Double Take
Think Geelong’s winter just past was particularly cold?
Well, if you did, like everybody else, then you’re surprisingly wrong, according to the city’s leading weather...
Families flee exploding inferno
By Luke Voogt and Justin Flynn
Terrified residents fled their homes following an inferno which melted trucks and sent exploding gas cylinders flying near a...
Administrators leave council with debt bomb
By Luke Voogt
City Hall borrowings will triple over the next four years despite council administrators this week hailing a reduction under their reign last...
Touching the world of black
By Luke Voogt
Blind painter Robert Kelly has won the top prize at a Geelong art competition ahead of almost 100 other artists with disabilities.
Robert’s...
Dorling stays to supervise ‘vision’
Administrator Peter Dorling will stay on at City Hall after his term ends to “monitor” Geelong’s next council, the Andrews government has announced.
The government...
More candidates for election hot seat
Two more candidates have emerged to represent northern Geelong on the council, setting up the ward with the least seats at City Hall with...
Milestone birthday help for aunt
By Luke Voogt
Jade Daly will spend her 18th birthday hosting Leukaemia Foundation’s biggest night in Geelong to honour her aunt.
“I find supporting the work...
Forecast off mark
Under the Weather, by Lindsay Smail
A fractionally warmer August has completed a winter also marginally above the 30-year average in Geelong.
The city’s average daily...
Dozen nominees for club legend
By Luke Voogt
A broken hip couldn’t stop Bill Polwarth volunteering for the club he loves, and at 83 he plans to remain for a...
Tribute show offers Bieber feel
By Justin Flynn
Aydan Calafiore is a young man on the rise.
The 16-year-old is currently portraying Justin Bieber in a tribute show - The Bieber...
Police need help on murder case
Five conflicting accounts of the fatal stabbing of Waurn Ponds mother Raichele Galea in June have led Homicide Squad detectives to plead for public...
Barnaby makes a bad move
By Luke Voogt
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has wrongly announced the Federal Government would move jobs from Geelong to a new bio-security lab in...
The future of politics
Students across the region have stepped into the shoes of country ambassadors to explore the world of international politics.
St Joseph’s College Geelong...
