Pollies brawl over Queenscliff fort’s future
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FURTHER political fighting has emerged between Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence Darren Chester and Bellarine MP Lisa Neville over...
Bigger ships set to dock in port
Noel Murphy
GEELONG port will soon accommodate large ships and tankers with draughts up to 30cm deeper without needing to dredge out Corio Bay’s...
$30m centre a ‘factory-saver’
A $30 MILLION joint project will try to save Geelong’s existing manufacturers while creating new “industries” in the sector.
Geelong’s council and Deakin University announced...
Radio days of yesteryear in new exhibition
ByJOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW Geelong Amateur Radio Club exhibition highlights advances in modern communications.
The club's From Morse to the Magnetron features military communications equipment...
Black spot $86m fixes ‘two of 35’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW $86 million program will cover two of 35 mobile phone black spots around the Geelong region.
Federal and state governments...
Fed, state spat on road ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WEATHER control and road surfacing are fuelling a spat between a local federal MP and Victoria's Roads Minister.
Member for Corangamite Sarah...
Flying circus cabaret all set for Lyons’ 50th bash
Noel Murphy
IT’S SHAPING up as Geelong’s biggest party in years - a Gatsby-like circus-cabaret-burlesque show complete with pythons, fire-eaters, contortionists and acrobats.
The guest list...
Land400 bidder eyes Geelong: MP
AT LEAST one manufacturing consortium will come to Geelong if it wins the lucrative Land400 defence tender, MP Sarah Henderson told parliament today.
“It is...
Geelong Star returns to Corio Bay after latest killing
Noel Murphy
THE CONTROVERSIAL trawler Geelong Star has returned to Corio Bay after its latest dolphin killing has infuriated animal lovers and environmentalists.
The 95-metre ship...
Deakin criminologist snaffles OS study gong
DEAKIN University criminology lecturer Kate Fitz-Gibbon will visit the UK, US and Canada to examine innovative legal responses to the prevention of intimate homicide...
Sanity, identity, David Bowie and Deakin …
ROCK superstar David Bowie has challenged social conventions from his first hit “Space Oddity” to his long-haired “Labyrinth” phase – raising issues of ...
Dogged response by police at Lara
A POLICE dog handler has received treatment in hospital after an incident in Lara.
Police were called to a two-storey house where a man,...
The boozy and the beautiful
Party-folk band the Drunken Poachers never struggle to bring the good time vibes.
With seven musicians on stage making it easy to build the energy...
