Costa Group float brings in $millions
THE SHARE price of Geelong’s biggest company, Costa Group Holdings Limited, has eased to $2.18 after listing on Friday with a starting price of...
Sex offender restrictions not working, says Deakin expert
USING punitive measures alone to manage sex offenders may not be the best way to make communities safer, according to a Deakin University forensic...
Abseilers tackle dangerous cliffs on Great Ocean Road
ABSEILERS are clambering across Great Ocean Road cliff faces east of Lorne to stop rocks falling on passing cars.
VicRoads said a team of abseilers...
Footy mums power Newcomb
By NOEL MURPHY
THE HAND that rocks the cradle at Newcomb is now drop-punting Sherrins and putting young footballers through their training and game-day paces.
It’s...
Marles backflip on boats ‘horrifies’ Geelong refugee lobby
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG refugee advocates are “horrified” at Richard Marles' backflip on turning back asylum-seeker boats.
Labor's federal Member for Corio and shadow immigration...
Virus zombie horror feeds on grandpa and residents
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A CHILDHOOD memory of her grandfather hunched over a typewriter surrounded by piles of paper stayed with Rachel Drummond.
The Bell Park...
‘Worrying signs’ as local land prices rise faster,
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE MEDIAN price of a vacant building block in Geelong has jumped alarmingly, according to a latest Housing Industry Association (HIA)...
Safety first as local Joe rules TAC
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DRIVERLESS cars and improved road and vehicle technology coupled with driver education will be the main means of reducing the road...
Enter the dragon: bearded Nev just chillin’ out
By NOEL MURPHY
MEET Nev.
He’s a little slow off the mark just now with all the cold weather - it’s not exactly what an...
Double Take
GEELONG'S bizarre fascination with Elvis Presley has deepened further with a local vying for an international title as the King's greatest impersonator.
Jack Gatto, a...
‘Fracking fear’ sways council
GEELONG'S council has joined a chorus of Victorian councils demanding the state’s reserves of onshore gas remain locked up underground.
Council stated its opposition to...
New report ‘backs push to do more for residents of poorest areas’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A REPORT confirming Corio as an entrenched area of disadvantage demonstrates that governments must adopt new ways of tackling the issue,...
Cats purring for prelim
Gryan Miers heard the noise, that Geelong had as easy run into the AFL finals and they might be vulnerable.
So the impressive qualifying-final...
