Recycled water plant online
By REBECCA BILLS
ALMOST 3000 million litres of drinking water will be saved in the greater Geelong region with the opening of a new class...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sunday rappers reveal their persona
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A BOOK title inspired Sydney hip hop duo Spit Syndicate to name their latest album Sunday Gentlemen.
One half of the rhyming pair...
New stroke drug approvals are a life-saver
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A DRUG developed through a $600 million worldwide trial co-ordinated by a Geelong doctor has finally won government funding.
The substitute for anticoagulant...
Pokies policy is a ‘kick in guts’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
The Coalition’s proposal for an industry advisory group on gaming policy reform is a "huge kick in the guts" to those struggling...
Golf go-ahead
By MICHELLE HERBISON
State Government has approved a planning scheme amendment to expand and redevelop Lonsdale Golf Club and create 100 new residential lots.
The...
Debt pinching more families
By REBECCA BILLS
GEELONG households and businesses were feeling the pinch with growing costs of living and unemployment, according to debt collection agency Prushka.
Prushka Geelong...
Mitchell comeback: Mayoral stakes rise
By NOEL MURPHY
HE’S 15 kg lighter, "just about dangerous" and thinking seriously about making a comeback at City Hall.
John Mitchell told the Independent he’d...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sam keeps pledge despite mind games
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
ACTOR Samuel Johnson wanted to use colourful language to describe the plot of his new play, The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell, but...
Cats go for broke in Swan season
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Cats are hoping to kill two birds with one stone at the expense of the Swans this week.
A good showing...
Cancer shock turnaround helping others
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GROVEDALE resident Lyn Hunter has turned a shock breast cancer diagnosis into an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease throughout the...
Barbecues beat fund-raising snags
By NOEL MURPHY
IT MIGHT seem a humble sausage sizzle but the barbie at the local supermarket, hardware store or butcher shop is a more...
JOIN THE CLUB: Originals still hit Corio’s ski slopes
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHEN the late Serge Kovacs came out to Australia he wondered if he would still be able to pursue his favourite...
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Erin takes to the stage
An Armstrong Creek woman is being recognised for her passion and dedication to return to the performing arts after surviving two strokes.
Erin...
