Lounge lends a patient ear
Corio’s Listening Lounge celebrated 18 years of looking out for locals Wednesday, with a free lunch for its volunteers and visitors.
The organisation’s co-ordinator Reverend...
Survey puts mayoral vote in public domain
A state survey asks Geelong residents whether they want to vote for the mayor themselves or let councillors decide.
The question is one of a...
Landslides force Great Ocean Road closure
Heavy rains wreaked havoc on the Surf Coast this morning, with fallen trees and eight landslides forcing police to close the Great Ocean Road.
Police...
Trifecta of speed
Geelong Highway Patrol scored an unwanted trifecta on the Princes Highway at Mount Moriac on Sunday evening.
Officers were performing traffic duties when they detected...
Double Take
A bad omen or just bad timing?
Whatever it was, City Hall could possibly have chosen a better time to release a statement about recent...
Kinders ‘merger’
One of Geelong’s biggest welfare agencies will merge with the city’s peak kindergarten body.
Bethany Community Support and Geelong Kindergarten Association (GKA) will operate as...
Residents patrol troubled streets
By Luke Voogt
A Bell Post Hill dad is leading a group of fed-up residents in a bid to battle crime in Geelong’s northern suburbs.
Nick...
City to re-join committee for $20,000 seat at table
City Hall will pay $20,000 to re-join lobby group Committee for Geelong after the previous council refused to renew its membership.
Chief executive officer Kelvin...
Park option for aqueduct
By Luke Voogt
Parklands could fringe Geelong’s heritage-listed sewer aqueduct at Breakwater, according to Barwon Health.
Strategy and planning general manager Carl Bicknell said Barwon Water...
Mum makes a special appeal
Lara’s Eileen Booth was never one to ask for help - until son Harry’s life-threatening illness.
The three-year-old struggles with chronic renal failure that is...
Target robot’s got soldiers in its sights
By Luke Voogt
Deakin University’s OzBot Raider could make Australian soldiers more deadly, thanks to a new partnership with a high-tech engineering firm.
The “world-first robotics-driven”...
17 caught speeding during blitz
Police are calling for people to act more safely on the state’s roads after 17 drivers were caught speeding during a Geelong West blitz....
