Ward ‘ambassadors’ on long march
Residents will march under ward flags on Geelong’s 80km “extreme arts journey of discovery”, City Hall has announced.
The “flag ambassadors” will be the vanguard...
Double Take
Drivers must have had a hard time trying to read backwards in their rearview mirrors on the Bellarine Highway at Leopold this week.
Well, that’s...
Call to check city’s mental health
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Geelong should become Australia’s first “mentally healthy city”, former premier Jeff Kennett told the Indy yesterday.
He intended to approach State Government, WorkSafe...
Works ‘reveal bus sham’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Bus stops are under construction on Geelong’s new routes despite a promised review of controversial timetables.
Liberal South Barwon MP Andrew Katos...
‘Rainbow-vomit, uber-bogan’ slur
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A councillor’s tweet suggesting Mayor Darryn Lyons was a “rainbow-vomit uber-bogan” has reignited City Hall’s bullying issue.
Cr Jan Farrell’s tweet also...
Geelong’s French community ‘shocked’, ‘saddened’
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Terrorist attacks in Paris have shocked and saddened Geelong’s French community, according to a representative.
Alliance Française de Geelong president Najat Baqtatouche said...
Zombies ‘shake cage’ with gong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A controversial Geelong zombie video confounded its critics by winning a silver gong at a Victorian Tourism Awards this week.
The video,...
Search Indy to be Talkin’ Turkey for Christmas lunch
Eagle-eyed Indy readers can gobble up free turkey for Christmas lunch with a great new competition starting this week.
Talkin’ Turkey will give away five...
State carving up our region again
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s boundaries for state programs have changed again with a new “regional statement”.
The State Government document was a new vision for...
Geelong to get fibre factory
A Geelong joint venture manufacturing specialist fibre materials has received $1.2 million government grant.
The grant is to enable HeiQ Australia to establish an industrial...
Double Take
Geelong Police’s Eyewatch Facebook page posted a new scam alert this week, although the scammers behind this one have managed to create their own...
Teenagers forced into roles as ‘young carers’ for their parents
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
It's a tough enough job for an adult, let alone a 16-year-old.
But Geelong children as young as eight are being pressed...
Holmes stars as Venom beat Flyers
Mackenzie Holmes edged Cayla George in a battle between two of the WNBL's biggest stars to help deliver the Geelong Venom a second consecutive...
