Top returns on local property
By John Van Klaveren
LOCAL property owners are less likely to make a loss on resale than in Gold Coast, according to a new industry...
Anglesea beach protesters demand Alcoa coal mine shut-down
THREE hundred protesters took to Anglesea Beach at the weekend demanding the town’s Alcoa coal-fired power station be shut down.
A human sign spelling out...
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...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
