Complaints fear prompts disability ombudsman probe
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A lack of complaints about Geelong headquartered National Disability Insurance Scheme has prompted fears clients were scared to complain.
Victorian Disability Services...
Seal ‘lucky to survive harpooning’
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A seal was lucky to have survived being struck by a harpoon last weekend, one of the most deliberate acts of cruelty...
Stabbed cop gets top bravery award
By PAUL MILLAR
A veteran policeman, who thought he would die after being repeatedly stabbed by an ice-crazed driver on the highway at Batesford, has...
Gordon Institute gets more funds for trainees and apprenticeships
By ALANA MITCHELSON
The Gordon Institute will receive an additional $6.2 million of funding to strengthen its trainee and apprenticeship provisions next year, the State...
Campaign urges drivers to ‘be present’ this Christmas
The Transport Accident Commission is presenting Geelong residents with a positive road safety message at tomorrow’s Denis Walter Carols by the Bay.
TAC senior road...
Trawler restricted
Operators of controversial trawler Geelong Star have agreed to avoid recreational fishers during the summer months.
The agreement was hammered out in a meeting between...
Defence projects at risk
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s Victorian Defence Procurement Office (VDPO) is virtually an empty shell with no plan or projects, Liberal Member for Corangamite, Sarah...
Avalon welcomes bushfire air defence
Victoria’s air defence against bushfires has been boosted with the arrival of two of the world’s biggest firefighting aircraft at Avalon airport. Each...
Cemetery Telstra tower protest march hits the streets
By PAUL MILLAR
An historic Geelong cemetery, regarded as “sacred to the community” was the wrong place for a Telstra tower and the telecommunications giant...
Black spots fix promised
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A long-awaited fix for mobile black spots along the Geelong rail line has finally been announced by state government.
An $18 million...
Double take
Transferring business names to the digital platform can be dicey, especially when it comes to creating a website name or email address.
Sometimes the new...
Students walk to school
Geelong primary kids have walked around the world twice in a month, according to new data.
Well, that was the equivalent distance they travelled on...
From the archives
16 years ago
5 March, 2010
Plans for bus shelters on Geelong’s Moorabool Street have confused traders.
Deane Etheredge, who owns Banjo’s Bakehouse on the corner of...
