Workers underpaid by rogue hirers – inquiry
By PAUL MILLAR
AN INQUIRY into labour hire was told that Geelong firms were blatantly abusing the system, underpaying or not paying workers and threatening...
Geelong’s line ‘most overcrowded’
By PAUL MILLAR
GEELONG train travellers suffer more overcrowding than any other commuters in the region and are in desperate need of improved services, according...
National park trail rider threat
By EMILY IANNELLO
PARTS of the Otway National Park could be “trashed“ by out of control recreational activities, a Geelong Enviroment Council investigation has found.
And...
Corio hit by arson, armed robbery
By PAUL MILLAR
INVESTIGATORS will scan video footage of an arsonist who torched two cars outside a Corio medical centre early yesterday morning.
Detective Senior Sergeant...
Double take
It’s nice to know there are still some literal people about.
The Independent’s weekly Reader’s Recipe asks readers to submit a favourite recipe and send...
Botanical art meets plant science
THE art of science will be explored by the Geelong School of Botanic Art in its biennial exhibition.
Inspired by Nature 4 by the Friends...
Getting to the heart of the problem
A Deakin University researcher is looking to lift the taboo on the sexual problems that are often an unspoken side-effect for the 3.72 million...
Time to get exotic
IT’S PEAK orchid flowering season, so the world’s favourite exotic plants will put on a great show at the Geelong Orchid and Indoor Plant...
Woolly pompoms flock to a record
THE NATIONAL Wool Museum’s friend Shaun the Sheep is hoping to bale up people for its Guinness World Record attempt.
The project wants to muster...
Lanterns light the way for familes touched by cancer
By EMILY IANNELLO
A TEAM of local residents will host a community walk on behalf of the Leukaemia Foundation to help brighten the lives of...
Golfers get clubbed both ways during war protest
By PAUL MILLAR
QUEENSCLIFF Golf Club has become a casualty of the annual battle between the Defence Department and anti-war protesters.
The department “suspended all non-essential...
Bomb case hermit denied bail
By PAUL MILLAR
AN APOLLO Bay man living in a shanty in rugged bushland for more than a decade has been denied bail after facing...
Moran blasts ton, Williams gets seven
All the runs, wickets and scores and semi-final details from Geelong Cricket Association and Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association games played on Saturday.
Jordan Moran made...
