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Man-chicken wins prize for Lanse, 7

A chicken with human tendencies has earned an art prize for a Torquay seven-year-old from Belgium. Lanse Vanhaelen won the Young Australian Arts Awards prize...

Double Take

An androgynous Jesus is raising eyebrows and threatening a pile-up with a racy show beside Barrabool Road. Rather than a Third Coming, Gnawarre’s bearded-lady Son...

Lara estate ‘the best in Victoria’

A Lara residential estate is the best in Victoria, according to an urban developers industry awards for excellence. Grand Lakes was the region’s first winner...

Healthy habits a priority for our kids

A program teaching local kinder kids healthy habits aims to fulfil its six-point priority list for the first time at five centres next year,...

‘Cute Factor’ wins Geelong national cheerleading title

Cute by name and nature, Geelong’s youngest elite-level cheerleaders are now Australian champions. The15 girls aged eight and under won an Australian Allstar Cheerleading and...

$5.5b project to ‘cut drive times’

A green light for a proposed Western Distributor would create the “longest managed motorway system in Australia from Geelong to Pakenham”, according to Premier...

Timely turkey helps Janet feed 25 for Christmas lunch

Winning a turkey came just in time for Geelong Indy reader Janet Watson Mathews. With 25 to feed at her Highton home for Christmas lunch,...

Body builds bridges after sacking

A minister who sacked the body managing the northern Bellarine Peninsula’s foreshore has praised its replacement for “listening to the community”. Bellarine Bayside Committee of Management...

Moriac road fatality lifts toll to 243

A man has been killed after his car veered off Cape Otway Rd at Moriac and hit a power pole, according to Victoria Police. Police...

New regional projects create another 38 jobs

Two regional projects have received $1.2 million in funding, creating 38 new jobs, Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson has announced. Lethbridge Airport Fuel Infrastructure Project...

Missing man could be in Geelong

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 52-year-old Hamilton man Graeme Mallinson who is known to frequent the Bell Post Hill...
NDIS

Complaints fear prompts disability ombudsman probe

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A lack of complaints about Geelong headquartered National Disability Insurance Scheme has prompted fears clients were scared to complain. Victorian Disability Services...

Coming full circle

A ceramic and painting exhibition born out of life, memory and nature will soon open in Ocean Grove. Painter Kate Gorman and...

Life imitating art