Peninsula fears over games loss
Jessica BentonBELLARINE Peninsula community groups have demanded their councillors fight off a Surf Coast bid to host Australian Masters Games events.
The groups fear their...
Catholic kids get cross with icon at Bells Beach
Alex de VosEager Catholic youths gathered at Bells Beach yesterday to kiss a World Youth Day cross when it arrived on the Surf Coast.
The...
Liberties leader slams ‘spy’ plan
Alex de VosOne of Australia’s leading civil rights activists has slammed plans for hidden cameras to spy on men meeting for sex at Torquay’s...
PM in town for medical school
Alex de VosPrime Minister Kevin Rudd visited Geelong yesterday to officially open Victoria’s first regional medical school.
Mr Rudd said the school, at Deakin University’s...
Study: you’re so vain
Vanity is rising in Geelong, a new survey suggests.
The Yellow Directory study of searches on its website for business phone numbers found that users...
Stan rides high again
Alex de VosA mystery benefactor has given an 87-year-old Lara pensioner back his freedom after reading in last Friday’s Independent how a thief had...
Mall outpost for cops crack down on thugs
A police “hub” will give officers a front-line battle station to fight violent crime in Geelong’s mall.
Federal Member for Corio Richard Marles announced funding...
Spy eyes on beach ‘perverts’
Alex de VosHidden cameras will spy on a controversial nude beach to help weed out “sexual predators”, according to a Surf Coast community group.
Surf...
Graffiti sanction to offset new laws
Andrew MathiesonCITY Hall will sanction graffiti on selected public buildings to offset new laws increasing police search and seize powers against alleged vandals.
Police can...
Chartwell bosses turn on each other in talks
The bosses of collapsed Geelong investment company Chartwell Enterprises have turned on each other in media interviews.
Both Graeme Hoy and Ian Rae emerged from...
The Wright stuff
Andrew MathiesonDIANE Wright’s vision is nothing new – it’s been precisely 100 years in the making.
Call it coincidence or fate but the founder of...
Bid to ban glass
Alex de VosTorquay could soon have Victoria’s first glass-free beaches, according to a Surf Coast Shire councillor.
Ron Humphrey said council would investigate a ban...
CMCA to manage Seagull Paddock
Geelong council’s search for a tourism operator for a large public area site in the city’s north has ended successfully.
The City of Greater Geelong...
