Balaclava bandits rob Lara bakery
UPDATE:
POLICE continue to investigate an armed robbery which occurred at a bakery in Lara Monday early Monday.
Detectives have scoured CCTV footage and now believe...
Circus attack on Surf Coast ban
By NOEL MURPHY
CIRCUSES have hit back at Surf Coast Shire’s ban on caged animals performing on council-owned land.
Circus Federation of Australia said circuses operating...
Jetstar faces ACCC court action over drip price claims
AVALON Airport sole carrier Jetstar faces allegations of deceptive conduct and false representation with its discount airfares.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had instituted...
Ford cuts 70 more from its Geelong plant
MORE than 70 Ford workers are licking their wounds today as they’re told they’re no longer wanted by the company at its North Geelong...
Alcoa, Ford cuts hammer Geelong charity support
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S needy could miss out on $500,000 a year with the departure of Alcoa, Ford and manufacturing workers to redundancies, warn the...
Deakin breakthrough offers leukaemia hope
By NOEL MURPHY
LEUKAEMIA victims could face a better chance of survival under new technology developed in Geelong.
The Deakin University research into a super-speed stem...
Labor uses Jan Juc death in ‘new low’ in ambulance row
By Noel Murphy
Using the death of a Jan Juc man to score political points on ambulance services was a “new low” for Labor, according...
Light ads ‘OK’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Twenty-metre high advertising signs on Kardinia Park’s light towers have received the go-ahead from the planning umpire.
The Cats had wanted approval...
City’s Armstrong Creek charges attacked
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CITY Hall's Armstrong Creek plans have come under attack again, this time from a group of Horseshoe Bend landowners and developers.
The...
$1.5 million building for Latrobe Tce
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $1.5 MILLION apartment and office complex has been proposed for Geelong's high-profile intersection of Latrobe Tce and West Fyans St.
The...
Volunteers wanted as L-plate drivers begin road to Ps
Volunteers are the next target of a program helping teach disadvantaged youths to drive after a Geelong dealer provided two free cars this week.
Winter...
Sheriff-clamped car a CBD stall-wart
By NOEL MURPHY
BRIGHT yellow Sheriff’s Office bunting around the clamped rear wheel of a silver Hyundai on central Geelong’s Corio St grabs the attention...
Hawks go into break in 3rd spot
A seven goal to two first quarter against the breeze helped Drysdale to a 40-point win against Newcomb at Grinter Reserve on Saturday and...
