Local experts signing up for wellness event

EXHIBITORS are getting behind a new Geelong event promoting local operators in the $3.4 trillion global wellness and spa industry. Geelong Community Health and...

Blame game over hospital figures

Noel Murphy DELAYS treating patients at Geelong hospital have been blamed on the previous state government’s budget cuts. But the coalition, now in opposition, has blamed...

Double Take: Reliable, back tracking,cheaters …

TRAFFIC chaos erupted during Tuesday’s morning peak as a plumber’s van broke down just over the crest of the Telegragh Bridge heading into Geelong. The...

Gold rush at Avalon secures future

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN NEW Gold Coast flights will send 65,000 more passengers through Avalon Airport a year, Jetstar has announced. The daily return service from...

Buckets and bouquets

BOUQUETS to a lady and two gentlemen who came to my aid when I fell in Regent St, Belmont, in early May, especially the...

Humble hero Enright’s 300 reasons to play on

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN FOR a player who has been happy to stay out of the limelight, Corey Enright has been football’s everywhere man this...

Dirty tricks on FTA threaten Geelong jobs: Henderson

“DIRTY tricks” by beleaguered federal Labor leader Bill Shorten’s CFMEU mates could cost Geelong and Australia billions of dollars in job-creating industries, according to...

Normal meals a potential danger for overweight : Deakin

EATING an ordinary meal can trigger dangerous stress hormones in men even slightly overweight, according to Deakin University researchers. “We found that men who...

Police hunt for Sloan on family violence warrant

GEELONG Police Family Violence Unit is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Martin Kim Sloan, 28, on a warrant. He is known to frequent the...

Geelong academic questions cost of saving ‘some’ babies

THE COST of saving “impaired and extremely premature” babies should be considered against rising pressures on Australia’s healthcare system, according to a Geelong academic. Deakin...

Wonder dome rising above Johnstone Park

By NOEL MURPHY THE views from the giant truncated dome rising above Geelong's Johnstone Park are as striking as the images it presents itself. Brutalist architecture...

Stop war on mayor, urges opposition leader Guy

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG councillors should stop politicking and back mayor Darryn Lyons in promoting the city, according to state opposition leader Matthew Guy. “They...

Supersaints aim to shape final four

St Albans/Breakwater captain Damien Biemans is hoping his side can upset a few of the teams vying for GCA4 finals in the final three...

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