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FBT hits Ford jobs: Sales carnage forces ‘down days’

By NOEL MURPHY FRINGE benefits tax changes are set to cost Geelong Ford staff 12 days of work in the next six weeks, the company...

FINALLY FRIDAY: Recipe for a prequel to Desire

By CHERIE DONNELLAN START with a "burlesquey" play, add copious amounts of slapstick comedy, mix acts until vaudevillian, top with a dash of darkness and...

Magnificent 7s for local voters

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG voters have a choice of seven candidates in each of the region’s two federal electorates at the 7 September election. The...

Uni benches Koorie academic: Umpire to hear allegation against professor

By NOEL MURPHY AN independent umpire will hear misconduct allegations against a Koorie academic before Deakin University decides whether to proceed with a further investigation. Deakin...

Station hours fear: ‘Advertised to crims’

By NOEL MURPHY ADVERTISING new police station opening hours across the Bellarine Peninsula is an open invitation to criminals, the Police Association has warned. Victoria Police’s...

League licence bid: Soccer’s new Galaxy

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG could field a side in a new national premier soccer league next year if a local licence bid is successful. Greater...

Burke and Wills on the fringe

By CHERIE DONNELLAN ACCOMPLISHED composer and musician Ashley Davies is traversing the path of notable Australian explorers Burke and Wills - musically. Davies contested the commonly-held...

Manager’s fury at spit ‘dumps’

By NOEL MURPHY HIGH tip fees and op shop charges could be behind a rubbish dumping spate at environmentally-sensitive Ocean Grove Spit, coast managers fear. Barwon...

Alarm sounds over ‘big data’

By NOEL MURPHY PERSONAL online data previously thought confidential are a new $40 billion "oil boom" for business to sell and use, a Geelong academic...

GOR in call for ‘$25m’

THE Great Ocean Road needs an upgrade more than a World Heritage listing, according to regional council and tourism bodies. Local municipal alliance body G21...

Corio kids champions of first-aid with pilot

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A PROGRAM training secondary students to be first-aid champions has been piloted at Corio’s Northern Bay College. The initiative was part of...

$250 million project opportunity on ‘council’s radar’: Port in ‘clean coal’ export plan

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN PLANS to use Geelong’s port as a major clean coal exporter are on council’s radar, according to acting mayor Bruce Harwood. Reports...

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Emily visits Geelong West for Good Friday

Geelong West Fire Brigade were paid a special visit by one of this year’s Faces of the Good Friday Appeal. Lara’s Emily Cooke...