Funding boost for Barwon Health
Barwon Health funding will increase almost four times the rate of inflation this financial year to meet rising demand, State Government has announced.
Barwon Health...
NAIDOC upholds Aboriginal language
As the State Member for Geelong, I was proud to recently attend NAIDOC week celebrations and events in Geelong.
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held...
Double Take
Serial commentator Darryn Lyons is stepping up his war against the man who sacked him as mayor of Geelong.
Along with his regular print platform...
Cameras rolling for creative hubcaps
Filming began on Geelong-based documentary Hubcaps to Creative Hubs on Wednesday following local crowd-funding efforts.
Film group Creative Geelong collaborated with the University of Melbourne...
Minister cops a spray over anti-graffiti project
The opposition launched a scathing attack on Police Minister Lisa Neville as she promoted State Government’s anti-graffiti projects at Corio on Thursday.
Shadow police minister...
Black grime anger
By Luke Voogt
Carbon fallout from a controversial industrial site has angered North Geelong residents after blanketing their properties this week.
Caroline McGrane, who lives...
Sledgehammer bravery
By Luke Voogt
Jamie Rumoz never felt he “was in danger” when a raving jobseeker sledgehammered through the front security door of his workplace earlier...
‘Savings incentive’ in water bill spilt
Average household water bills will rise at rates little more than inflation over the next five years under a proposed new pricing system.
Barwon Water...
Teen disappears at Torquay, police call for help
A teenager’s disappearance at Torquay has prompted police to appeal for help to find him.
Sixteen-year-old Arfaiz Bin Arfan went missing on Tuesday, police posted...
Lyons, MPs at odds over funding
By Luke Voogt
Former mayor Darren Lyons has welcomed calls for state authorities to cut their funding of Committee for Geelong.
“I think the lobbying sector...
Top busker doing his bit for mental health
By Luke Voogt
‘Geelong’s Best Busker’ Josh Dance will join a line-up of local talent raising money for mental health in Portarlington next weekend.
The cause...
Flu warning for unwell
A 70 per cent increase in local flu cases this winter has prompted an appeal for sufferers to stay away from the ill and...
A shared ethos and an unmissable exhibition
For those with a love of all things Viking and historic but without the time to head overseas in the near future comes an...
