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Traffic key for Bellarine votes

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN BELLARINE Peninsula traffic woes are set to play a role in the state election amid pressure from Ocean Grove and Drysdale...

Geelong the worst for mobile phone black spots

GEELONG has among the highest number of mobile phone black spots in Australia, according to a Commonwealth Department of Communications list. Federal member for Corangamite...

Fish fever rising

HOARD of anglers flocked to the waters of Port Phillip Bay over the past week as snapper fever set in. Clifton Springs remained one of...

Bentley drives GPAC renewal campaign

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN LEADING Geelong businessman Robert Costa has vowed to keep driving a Geelong Performing Arts Centre funding campaign right up to state...

War protesters ‘beaten, abused’ by troops after breaching Swan Island

By PAUL MILLAR ANTI-WAR protesters claim they were beaten and abused by troops when they breached security to enter one of Australia’s key anti-terrorism training...

Street artist Rone brightens the daily tram commute

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG street artist Rone has his work adorning buildings in Berlin, Miami, Hawaii, London, San Francisco and Paris … now his elegant...

Costa Group scuttles Wyuna waterfront plans

By PAUL MILLAR PLANS to berth an historic ship at Cunningham Pier as a tourist attraction have been scuttled by the Costa Group. Michael Hoffman, the...

Double Take: Politics, graffiti, Mustangs, Port storm …

LIBS candidate for Geelong Paula Kontelj is out of sorts over a political graffiti artist’s assault on her election billboards. The board, on the fence...

Ben’s big bike ride bid

By NOEL MURPHY PASSERS-BY might have been bemused to see a bloke dropping some 400 push-ups and spritely leaps up and down near the Queens...

Vintage sounds signal the Geelong Show

By PAUL MILLAR FOOTY players know it’s almost game time when they enter the sheds and smell the liniment, but for Chris Quirke the smell...

News briefs: Wild wind, port storm, books surge …

WILD WINDS State Emergency Service crews were kept busy on Tuesday night as wild winds lashed the region with most calls related to trees down...

Push for Geelong police memorial

By PAUL MILLAR GEELONG should be included in police remembrance day celebrations held across the state, according to Police Association boss Ron Iddles. Mr Iddles said...

CMCA to manage Seagull Paddock

Geelong council’s search for a tourism operator for a large public area site in the city’s north has ended successfully. The City of Greater Geelong...