Anglesea geothermal power bid in strife
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A COMPANY investigating geothermal energy technology in the Geelong region could fold after writing down its assets by a further $2.15...
Local crime up 30% since 2010
By NOEL MURPHY
CRIMINAL offences across Geelong have soared almost 30 per cent in the past four years, according to new crime figures released yesterday.
Geelong...
Legal threat for dog grievance
By NOEL MURPHY
CITY Hall has threatened to sue a woman for defamation over complaints about a staffer she tried to help find an unclaimed...
Go west this Sunday, say festival organisers
By NOEL MURPHY
ICE CREAMS, kids, pets and parks - they're just part of the rich recipe for fun cooked for this weekend’s WestFEST.
Geelong West...
Artist’s beauty writ large on wall of Powerhouse hub
By NOEL MURPHY
“SHE wasn’t hiding from anything as all else had thought, she simply needed to escape. Escape the torment of the confines of...
Double Take: Aussie rules, dogs and, frankly, drop the honours
Some might say Geelong's gone to the dogs but the truth is it's the other way around.
In fact, the municipality has the most canines...
PTV ‘contempt’ toward bus users
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BUS USERS have been treated with "contempt" in consultations on Geelong timetable changes, according to a participant.
Newcomb’s Yvonne Sardeson called the...
The headless hero of Banjo’s Matilda lyrics
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSTRALIA’S unofficial national anthem, Waltzing Matilda, has always had its dark side - police pursing a sheep duffing swaggie to a watery...
Convict’s hidden pier without peer
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW know of the convict-built pier holding pride of place of Geelong’s waterfront.
That’s probably because it’s long been hidden below the...
Grovedale charity loses legal licence, others under threat
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GROVEDALE Community Centre has had its charitable status revoked and five others have until 30 March to avoid the same fate.
Australian...
City ‘washes hands’ of any mobile black spot help: MP
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CORANGAMITE MP Sarah Henderson has stepped up her pressure on Geelong's City Hall to come to the party on mobile phone...
Jen rocking on to stop disease
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ORGANISING a rock concert is an unsual response to receiving a devastating diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND).
But that’s just what...
From the archives
16 years ago
12 March, 2010
Witnesses have begun telling court their heart-rending stories of losing life savings in the $60 million collapse of a Geelong...
