Geelong Star arrives in Australia
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE CONTROVERSIAL factory freezer trawler Geelong Star has arrived in Australia and could start fishing for its 16,500 tonne quota within...
Ebola scare in Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
AMBULANCE officers went into biohazard emergency mode when they transported a suspected Ebola suffererer to Geelong hospital last month.
The man displayed flu-like...
Cats primed for Hawthorn blockbuster
By John Van Klaveren
FOOTY'S back - but Geelong fans will have to wait the entire long weekend before getting a pointer on the Cats...
Deaths mystify police
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
The violent deaths of two men at Whittington have baffled homicide squad detectives.
The pair, friends who lived together in a Thatcher...
In brief: Boat knockout; health closure; guns stolen; Anzac lighting; Easter lock-up
Boaties’ knockout
Police have discovered three people unconscious on a boat circling out of control half a kilometre off St Leonards.
Police believe the two men...
Stiff: Coffin thief faces grave charges
By NOEL MURPHY
A GEELONG man will face court next month over the bizarre alleged theft of 17 coffins from a Melbourne warehouse earlier this...
Spit spat brings back shellfish
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CORIO Bay’s “functionally extinct” oyster reefs and mussel beds are being rebuilt in an Australian-first shellfish restoration project.
Wilson’s Spit reef, in...
New fund for city’s facades
Council cash is pouring back into central Geelong months after the axing of a scheme to fund community projects in the suburbs.
In the latest...
Intern death in ‘perfect storm’
By NOEL MURPHY
THE SUICIDE of a medical intern at Geelong hospital has highlighted concerns about workplace harassment and the mental health of medical students,...
Naomi’s garden secrets revealed to the public this weekend
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AUSTRALIA is known as the dry continent, with some parts drier than others.
But it hasn’t stopped Naomi Benney from establishing...
‘P-Tech’ in state talks
Geelong will be the first recipient of a Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-Tech) School, Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed while visiting the...
Drysdale seeks ‘regeneration’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A BOLD community proposal seeks the “regeneration” of Drysdale's main street.
Drysdale Clifton Springs Community Association wants High St between its two...
‘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...
