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Call for site acquisition rejected

By NOEL MURPHY PLANNING Minister Matthew Guy’s office has rejected a call for compulsory acquisition of the Ritz Falts for sale to someone willing to...

Animals’ fire plight inspires fund-raiser

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE enduring image of a fire-fighter offering bottled water to a bushfire-ravaged koala is part of the inspiration behind a local...

Launch for Golden Plate Awards

REGIONAL Victoria’s most acclaimed culinary awards will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Geelong this year. General manager Pamela Jewson said the Golden Plate Awards were...

Council’s advice to shire revealed: Use media against ’eyesore’ buildings

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN PUBLIC embarrassment through the media is the most effective way of convincing “recalcitrant” owners of neglected buildings to take action, a...

Australasia’s ‘best chef’ Ben dreams of local restaurant

By CHERIE DONNELLAN AUSRALASIA'S best chef could open a restaurant closer to his Ocean Grove home, he has told the Independent. Ben Shewry said the Geelong...

Fees jump ‘to limit rates hike’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN GEELONG'S council has increased user-pays fees and charges to minimise its rates increase, according to Mayor Keith Fagg. Council’s lower-than-anticipated incease of...

MPs spruik roads, Libs slam taxes

THE region’s federal Labor MPs have talked up spending on local roads in the Gillard Government’s budget this week. Corangamite’s Darren Cheeseman highlighted $7 million...

’Priorities list’ boost for Port harbour, peninsua bypass link

By MICHELLE HERBISON PROPOSALS to redevelop Portarlington’s harbour and extend Geelong’s ring road to the Bellarine Peninsula have earned places on a new list of...

Corio’s ’risk’ of fatality alarms Trezise

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AN application for a dangerous goods facility in Roseneath St, North Geelong, creates an off-site risk of fatality, council documents reveal. The...

Overdue honour for our angel of World War I

By NOEL MURPHY A DAUGHTER of Mars will be honoured as namesake of Bell Post Hill’s McNaughton St. Nursing sister Kit McNaughton’s surname will be assumed...

Teachers’ sex-ed ‘a world-first’ for uni

By NOEL MURPHY SEX school is in for teachers under a new Deakin University initiative cited as a world-first. Aussie teachers, lacking qualifications and confidence about...

Exhibition to reveal our tall tales and true

By NOEL MURPHY PIRATES, bunyips, secret discoveries and wartime landings - mystery and legend abound in Geelong for anyone curious enough to dig. Even a cursory...

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Emily visits Geelong West for Good Friday

Geelong West Fire Brigade were paid a special visit by one of this year’s Faces of the Good Friday Appeal. Lara’s Emily Cooke...