Funds needed for drug rehabilitation long-haul
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A fully-funded drug rehabilitation centre is key to tackling ice addiction in Geelong, according to a policeman leading the local fight against...
Bail refused over children stalking fears
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A Drysdale man on stalking charges has been refused bail overs fear for the safety of his former de facto partner and...
Woman smiles, waves in court before granted bail
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A woman smiled in court before leaving on bail this week over an alleged attempted armed robbery at a Geelong petrol station.
Tammy...
Unemployed workers fume at foreign labour
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Unions have launched an advertising campaign and protest against Geelong’s oil refinery operator for using foreign workers.
A group of unemployed people...
Greens send Pt Lonsdale GP to vie for ALP’s Corio
A doctor frustrated with her inability to deliver social justice while confined to a clinic will contest Corio for the Greens at this year’s...
Cards post reading resource
Special postcards will help parents in northern Geelong to read with their children.
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) launched the postcards in a...
Garden competition raised the roof
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Greening Geelong has been a common catchcry for some time but a new competition hopes to extend it to places that...
City launches its digital year
Geelong will launch a National Year of Digital Inclusion on Friday 26 February in the hope of helping spread the benefits of the online...
Double Take
Barwon Water was perhaps acting local but definitely thinking global early this week, if its Twitter account was any indication.
On Monday it tweeted a...
Report clears agencies over Wye River Christmas fire disaster
An official report has cleared firefighting agencies over the destructive Wye River Christmas Day fire.
The Inspector General for Emergency Management report said a lightning...
Apprentice wins international culinary passport
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Gordon TAFE apprentice Jake McKenzie has taken out a prestigious food industry award, winning a placement at the restaurant of his...
Another store to close at Westfield Geelong as Dick Smith fails to attract buyer
Westfield Geelong is set to lose another retailer, with Dick Smith reportedly closing in eight weeks.
News reports today confirmed receiver Ferrier Hodgson had been...
Two dead in Geelong house fire
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of two people in a house fire in Herne Hill on 27 December.
There...
