$1 million handout ahead of Ann Nichol protest
THE State Government has given Bellarine Community Health a $1 million handout a day ahead of a public protest rally against the sale of...
Kelly Slater quits Quiksilver …
WORLD surfing champion Kelly Slater has split from long-time Torquay-based sponsor Quiksilver just weeks before he's expected in town for the annual Easter Ripcurl...
“Show us the money” – industry call
By John Van Klaveren
Industry groups have called on Federal Government to release the details of its delayed $100 million assistance package for displaced car...
Extra firepower for Geelong’s $20b army contract bid
A $60,500 grant will add firepower to Geelong’s bid for a $20 billion army manufacturing project.
Member for Western Victoria David Koch announced the funding...
Contact takes new hit, says Cats coach
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FOOTY’s shepherd could go the way of the bump, Geelong coach Chris Scott warned this week.
Taylor Hunt’s one-match suspension for an...
Pot luck’s over
By NOEL MURPHY
ANOTHER ERA has ended for Geelong manufacturing with delivery of the last pot manufactured for Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter.
The final heavy steel...
Double Take
Welcome to Double Take, the Independent’s new column covering incidents, ideas, quirks and quotes that might otherwise go unreported.
Whether it’s fun, funny, controversial or...
In brief
Gun threat
A ROBBER threatened a worker with a gun to steal cigarettes from a Corio milk bar on Tuesday night, according to police.
Victoria Police...
$100m fund in ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $100 MILLION automotive rescue fund targeting Geelong is running late, proponents have conceded.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the scheme to...
Cancer survivor’s tickled pink to host a fund-raiser
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MARK Ward is in the pink and wants everyone to know.
It’s also the theme behind his Pink Day fund0raiser for Andrew...
Fish ‘inaction’ kills business
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ANGLESEA River fish-kills will claim a land-dwelling victim when long-standing business Anglesea and Great Ocean Road Outdoor Centre closes at the...
More girls get kicks out of soccer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of girls playing the round ball game in Geelong is set to double as the popularity of girls-only teams...
Helping hand for Cottage
Darren Allbutt’s Sea & Wood exhibition at Cottage by the Sea late last year was so well received that the fifth-generation Queenscliff resident is...
