News briefs: Nelis, vandals, dome, Hornets
Nelis arrested
Police have arrested a man wanted for questioning over the suspicious disappearance of Leopold man Paul Kingsbury.
Investigators arrested John Nelis at an address...
‘No GDF Suez plans’ for Alcoa Anglesea
By Noel Murphy
INDUSTRY sources have rejected claims wind energy company GDF Suez Australian Energy is looking to buy Alcoa's Anglesea coal-fired power plant.
GDF Suez,...
Dredging the Barwon ….
IT’S a strange sight that greets joggers, walkers and dog-exercisers along the Barwon River just now – a large metal barge, excavator, rubbish skip,...
Spring St cash for CBD clean-up
THE CITY centre’s Malop, Little Malop, James and Star streets and Shorts Place will receive a breath of fresh air under a $3 million...
Hijacked heritage centre’s hide on show
GEOMETRIC tiling set to line a $40 million heritage/library centre under construction in Geelong’s Johnstone Park has been revealed.
City and library staff posed at...
Comment: Footy bucks not the vote-winner Labor thinks ….
LABOR’S expensive gamble to invest $70 million in yet another upgrade of Kardinia Park’s football stadium is not necessarily the vote-winner it thinks, or...
Labor’s desperate pitch for footy vote
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Football Club, unable to fill its grand new stadium at Kardinia Park, has been promised $70 million by the Labor Party...
NDIS putting lives at risk as disability woes roll on
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Problems plaguing the Geelong-based National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) are risking the lives of disabled people, a parliamentary committee has heard.
Vanda...
Mum’s dementia inspires family to raise awareness
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DEMENTIA doesn’t have to be the “scary monster” many perceive it to be - and that’s from someone now in their...
$128m to shut Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CLOSING Point Henry's aluminium smelter cost joint owners Alcoa and Alumina $128 million, according to financial statements.
But Alumina Ltd reported that...
Wolf Reece Mastin to prowl Geelong
By Emily Iannello
TEEN star Reece Mastin is set to prowl Geelong on his Wolf in the Woods tour this month.
Mastin said he would be...
New arrest in missing Leopold man case
UPDATE:
Police have arrested a second person as they continue to investigate the suspicious disappearance of Leopold man Paul Kingsbury. Police executed a warrant at a...
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...
