Bearing up
By Luke Voogt
Ford IT workers got their hands dirty giving Jirralinga Koala and Wildlife Sanctuary a “much-needed” makeover on Wednesday.
Waurn Pond’s Richard Crow was...
Bill hits the gas in Geelong
By Luke Voogt
Bill Shorten has turned up the pressure on Victorian gas bans a week after the Indy reported a local MP’s push to...
Late but north health hub ‘closer’
An overdue health centre is “a step closer” for Geelong’s northern suburbs with the finalisation of a consultant’s business case, according to City Hall.
Council...
Yacht club plans on different tack
By Luke Voogt
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has scaled back stage one plans of its waterfront redevelopment by $5.5 million following a Federal Government...
Double Take!
Geelong looks set for another towering monument to its rapidly expanding ranks of public servants, with City Hall planning a new $100 million headquarters...
Protest candidate gets Labor’s blessing
A Baptist minister who was arrested while protesting in the office of Labor’s local heavyweight is to seek election as a declared member of...
Chinese ‘not causing home price rises’
“Scapegoating” of Chinese buyers for rising property prices in Australia could be unfair, according to new Geelong research.
A survey of nearly 370 Chinese buyers...
Harwood flags run at new Geelong council
By Luke Voogt
Former Geelong mayor Bruce Harwood has declared he will run for Geelong’s next council in defiance of calls for “fresh faces”.
“A new...
Gheringhap fatality
A woman was killed in a crash at Gheringhap on Wednesday, the second fatal collision west of Geelong in two days.
Police believe the vehicle...
Dogs lend paw for cause
By Luke Voogt
Local pooches are putting their paws to the pavement for a positive cause in the latest walking group to spring up along...
No questions for Dutton
By Luke Voogt
A retired Ocean Grove bishop has accused a local MP of barring him from grilling Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Australia’s “secretive"...
From the archives
16 years
September 11, 2009
VICROADS is compiling a list of “rogue” truckies to address complaints about noise from Geelong’s bypass, according to an MP.
Member for...
