‘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...
Families battling housing blowout
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
The waiting list of families seeking public housing in Geelong has blown out under the Andrews Labor Government, according to South...
Calendar girls a ‘classic’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
There is nothing like a dame - and the classic car-owning girls featured in the Motor Dames 2016 Calendar agree.
Cherry De...
Summer police blitz on roads as death toll climbs
By ALANA MITCHELSON
More police will patrol local roads this summer as part of a state-wide blitz, according to a traffic officer.
The “enhanced police enforcement...
Call to nominate disability ‘champs’
Simone Stevens was rapt to be a finalist in the inaugural Geelong Awards for People With a Disability last year.
The East Geelong champion...
Christine takes on the Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road will host this year’s TAC Great Vic Bike Ride, with a Geelong woman participating in the five-day cycling event. ...
