Woolies headlines new town centre
WORK has begun on Armstrong Creek’s first shopping, dining, education and community hub, creating 200 construction jobs and another 200 on-going jobs.
The $100 million...
New schools slated for Geelong
GEELONG is to get new schools at Armstrong Creek, Torquay, Bannockburn and North Geelong in term one 2018, state government has announced.
The local schools...
TAC, Cats zero in on road toll
THE TRANSPORT Accident Commission (TAC) and the Geelong Cats have joined forces to call on the community to push for a zero road toll.
TAC...
Council to save millions on stadium as state funding demand fails
GEELONG'S council will save millions of dollars after staring down a State Government demand to fund its takeover of Simonds Stadium.
Council voted this week against...
Kids off their Facebook as cops probe drug page
By PAUL MILLAR
POLICE are investigating a graphic Geelong Facebook account filled with vile images of local teenagers using drugs.
The site details local drug culture,...
Trapped in aged care, Kirrily puts life on exhibition
By EMILY IANNELLO
GEELONG’S Kirrily Haywood is one of many young Australians living with a disability in a nursing home.
She simply has nowhere else to...
‘False documents’ link after city motel raided
By PAUL MILLAR
TWO MEN faced Geelong Magistrates Court yesterday on a multitude of charges related to a police raid on an Aberdeen St motel.
Lee...
Fast-track call to hatch farm plan, promising 800 jobs
A $4 MILLION free-range egg farm could become the first tenant of a new intensive farming precinct to deliver hundreds of jobs on Geelong’s...
EPA hits City with notices over methane leaks
THE STATE'S environmental watchdog has hit City Hall with two pollution abatement notices over methane leaks in a South Geelong industrial estate.
The EPA said...
Sudden Impact as Ward at tipping point of victory
By EMILY IANNELLO
IT'S A big weekend for Geelong businessman Mark Ward.
The Amazing Mill Markets operator is showcasing a new company and could win...
Unionists maintain fair pay rage
By PAUL MILLAR
IT WAS no revolution, more a prolonged push for a resolution as union diehards took to the streets this week, continuing decades...
Weather station BoMs out as region emerges from cold, dry winter
By LINDSAY SMAIL, of Geelong Weather Services
ANOTHER month of questionable rain measurements has plagued the Bureau of Meteorology's Geelong automatic weather station at Breakwater....
Beach wheelchairs for OGSLSC
Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club’s (OGSLSC) new sandcruiser beach wheelchairs have arrived just in time for the busy summer holiday season.
OGSLSC successfully received...
