Storages surge after June rain
Excellent rain during June has lifted the region’s water storages back over 70 per cent of capacity.
Barwon Water measured 72.4 per cent earlier this...
Silence golden in new wool museum film festival
By NOEL MURPHY
SILENT movies, in their day, were stunning new technology; arresting moving pictures, films that had audiences jumping from their seats as locomotives...
Vandalism drives Christ Church fare fightback
by Emily Iannello
Vandalism and wear and tear on Geelong’s historic Christ Church are driving a Fruits of Labour Fair to help finance repairs.
The church,...
Yeah, yeah, yeah: Beatles on pictorial tour
By NOEL MURPHY
THE Bahamas 1965 and John, Paul, George and Ringo - the Fab Four - stand on the steps of their Pan Am...
Deakin invisible studies take aim at a warfare edge
By NOEL MURPHY
YOU’VE seen how effective invisible warriors can be in movies such as Arnie Schwarzenegger’s Predator but is it really possible to camouflage...
Avalon gets a new ‘giddyup’ from Daz
By NOEL MURPHY
DARRYN Lyons’ controversial Giddyup billboard has been replaced with another just as loud - a giant pitch to keep Jetstar at Avalon,...
Our ABC ‘facing chop’
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S new ABC bureau faces the chop less than 12 months after it opened.
Federal Government cuts of $70 million for the ABC...
Primary kids up to mystery challenge
By John Van Klaveren
Year four and five students from Anglesea Primary School prepared for battle this week.
They gathered at Geelong College’s middle school to...
Health shake-up to cost jobs: Medicare Local
By John Van Klaveren
MEDICARE Locals in Geelong, Ballarat and Warrnambool plan a merger to tender for Federal Government’s new Primary Health Network.
Geelong Medicare Local...
Flasher attracts police attention
A FLASHER has performed lewd acts at a Bell Post Hill public toilet, according to police.
Detectives from a sexual offences and child abuse investigation...
Single parents left homeless, says PWP
By John Van Klaveren
GEELONG desperately needs emergency accommodation for single parents escaping dangerous or stressful domestic situations, according to Parents without Partners Community Services...
Local ALP luminaries celebrate 50 not out
By NOEL MURPHY
ALP HEROES John Cain and Steve Bracks will be among Labor Party faithful celebrating 50 years of continuous state representation in Geelong...
Rally for green space
A group of concerned residents will present a petition at the September council meeting in an attempt to save a community space in Belmont.
Geelong...
