Crash agony for elderly victim
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A man seriously injured a 90-year-old woman and her middle-aged daughter when he crashed into a Norlane home while fleeing police, a...
Glassing thug in jail ‘default’ call
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A Geelong magistrate has stressed the danger of glassing incidents after a man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting a hotel patron...
Servos ‘gouging drivers’ wallets’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Service stations are unfairly charging up to $1.38 a litre in Geelong’s outlying towns, according to RACV fuel spokesperson Michael Case.
While...
Tenants out as builders move in
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Tenants of buildings on the site of a WorkSafe office to be built in Geelong have been told to vacate by...
Crash course
Geelong is a hotspot for university students crashing cars, according to RACV figures.
Geelong was eighth on a list of the top 15 municipalities for...
New program eases children with autism into school
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Children with autism will have more therapy options with additional services to be offered in Geelong next month.
School readiness programs, social skills...
February drives up the heat
Under the Weather, by Lindsay Smail
A warmer than normal February has completed Geelong’s warmest summer since 1981.
Daily minimums in February averaged 14.9C, which was...
‘400 jobs, $34m’ from new centre
A high-tech manufacturing centre will bring hundreds of jobs and wages worth $34 million a year to Geelong, Deakin University has announced.
ManuFutures would create...
China in ‘huge’ wine deal
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A Chinese entertainment megastar has chosen Geelong’s Mt Duneed Estate for a huge wine export deal.
A launch today at Mt Duneed...
The sky’s the limit for joiner Kate
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
The honours keep piling up for Ocean Grove cabinetmaker Kate Elstone, who will jet off to Nepal after receiving a rare...
New skills pilot means business
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Barwon Health, GMHBA and Bendigo Bank are among five local employers in an Australian-first pilot program in Geelong involving big business...
Double Take
Keen Indy readers might have noted the ongoing transformation of Geelong Trades Hall boss Tim Gooden, as represented in last week’s paper.
And, as befitting...
2025: the year in pictures
Voice photographer Ivan Kemp was out and about across the region throughout 2025. Here are some of his pictures that summed up the year.
