Council hears US bio trip report
A council bio-tech delegation to the United States has delivered its report eight months after attending a series of industry meetings.
The BioGeelong Network delegation...
Alli dances into spotlight with tango novel
By Emily Iannello
THE TANGO is regarded as the Everest of dance; an addictive mix of pleasure, pain and passion.
Just ask Geelong author Alli Sinclair,...
Woman dies in Great Ocean Road bus crash
A WOMAN has died and two people are critically injured following a bus crash on the Great Ocean Road at Gellibrand Lower.
Police and emergency...
Lyons branches out
Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons joins Chris Beyon to launch the 10,000th tree for Geelong's Greenway project.
The City Hall project will plant 50,000 indigenous trees,...
Alcoa coal exports ‘fear’ at Anglesea
By NOEL MURPHY
COAL MINE opponents fear Alcoa’s Anglesea power plant could be expanded for export sales to Asia.
Surf Coast Air Action (SCAA) believes at...
World titles just routine for aerobics team
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SIX Geelong aerodance athletes leave on Saturday for an International Aerobic Championships in Las Vegas.
The group won through a strict Gymnastics...
Double Take: Flush with success
Too many cooks might spoil the broth but perhaps the serving size underwhelms, too.
Consider the taskforce formed in July 2013 to deliver a “draft...
Jobs network funding axed
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s key jobs networking organisation faces closure with the loss of almost $500,000 in Federal Government funding.
Funding for the Local Learning...
Man remanded in custody over Kingsbury disappearance
A 36-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody without applying for bail over the disappearance of Leopold's Paul Kingsbury.
The Indented Head man faces seven...
Four locals vie for $30,000 art prize
Four artists from the Geelong region are vying for a $30,000 pay day in the region’s premier art prize.
Geelong Gallery has revealed Vicki Clissold,...
Heat rises in Lyons-Fowler adverts battle
By NOEL MURPHY
A BITTER legal brawl is unfolding between Darryn Lyons and former mayor Brian Fowler over advertisements during last year’s mayoral election campaign.
Mayor...
In brief
Courts free
Two disused netball courts at Ocean Grove will become free land to house people with disabilities, Geelong's council has announced.
Councillors voted this week...
Better access makes a splash
Beachgoers can wave hello to safer and easier access to beaches and coastal areas across Geelong and the Bellarine.
Five projects have received...
