Millions on hold as building permits stall: industry
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY Hall might claim it has cut the red tape of building permits but a key building industry figure says millions of...
Lib, union boss slam bullying
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY HALL has bullied and sacked staff in a systematic culture going all the way to the highest levels of Geelong local...
Kate’s cooking up an internet storm
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG comic Kate McLennan is hot property right now, red-hot property.
Her online cooking comedy The Katering Show, with mad mate Kate McCartney,...
Radio daze for Calvin
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ONE OF two remaining radio receiver-transmitters used in Lancaster bombers during WWII has been painstakingly restored in a Hamlyn Heights garage.
The...
Rob’s new Ninja star fits like a Glover
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW filmmakers get the chance to boss around actors like Lethal Weapon’s Danny Glover but when the director's a martial arts expert...
Palais owners’ expansion bid
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
STAGE one of the refurbishment of Geelong’s iconic Palais is well under way, with plans developed for a 1200-seat function space...
Buckets and bouquets
BOUQUETS to Reece South Geelong’s Steve for helping me with leaking roof problems. Items needed were not available at South Geelong, so he brought...
13 local beauties through to Miss Universe Australia state final
THIRTEEN local beauties have won their way through a Geelong heat to the state finals of Miss Universe Australia.
Competitors faced off at North Geelong’s...
Battlers going hungry to pay power bills: Salvos
By PAUL MILLAR
STRUGGLING Geelong families are going without food so they can scrape together enough money to prevent utility suppliers from disconnecting services, according...
Geelong will get all 550 WorkSafe jobs: Couzens
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE FULL relocation of WorkSafe to Geelong is safe, according to Labor MP Christine Couzens.
The Member for Geelong said all 550...
Sea high before C02
Ray Black wrote that Geelong’s seawater level was seven metres above present levels in the last interglacial warm period (Letters, 13 February).
It must have...
Blundell brings country back
By NOEL MURPHY
HE’S ONE of Oz country’s biggest stars and just a little mysterious.
A household name with a string of awards and platinum albums,...
Hawks go into break in 3rd spot
A seven goal to two first quarter against the breeze helped Drysdale to a 40-point win against Newcomb at Grinter Reserve on Saturday and...
