Woolies doubles up in Torquay
By NOEL MURPHY
SUPERMARKET competition is ramping up at Torquay as Woolworths embarks on a new development in the town’s north.
Surf Coast Shire recently approved...
City needs a confidence boost: report
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Geelong region’s future hangs in the balance, a new report has found.
Geelong had managed to absorb the economic shocks of...
White Rabbit’s $50K beer spend at Geelong
LIQUOR giant Lion will spend $50,000 relocating its White Rabbit brewery from Healesville to the company's Little Creatures site in South Geelong, according to...
Toledo should get Geelong a Jeep: Sister city campaigner
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG should strike an auto industry deal with Jeep, utilising retrenched Ford staff and former manufacturing facilities, according to a sister city...
Paddock art ‘just for laughs’, says Wallington’s mystery commentator
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A SERIES of amusing social statements in a Wallington paddock has entranced motorists on Grubb Rd over the past nine months.
A...
Opera singer’s community choir one out of the Box
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE RANGE from opera to The Beatles is wide but Geelong music teacher and performer Lisa Breen is determined to fill...
Coles creates 120 jobs in Torquay
NEARLY 120 new jobs arrived in Torquay this week with the opening of the region’s newest Coles store.
The company said almost 100 of the...
Energy targets burns Otways guardians
By NOEL MURPHY
BURNING native forest timber should be excluded from Australia's Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme, according to Otways environmentalists.
“Our native forests and wildlife...
Local experts signing up for wellness event
EXHIBITORS are getting behind a new Geelong event promoting local operators in the $3.4 trillion global wellness and spa industry.
Geelong Community Health and...
Blame game over hospital figures
Noel Murphy
DELAYS treating patients at Geelong hospital have been blamed on the previous state government’s budget cuts.
But the coalition, now in opposition, has blamed...
Double Take: Reliable, back tracking,cheaters …
TRAFFIC chaos erupted during Tuesday’s morning peak as a plumber’s van broke down just over the crest of the Telegragh Bridge heading into Geelong.
The...
Gold rush at Avalon secures future
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW Gold Coast flights will send 65,000 more passengers through Avalon Airport a year, Jetstar has announced.
The daily return service from...
Safer waters for Queenscliff
Queenscliff community members can go swimming and boating in safer waters thanks to a new Coast Guard search and rescue vessel.
Marine Search...
