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Billion-tweet Lyons draws $52m for Geelong but loses council support

By NOEL MURPHY MAYOR Darryn Lyons has drawn $52 million in media attention to Geelong, according to figures in a new report outlining his first...

Customs House should be a museum, says Ansett

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG'S Customs House should become a museum celebrating the city’s immigration, wool and gold history, according to heritage councillor Tony Ansett. The move...

Pregnant mum in new anti-coal scare campaign

By NOEL MURPHY SURF Coast air activists are ramping up Anglesea’s anti-coal scare campaign, accusing Alcoa’s power station of emitting arsenic, lead and mercury near...

Cats app plan to fill stadium

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN AN APP for Geelong Cats members to resell unused tickets could reduce empty game-day seats at Simonds Stadium, club chief Brian...

Surf Coast bans caged animals circuses

By NOEL MURPHY SURF Coast Shire has banned circuses with caged exotic animals despite operators' pleas to prove their welfare credentials. The decision will frustrate the...

Musos mourn loss of Sweethearts’ Ross Lipson

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG'S music industry is in mourning after Sweethearts founder and 25-year director Ross Lipson this week succumbed to cancer. The 57-year-old music teacher...

Double Take: Man-o-war, Ed’s head, Brod and Cat …

THE legend of a Portuguese man of war landing on the local coastline was revived at Torquay this week. But this time there was a...

Matthew Flinders school caught up in slush fund claims

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN MATTHEW Flinders Girls Secondary College is under investigation as part of an alleged $28 million Education Department slush fund. The school was...

70 find jobs as second-largest Coles opens at Lara

MORE than 70 people began new jobs when a new Coles supermarket opened at Lara this week. The company said the workers joined 40 existing...

Birds up for climate change, says Deakin research

BIRDS might have greater resistance to environmental impacts like climate change than previously thought, according to new Geelong research. The finding emerged from a study...

Jean’s looking good after 100 years

NEWTOWN'S Jean Richardson always jokes about someone making a miscalculation when they bring up her age. “She says she doesn’t feel she’s 100,” says granddaughter...

Buckets and Bouquets

BOUQUETS to Riding for the Disabled volunteers for generously giving their time and expertise to Nelson Park School students for their horse-riding program. A...

‘Daisy’ stars in T20 victory

North Geelong’s Dale Kerr blasted Lara's top order off the pitch during the opening round of the Geelong Cricket Association ConnectTel T20 competitions. Kerr took...

Wild winds ruin Cup