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...
Survivor helps north’s revival
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
JOSEPH Brown is a remarkably happy bloke for someone who has survived two of the world’s bloodiest civil wars.
The Liberian refugee...
JOIN THE CLUB: Girls get kicks
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BOYS will always be boys, but out at North Geelong Football Club, a bunch of girls are also on the ball...
They Kennett beat ‘hungry’ Cats side
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE most intriguing question of round one is whether Hawthorn can finally break the Kennett curse and defeat Geelong for the...
Rare moth standing in way of Lara expansion
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A CRITICALLY endangered moth that has already stalled several housing developments could stand in the way of Lara’s westward expansion.
Developer Dacland...
Growers cheer dream harvest
By NOEL MURPHY
MILD, dry conditions have driven a “dream harvest” that has Geelong winegrowers saluting their 2013 vintage as one of the best on...
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Kia Cerato well equipped and keenly priced
Launched here in 2004, the small Cerato hatch or sedan has been one of Kia’s biggest sellers, often sharing the Australian sales podium alongside...
