Youth choir pulling strings to stage fist puppet show
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A VAST cast of singing and dancing puppets is set to put on a bright and colourful show as Geelong Youth...
Federal changes gag Barwon legal service: Marles
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW FEDERAL funding arrangements have "gagged" Barwon Community Legal Service, according to Member for Corio Richard Marles.
Mr Marles told parliament this...
Sarah’s sacrifice wins Queen’s Guide Award
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE LATE teenage years are busy enough with school, part-time jobs, licences and social activities without adding another commitment.
But Highton Girl...
Cash flows to Geelong city centre
A $7.5 MAKEOVER central Geelong could create almost 90 jobs after the latest pre-election commitment to the city.
The Napthine Government announced on Wednesday $3...
Ocean Grove park stage set to start
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WORK on a controversial $1 million performance space in an Ocean Grove public park could start in days after moves to...
News briefs: Nelis, vandals, dome, Hornets
Nelis arrested
Police have arrested a man wanted for questioning over the suspicious disappearance of Leopold man Paul Kingsbury.
Investigators arrested John Nelis at an address...
‘No GDF Suez plans’ for Alcoa Anglesea
By Noel Murphy
INDUSTRY sources have rejected claims wind energy company GDF Suez Australian Energy is looking to buy Alcoa's Anglesea coal-fired power plant.
GDF Suez,...
Dredging the Barwon ….
IT’S a strange sight that greets joggers, walkers and dog-exercisers along the Barwon River just now – a large metal barge, excavator, rubbish skip,...
Spring St cash for CBD clean-up
THE CITY centre’s Malop, Little Malop, James and Star streets and Shorts Place will receive a breath of fresh air under a $3 million...
Hijacked heritage centre’s hide on show
GEOMETRIC tiling set to line a $40 million heritage/library centre under construction in Geelong’s Johnstone Park has been revealed.
City and library staff posed at...
Comment: Footy bucks not the vote-winner Labor thinks ….
LABOR’S expensive gamble to invest $70 million in yet another upgrade of Kardinia Park’s football stadium is not necessarily the vote-winner it thinks, or...
Labor’s desperate pitch for footy vote
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Football Club, unable to fill its grand new stadium at Kardinia Park, has been promised $70 million by the Labor Party...
Stengle out, Cat to debut
Star Geelong forward Tyson Stengle is out of Saturday's AFL game against Richmond for family reasons, with George Stevens to make his senior debut.
The...
