Ken’s a winner for youth
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Working tirelessly to raise $18,000 for a Geelong Police youth program over three years has won an award for a Leopold man.
Ken...
Koalas settling in to new home
By ALANA MITCHELSON
More than 400 koalas are settling in to a new home after their relocation to Great Otway National Park.
Overpopulation pressures forced a culling...
Asylum seeker activists target MPs
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A local refugee group has called for an end to Australia’s “cruel" policies on refugees so Canberra can “respect and uphold” the...
Camping cuts in time for season
Camping fee rises that would have cost campers up to $30,000 in the Geelong region, have been further reduced, the State Government has announced.
Fees...
Lara going bananas as new supermaket keeps hiring additional workers
Lara shoppers have gone bananas - literally - over their new Coles, according to its store manager.
Trent Butcher identified bananas as the “best seller...
City first to greet campers
Campervan travellers will be welcomed to Geelong after receiving cold shoulders along the Surf Coast.
Tourism industry figures said Geelong’s status as Victoria’s first council...
Workers go but Cats deal stays
Ford has agreed to extend its sponsorship of Geelong Cats beyond its factory closure in October next year, the two organisations have announced.
The car...
Cheap flights come with warning
Jetstar is offering $19 tickets to its two newest destinations - Adelaide and Hobart - but now includes early warnings about extra costs on...
Call to restore train wi-fi funding
By ALANA MITCHELSON
The State Government should reverse a decision to “abandon its promise” of free wi-fi for Geelong and Ballarat trains, according to a...
Can you spare some Christmas food for the needy, ask volunteers
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A network of volunteers has launched a Christmas food drive so members can cook festive dishes for Geelong’s needy.
Spare Meals Geelong co-ordinator...
Geelong’s ‘big winners’ from PM’s Innovation Agenda
Two of Geelong’s largest institutions are “big winners” from Malcolm Turnbull’s Innovation Agenda, according to a local MP who helped him topple former Prime...
‘Paltry wages’ in poultry industry
Dodgy labour-hire practices were exploiting workers in the local chicken processing industry, a Geelong hearing of a Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work Inquiry...
Around the grounds
We go around the grounds from matches played in Geelong Cricket Association senior women's on Sunday 16 November.
WOMEN’S SENIOR CRICKET
Sunday 16 November
A Grade
Barwon...
