Funding ‘milestone’ for Elcho Park
STATE Government has announced $150,000 of funding for badly needed change room facilities at North Geelong Warriors SC’s Elcho Park complex at Lara.
Member for...
Geelong’s novel fundraiser books in 25,000 titles
A READERS' bonanza of more than 25,000 books will be a good-luck story for a worthy cause in Geelong next week.
Rotary club members have...
Program unlocks justice system mysteries for refugees
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RECEIVING an official looking letter requesting a citizen to undertake jury duty can be daunting, even for those who have some...
Double Take
POLITICIANS, pioneers, soldiers and sailors - they’re just some of the roles that have earned Australians the honour of street names in Canberra.
Now add...
‘Outrage’ at bus, train change shake-up sparks forum
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S public transport stoush continues with two Liberal politicians announcing a forum following a “public outcry” on recent changes.
Federal Member for...
Heartbreak as ex-Alcoa, Ford staff lose new jobs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
UP TO 30 former Alcoa workers from Geelong and at least one ex-Ford employee face redundancy for the second time in...
Community body to pay servo proponent $5500 costs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DRYSDALE Clifton Springs Community Association has lost its bid to void a costs claim against it over a failed bid to...
Five ‘robbed’ in half an hour around CBD
By PAUL MILLAR
A BEARDED, balding and bootless 27-year-old man appeared briefly in Geelong Magistrates Court yesterday over a spate of alleged robberies in the...
Mayor backs state takeover of CBD projects
By PAUL MILLAR
TAKING charge of planning for major projects in central Geelong is a helping hand rather than strong-arm tactics from State Government, according...
Air raising adventure relies on bald ambition
By PAUL MILLAR
A FUND-RAISING race around the outback in a plane will be a change of pace for a local professor when he takes...
Relief as Rocke rolling on from Lara
By PAUL MILLAR
LARA residents will sleep easier after a heavy-duty transporter revealed it would move away from their homes to a growing industrial precinct...
Billboard to go in vets’ honour
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG will have a fully-fledged Vietnam Veterans Avenue of Honour after a council decision this week.
Councillors voted to introduce a heritage...
Grovers get the better of Belmont
Independent photographer Ivan Kemp was at Ocean Grove Bowls Club on Tuesday to see the home side defeat Belmont 69 to 53 in round...
