Quit call over claim of bypass plan ignorance
Elisa ClarkA Liberal candidate wants Geelong’s mayor to quit for claiming he knows nothing about the party’s policy for the third stage of the...
Pilates, yoga, sports equipment in Surf Coast perks scheme. Shire massages staff, council
Hamish HeardSurf Coast ratepayers will foot the bill for councillors and shire staff to enjoy massages, weight loss programs and yoga classes under a...
Exercise a stroll in the park
Lisa HumphriesLocal Olympian Lee Troop will lead Geelong parents in an attempt to help get a world pram-strolling record tomorrow.
Geelong will be one of...
Deakin and Gordon in peninsula campus plan Higher learning
Alex de VosLocal tertiary institutions are in talks about opening a combined campus on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Deakin University and Gordon Institute of TAFE could...
Survey: roads we rage about
Lisa HumphriesLocal motorists have named their most-hated traffic bottlenecks in a new statewide survey.
RACV traffic and roads chief engineer Peter Daly said responses to...
From country to coast
Andrew MathiesonBURIED among the sticks – somewhere between Mt Duneed and Bellbrae – environmentalist Graeme Stockton talks the talk and walks the walk.
His home...
City’s $40m ‘plan’
Karen HartCity Hall is planning a marina development worth up to $40 million at North Geelong.
Councillor Stretch Kontelj said the concept promised more than...
Local wharfies tag on to the age of terror
Andrew MathiesonTerrorism fears will lead to Geelong maritime workers wearing security tags for the first time.
The identification of workers at Geelong’s port will be...
Jobs of 900 on the line
By Geelong Story UpdatesHundreds more manufacturing jobs are on the line in Geelong, according to the city’s trades and labour council.
Secretary Tim Gooden said...
Child porn cop launches appeal
Karen HartA GEELONG police officer who received a suspended jail sentence for possessing child pornography will appeal next week.
Senior Constable Alan Crane, 41, will...
Police on patrol but nudist outcome ”twisted”
Jane EmerickAuthorities have twisted a workshop vote against nudism at Point Impossible in a bid to save the beach’s clothing-optional status, according to participants.
Surf...
Roads to ruin close to home
Peter FaragoCOUNCILS joining together to lobby to fix the Princes Highway between Geelong and Mount Gambier have a long road to travel if previous...
How to turn your unused vehicle into instant cash
Have an old car sitting in the driveway, unused and gathering dust? Rather than letting it become a financial drain, you can turn it...
