Cats boss fears Eagles drugs curse repeat
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG chief Brian Cook wants the AFL to reveal when a player reaches two social drug strikes to avoid a West...
Deakin turmoil deepens with new bully claims
By NOEL MURPHY
SECURITY guards escorted the architect of central Geelong’s Vision 2 revival from Deakin University amid legal wranglings with staff, according to sensational...
How much can a koala bear? Plenty if it’s my Clancy
By NOEL MURPHY
THEY might spend most of the day asleep, pee on unwitting tourists and spook campers with their their night-time grunting but koalas...
Lives at risk if state cuts Lifeline funds
By NOEL MURPHY
LIFELINE’s Geelong chief has warned a looming State Government funding cut will endanger lives as the agency is forced to cut the...
Jobs at risk but Moolap saltworks study welcome
By NOEL MURPHY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have welcomed a state study that threatens to stymie a $4billion residential development on Moolap's disused saltworks.
Several groups have cited fears...
Kids ‘read to dog’ in unique Geelong study
By NOEL MURPHY
IT SOUNDS odd but Tony Chalkley swears it works.
And so good is his idea of getting kids to read books to dogs...
Double Take: Homeless, soup strainers, beaks and Blues …
A MERCEDES parked under City Hall with a goodly amount of gear packed to the gunwales inside has surprised staffers.
“We thought maybe someone had...
Labor own goal as it scuttles Bay West port plan
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LABOR'S plan to lease the port of Melbourne could scuttle its proposal for a second container port between Geelong an Werribee.
A...
Buckets and bouquets
BUCKETS to a female priest who said on the news, “God bless Indonesia” for the execution of two Australians over something the Indonesian president...
City lights up with Aboriginal arts
COLOURFUL Aboriginal artwork is scheduled to light up Geelong’s City Hall tonight.
Councillor Eddy Kontelj announced that the latest projections initiative for the building would...
Car theft blow to struggling charity
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SUCCESSIVE setbacks have left a Geelong charity appealing for public assistance.
UnitingCare Geelong chief Des Younghusband said thieves had stolen the community...
Palliative project draws out stories
EVERYONE has a life story to tell and it becomes even more focussed when death begins to loom large.
That’s the experience of two Geelong...
No to cottage funding
The state government hs refused to fund the restoration of the historic 1860s Marshall Bluestone Cottage after it was dismantled to make way for...
