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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

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...

On the bite: Apollo Bay missions

By CHRIS PITMAN KEVIN Hunter set out from Apollo Bay on the hunt for southern bluefin tuna in calm conditions on Sunday. After covering some...

MP appeals as NBN stalls

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN A CORPORATE takeover of the company that owns Geelong’s hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable has stymied the region's NBN rollout. NBN Co...

Go West for health, wellness options

IMPROVING health and wellbeing will be the focus of a new event at Geelong West Town Hall in July. Organisers said Geelong Community Health and...

Grovedale wins, Titans on top

Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Lara to see Grovedale defeat Lara and at Armstrong Creek where the home side made 186 against Inverleigh...

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