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Award win for an ‘evolved’ survivor

The grotesque brainchild of a Geelong office - Graham - has won international acclaim following a regional media awards summit. The Traffic Accident Commission (TAC)...

Wicked pair sold on city centre’s sidewalk sales next week

Melbourne might host the race that stops the nation but central Geelong will also be a winner next Tuesday. Organisers expect tens of thousands of...

Electric train to Melbourne proposed

By Luke Voogt Multi-storey apartments near railway stations, police “supersites“ and electric trains to Melbourne are the future for Geelong, according an independent state authority. Infrastructure...

‘Politics’ hampering GOR

By Luke Voogt The State Government is playing politics with Great Ocean Road repairs, according to an opposition MP. “What the Andrews Government needs to realise...

TAC, VicRoads target danger sites for safety upgrades

By Luke Voogt VicRoads has earmarked four of the most dangerous roads around Geelong for safety upgrades with funding from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC)....

Men to bear silent witness at women’s violence ceremony

By Luke Voogt Men will pay their respects in silence at tonight’s (Friday) launch of a first-time exhibition for Reclaim the Night Geelong. Men could attend...

Call to save last car factory jobs

Funding programs for retrenched auto workers should focus on saving “strategically important jobs” in cities like Geelong rather than just creating new employment, according...

Home’s history comes back to life

By Luke Voogt Newtown’s Mary-Jane Walker was getting her hands dirty this week as she prepared to open her heritage garden to the public for...

Cold feet? Not Antarctic Eddy

By Elissa Friday Former Geelong councillor Eddy Kontelj is bracing for six weeks operating heavy machinery in Antarctica for his employer. “This is an experience...

Authority seizes Geelong’s heart

A State Government committee that was branded as an “abject failure” at delivering major projects for Geelong is now responsible for helping revitalise the...

Car in flames

By Luke Voogt Three elderly women have narrowly escaped injury after their car burst into flames on the Geelong Ring Road in Lovely Banks Tuesday...

Rider may have witnessed fatal crash

Police released an image of a motorcyclist Monday who may have been a witness to last Thursday’s fatal crash on the Great Ocean Road. A...

From the archives

16 years ago 20 November, 2009 A 20-year-old Leopold man who seriously injured two passenger when he drove his car off a cliff has walked free...

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