Visiting GPs ’set to slash service’
The loss of the Medicare rebate for in-home doctors could leave about 15,000 people in the Geelong region worse off, according to a national...
New app’s ‘for the birds’
By Luke Voogt
Geelong’s tourism board hopes to reach millions of potential Chinese visitors with new app Birds of the Bay.
Tourism Greater Geelong and the...
Geelong’s nurse on frontline of cancer fight
By Luke Voogt
Michelle Edwards may be Geelong’s newest McGrath Foundation nurse but her dedication to local women with breast cancer spans more than two...
Shell buy fuels Viva hopes for Corio refinery
Viva Energy will purchase Shell’s aviation business for US$250 million to help secure 700 Geelong jobs, the company’s boss has said.
“Jet fuel represents about...
Murderer on loose in Geelong
A murderer could be wandering Geelong after breaching parole, police have warned.
Fugitive Taskforce detectives urged anyone who encountered John Douglas Hartwick to stay away...
Home’s door kicked in
Two men kicked down the front door of a Norlane home in a violent home invasion Sunday, putting a 50-year-old woman in hospital.
Detective Senior...
Crime rises as station closed
By Luke Voogt
Waurn Ponds crime has surged by 26 per cent in 12 months, according to data released by the state opposition yesterday (Thursday).
Three...
Robocalls target local pensioners
A “deceitful” union robocall campaign is targeting Geelong pensioners about their entitlements, according to a local federal MP.
The ACTU age pension campaign was “designed...
Double Take
Straight from the ‘Well, derr’ department comes the latest research from the boffins at Deakin University.
‘Study shows alcohol and drugs play significant role in...
Shots near-miss for women and child
Bullets tore through a Lovely Banks unit while two women and a nine-year-old girl were alseep inside early on Thursday morning.
Police said the unknown...
Goodwill builds home for dad who nearly lost it all
By Luke Voogt
Community goodwill has given single dad Michael McGlashan his own home for the first time since a 2010 work injury cost him...
Wards make way for bigger picture
Balancing “big picture” issues and localised concerns was the rationale for slashing Geelong wards from 12 to four and councillors from 13 to 11,...
Insight into hybrid Honda
It’s not surprising that one of the world’s largest engine builders, in 1999, was among the first to bring electric power to the production...
