Melbourne’s search and rescue unit, said...
I’m sorry, it’s a fact
Peter FaragoA SORRY is in order about Jo Whiteside’s letter to the editor on compensation to the Aboriginal stolen generations last week.
Ms Whiteside accused...
Artefacts cost shock
Hamish HeardABORIGINAL artefacts will delay housing developments around Geelong and add thousands to the cost of new homes, according to a developer.
New state laws...
Your dealth wish list
Hamish HeardBARWON Health patients will be able to decide whether they want to die early under a new program unveiled yesterday.
The Advance Care Planning...
Anger at cash refusal
Alex de VosA Liberal MP has slammed State Government’s refusal to hand over millions of dollars in lease revenue from Lorne’s Erskine House to...
Girl’s death sparked upgrades, court told Rail tragedy inquest
Hamish HeardThe death of a teenage girl in a collision with a train at North Shore led to safety upgrades at 22 stations across...
Extension nod for $67m project
Jessica BentonGeelong’s council has granted a permit extension for a $67 million development at Rippleside after the project’s initial three-year approval lapsed last month.
Councillor...
Storages plunge as rain dries up
Hamish HeardThe region’s storages have plunged below 30 per cent capacity less than a week before Barwon Water’s board decides whether to ease or...
Bans handed out for junior footy altercation
AFL Barwon has handed down match suspensions, reprimands and bans after an investigation into a brawl at a junior footy match in July that...
