MP pumped for onshore gas
Geelong MP Simon Ramsay has defied his own party’s position on onshore gas reserves amid concern over rising power prices.
Mr Ramsay this week urged...
Opposition slams administrators’ debt burden
By Luke Voogt
Geelong’s administrators have burdened the city’s future council by deferring almost $36 million in loans, according to the state opposition.
Shadow local government...
Award to recognise volunteers’ energy
Viva Energy has selected 20 selfless sporting volunteers for the finals of its Club Legend Award, from almost 150 entries into the inaugural competition.
The...
Call to name guide pups
Two Geelong shops are charging up a fund-raiser seeking names for guide dog puppies.
Newtown and Waurn Ponds’ Battery World stores are seeking entries for...
Tall order for Cats
Geelong faces the prospect of being bundled out of the AFL finals in straight sets if it can’t beat Sydney Friday night.
The Cats finished...
Three arrested after police car rammed
By Luke Voogt
Three males allegedly rammed a divisional van in North Geelong before police arrested them on Monday morning.
Witnesses saw the two men and...
Challenging disability
By Luke Voogt
A new Geelong film starring local actors is throwing stereotypes away in its portrayal of people with a disability.
Jeremy the Dud, which...
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...
Kate a community leader
In a fitting farewell to the AFLW, Geelong’s Kate Darby was awarded the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award at the 2025 W Awards on...
