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Local tech jobs going Sky high

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG-based Sky Software will create 40 jobs in a new global support centre for sales of its growing student management system,...

JOIN THE CLUB: Veterans riding high with club

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN OLD CYCLISTS never die, they just re-tyre. That’s the motto at Geelong Veteran’s Cycling Club, at any rate, where any number of...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Sounds Sweet

By MICHELLE HERBISON REPRESENTING Australia in a Memphis blues challenge was an emotional experience for Geelong’s Felicia Sowinski. “I was this crazy crying Australia lady....

FINALLY FRIDAY: Murray’s Feelers out for Wooly

BY MICHELLE HERBISON PETE MURRAY watched on via Skype as the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra practiced and recorded his beloved songs from 2003 hit album, Feeler....

Suburban fear as heights rise

By NOEL MURPHY FOUR-STOREY buildings allowed under rezoning plans have triggered a wave of protest across Geelong. City Hall will enact State Government planning changes that...

A toast as 200-meeting milestone mastered

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN FOR an activity still rated as a fate worse than death, a Geelong Toastmasters group has done well to achieve a...

Shell quiet on global visitors

By NOEL MURPHY SHELL Australia is tightlipped about possible buyers for its Corio refinery following reports of Asian and American customers visiting the site in...

Grants program’s $75K of pre-Chrissie cheer

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN SEVEN Leopold-based community organisations received some early Christmas cheer, sharing $75,000 in grants from Leopold Community Bank. Community liaison manager Marg McFadyen...

Firm hunts sites to host wind turbines

By NOEL MURPHY LEGAL action against development of a King Island wind farm to service Geelong has failed to stop Hydro Tasmania pushing ahead with...

Norlane cam’s fines up again

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG'S highest-grossing red light camera is slugging motorists $400,000 every three months, according to latest figures. The Justice Department figures show fines...

Geelong researcher confirms fears for ex-players/Footy linked to brain damage

SPORTS concussion has long-term, negative, impact on the brain, Geelong research has confirmed. The Deakin Universitiy study of the brains of 40 retired Australian Rules...

Bid for ‘trendy no-frack zone’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN ACTIVISTS are proceeding with plans to declare Moriac a "fracking-free zone" despite a miner with an exploration permit declaring it has...

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Council supports 24-hour cat curfew

Geelong council narrowly passed a vote to introduce a 24-hour cat curfew throughout the City of Greater Geelong. The motion, which will require all cats...