Geelong academic questions cost of saving ‘some’ babies
THE COST of saving “impaired and extremely premature” babies should be considered against rising pressures on Australia’s healthcare system, according to a Geelong academic.
Deakin...
Wonder dome rising above Johnstone Park
By NOEL MURPHY
THE views from the giant truncated dome rising above Geelong's Johnstone Park are as striking as the images it presents itself.
Brutalist architecture...
Stop war on mayor, urges opposition leader Guy
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG councillors should stop politicking and back mayor Darryn Lyons in promoting the city, according to state opposition leader Matthew Guy.
“They...
Keegan’s online lifeline
Noel Murphy
WHAT happens to your Facebook account when you die?
It keeps going, of course.
It’s nothing for people to keep posting messages to their...
Ripping up my son’s roadside grave but sex signs are fine: TAC campaigner
By NOEL MURPHY
GIANT billboards advertising sex are allowed to distract drivers but not roadside memorials to crash victims, according to Bannockburn road safety advocate...
Winter swell for surf
LOCAL surfers have enjoyed a hot start to a cold winter, with quality waves pounding the region's coastline.
Wave faces peaked around five metres earlier...
Marles brings Albo to town, snubs media, Lyons, as mate Shorten faces down critics
By NOEL MURPHY
CORIO MP Richard Marles brought alternative Labor leader Anthony Albanese to Geelong yesterday as long-time political running mate and would-be prime minister...
Port peak fear for Cats
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE MARGINS between them are perhaps the closest of any two sides to meet so far this season.
Port Adelaide is ninth,...
Flood rules hit $4b saltworks plan
A FLOODING overlay could provide another headache for developers proposing a $4 billion residential estate on Geelong's disused saltworks.
A report to Geelong's council this...
Bishop tries to arrest Henderson poll slide
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MP Sarah Henderson has enjoyed senior Liberal support from visiting Foreign Minister Julie Bishop after polling detected a four per cent...
Costa offering targets $500m plus
by Noel Murphy
GEELONG-based Costa Group is poised to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of shares to raise half a billion dollars or more...
Double Take: What’s Keith thinking?
WHATEVER is behind ex-mayor Keith Fagg’s call to replace Geelong’s democratically elected councillors with commissioners?
Double Take asks only because his vague explanation in a...
From the archives
17 years ago
October 31, 2008
A Geelong community organisation is battling red tape and financial hurdles to rescue five African orphans from war-torn Sierra Leone.
Multicultural...
