Study confirms we live on top price land
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LAND prices in the Barwon region are still among the nation’s most expensive despite a 3.7 per cent price decrease, according...
In brief
Truck trial call
Geelong council has called for feedback on the progress of the trial restricting trucks travelling through central Geelong, underway since 3 March.
Feedback...
Jobless at ‘GFC levels’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of unemployed people in Geelong has risen almost 25 per cent even though the jobless rate remains steady, according...
Cartoon duo knows where to draw the line
By NOEL MURPHY
COMICS have come a long way from the golden days of last century and proven a great survivor of the artworld.
The space...
Government ‘duds north’ over hospital
By NOEL MURPHY
LABOR MPs have savaged plans for a hospital at North Geelong after the state budget allocated $3.4 million to the project next...
Canberra feels ‘pier pressure’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FEDERAL MP Sarah Henderson has welcomed Mayor Darryn Lyons’s response to her deadline for action on revitalising central Geelong.
The Liberal Member...
Rail PSO patrols for Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
PASSENGERS moved along nervously as a man brutally kicked and screamed profanities at his bike at North Geelong station at 6.45 last...
Few surprises left in budget
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THERE were few surprises for the Geelong region in this year’s state budget, with most major announcements already revealed over the...
Local art sale to fund child safety program
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG Art Society is putting the art back into Bravehearts with an exhibition fundraiser to protect kids.
The BraveArt exhibition at St...
Nichol sale fury tabled
By NOEL MURPHY
A PETITION to save Portarlington aged care home Ann Nichol House has landed in state parliament.
Bellarine MP Lisa Neville tabled the petition...
Paying up for broadband wait
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Telstra is asking Geelong broadband customers to pay for internet connection before telling them whether it's actually available, according to federal...
Buckets & Bouquets
Bouquets to Stainbusters’ Rees Cruickshank for an amazing job on my couches. Other operators had told us they would be impossible to clean. Now...
Building connections through play
An intergenerational playgroup is creating important connections by bringing together locals young and old in Torquay.
The playgroup, which sees older people spend time with...
