Geelong’s $3bn building bonanza
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S construction sector "is going gangbusters" in the face of a tightening economy, with almost $1 billion in projects presently under way...
Labor govt snubs Lyons … again
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE LABOR State Government has snubbed Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons again, this time for a crucial Jetstar announcement at Avalon.
The snub...
Jack raises the roof with 650 steins from around the world
By NOEL MURPHY
“THE man who fears to drink has no true soul.”
Wisdom can be gleaned from beer stein aphorisms for sure but get caught...
RSL backs call for more Jacka Victoria Crosses
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY RSL has backed the bid for Geelong’s World War I hero Albert Jacka to be awarded two more Victoria Crosses.
Jacka, who...
Newtown tops rich list, again
NEWTOWN remains the region’s leading rich-list suburb, according to latest taxation statistics.
The traditionally affluent suburb returned a median income of $62,421 for each of...
Double Take: Blast from the past, plates, phishing …
IT was like a blast from the past when Magistrate Tim Bourke told a Geelong drug dealer he was a parasite on society who...
Udderly novel concept encourages nutrition, no bull
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MOOVE over mauve - Geelong kids are milking their art skills and giving a set of 10 life-size, fibreglass dairy cows...
Emotional tour of duty at Gallipoli
By NOEL MURPHY
SARAH Kenworthy had it down in spades when she described the Anzac ethos as one of courage, mateship and values that remain...
Winch push to be RV-friendly
By NOEL MURPHY
MOVES to welcome campervans and RVs to Winchelsea could mark a new tourism sector for the Surf Coast.
Tourism chiefs have long rejected...
New rules to boost Geelong grain exports
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GRAINCORP was won relaxed rules governing its Geelong terminal from Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as it faces increased competition.
The...
New exercise program makes move to improve health of aged and ill
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AGE or ill health are no longer excuses to get out of exercise, as far as YMCA fitness instructor Tegan Purser...
Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to all the smokers at Moorabool St’s bus stops. I am an elderly pensioner but can’t even sit down at the bus stops...
‘Drove him crazy’: man kills scooter rider over affair
A jealous man killed a former close friend after being driven "crazy" over his girlfriend's affair with him.
Following his release from prison for an...
