Celebrity refuses quarry mud-slinging
By Luke Voogt
TV personality Catriona Rowntree has refused to respond to a developer's claim she led a “fake campaign” against a proposed quarry in...
Taylor off to Hawaii for triathlon championship
By Luke Voogt
Torquay’s Nathan Taylor has battled through heartache to qualify for the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii next Saturday.
The surf instructor and...
Sexual assault incident probed
Sexual Crimes Squad detectives are hunting for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Geelong on 13 September.
The 41-year-old woman told police...
Teen assaulted, robbed around midnight
Thieves punched and kicked a teenager in a Torquay robbery this weekend, according to police reports.
Crime Investigation Unit detectives alleged the robbery occurred when...
Teen charged over bashing burglary
Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a Corio man following an aggravated burglary at Hamlyn Heights on 22 August.
The victim was in his...
Tolls plan for Great Ocean Road
By Luke Voogt
Entrance fees, tolls and parking meters could help cover funding shortfalls for Great Ocean Road works, a tourism body has revealed.
“I think...
CfG ‘good value’ for council $20K
By Luke Voogt
City Hall’s new membership of “advocacy group” Committee for Geelong is good value for $20,000, according to its chief executive officer.
Re-joining the...
Wheel firm ‘seeks $50m, planning 200 extra jobs’
“Terrific“ demand could create 200 new jobs at a Geelong firm manufacting high-tech carbon-fibre wheels, according to its chief executive officer.
Waurn Ponds-based Carbon Revolution...
Saleyards going, going but not yet gone
Farmers have used a community meeting with council administrators to plead for the retention of Geelong’s crumbling livestock saleyards.
City Hall said the future of...
Geelong, when it counts
Geelong will look to beat minor premiers Sydney for the first time this season - when it matters the most - in Friday’s preliminary...
Firm fined on discharge
A North Shore woodchipping company allowed “a significant amount of contaminated water” to leave its site and enter Corio Bay, according to the Environment...
Portrait takes prize
A PORTRAIT of a twin sister is among section winners of the Geelong Gallery’s annual competition for local school artists.
The gallery revealed the winners...
Young bowlers star at Aus champs
Two young Greater Geelong lawn bowlers claimed a gold medal in the Boys Fours lawn bowls event at the Australian U18 Championships in Devonport...
