Costs threat over park
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Legal costs have been threatened against an Ocean Grove Park Association member trying to prevent development of a performance space in...
Stangel, Dallimore reunion for classic guitar anthems
Geelong's The Voice sensation Michael Stangel and local guitar legend John Dallimore will perform together for the first time in 20 years this Friday...
T&G set for $8m Deakin student housing
DEAKIN University has bought the iconic Geelong landmark, the T&G Building, to utilise for student accommodation.
The sale, understood to have fetched $2.9 million, was...
Man wanted over city store armed robbery
POLICE have a released a security photo of a man they want to interview about an armed robbery in a city shop last month. Geelong...
Explosion at Barwon Prison forces evacuation
AN EXPLOSION at Barwon Prison has forced a partial evacuation at the maximum security jail.
"There was no physical damage, no injuries, but police and...
Epworth Hospital creating jobs at Waurn Ponds
By NOEL MURPHY
THE $277 million first stage of the Epworth Geelong hospital under construction at Waurn Ponds has generated 250 jobs and 30 apprenticeships,...
Jason Trickey jail sentence appeal fails
By NOEL MURPHY
The former administrator of a popular Geelong history Facebook page, Jason Trickey, has lost an appeal against a four-month jail sentence for...
Lyons shock: ‘News Corp phone hacking targeted my calls’
By NOEL MURPHY
Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons says he is a victim of the United Kingdom’s phone hack scandal.
Cr Lyons told the Independent he was...
Prison jobs target Alcoa, Ford workers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RETRENCHED Ford and Alcoa workers are targeted for prison jobs as part of a wider recruitment campaign launched this week.
Barwon Prison...
National award for quality GC Geelong Coast magazine
A national award has celebrated the quality of GC Geelong Coast magazine.
The glossy quarterly won Best Special Publication at a Community Newspapers of Australia...
Value of manufacturing job rescue funds in doubt
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is part of the third-most “economically vulnerable” region in the country, according to a new report.
And job-assistance and rescue packages...
NBN false start
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AUSTRALIA’S troubled National Broadband Network has stuffed up again in Geelong.
Geelong customers of Australia’s second largest internet provider were told to...
Shandelle seeks new musical horizons
Shandelle Cooke is one of Geelong’s best-loved performers, but the chanteuse is not content to rest on her laurels.
This month Cooke launches two new...
