FINALLY FRIDAY: Sisters bring hotel harmonies
By MICHELLE HERBISON
THE exquisite blending of three sisters’ voices that shot the McClymont sisters to fame six years ago will highlight the trio’s next...
Region’s rain-belt ’moving south’
By NOEL MURPHY
FARMING across south-western Victoria will need to change as the rain-belt moves, according to the head of a scientific team studying lakes...
Report on Geelong rail: Future electric
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PUBLIC Transport Victoria plans to electrify the Geelong rail line in the next 20 years, according to its latest transport blueprint.
Electrification...
Study highlights growth pains
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG needs another 3.1 billion litres of water, 220 hospital beds, 7430 school places and 90 weekly train services to cater...
Asbestos site fear
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
THE disturbance of a Torquay asbestos dump over summer could threaten the health of nearby residents, a landowner fears.
Kim Hammond said she...
Office moves create health precinct
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A NEW "health precinct" with a regional lobby group as a tenant will improve services for patients in central Geelong, according to...
Burglars hit firms on Fyans
By NOEL MURPHY
TRADERS are reeling after thieves launched a barrage of attacks on South Geelong businesses, stealing cars and tools, cracking safes, damaging premises...
Residents petition council: Lara ’hub’ fear
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A STRUCTURE plan for Lara could revive a controversial proposal for a freight hub, residents fear.
Lara Little River Rural...
Weightlifter’s case set for global sport court
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE case of Geelong weightlifter Daniel Koum appears headed for an international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Mr Koum was alleged...
Shell to sell refinery
Shell Australia has announced its Geelong Refinery is for sale.
Shell Australia’s downstream vice-president Andrew Smith acknowledged the process will create a period of uncertainty...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Our Manfred’s making Merry
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A QUICK scan of the audience while taking bows at a recent Melbourne opera show delighted singer and school music director Manfred...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Joe’s travelling Van
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
SINGER Joe Creighton might have created a Van Morrison tribute show but the Irish-born Melbournian said he has no interest in meeting...
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Council supports 24-hour cat curfew
Geelong council narrowly passed a vote to introduce a 24-hour cat curfew throughout the City of Greater Geelong.
The motion, which will require all cats...
