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Waits ‘slashed’ Geelong Hospital’s waiting list for elective surgery has recorded a “healthy drop”, according to Victorian Health Minister David Davis. He said the March quarter...

Ford and Alcoa top US market

By NOEL MURPHY FORD has posted a loss of $267 million, its second worst, ahead of closing its North Geelong manufacturing operations and sacking 600...

Alcoa’s new $5m to train workers facing sack

ALCOA will cough up $10 million for job training scheme for workers to be sacked from its Geelong and Yennora, NSW, plants. This will include...

Heath call over mine

By NOEL MURPHY PROTECTION of Anglesea heath must be written into any sale of Alcoa’s coal mine, according to local conservationists. Dorothy Hutton, of Anglesea, Airey’s...

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...
Spies in Anglesea?

Alcoa sale must protect heath: ANGAIR

PROTECTION demands for the Anglesea heath need to be written into any sale of Alcoa’s coal mine, according to conservation group ANGAIR. Dorothy Hutton, long-time...

Stress before rebound

By Paul Millar FORMER Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett believes that Geelong will rebound from massive job losses but families will endure some heavy heartache along...

Resilience we have but it’s options we really need

COMMENT: JOHN VAN KLAVEREN IN between all the voices fronting the clustered microphones and cameras peddling their politically correct responses was a flash of reality...

Alcoa to cost us $600m

Spectre of Newcastle, Latrobe haunts Geelong   By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN THE closure of Alcoa has dumped Geelong into the same economic basket as Newcastle when BHP...

80 jobs in doubt at Alcoa’s Anglesea power station

By NOEL MURPHY Workers at Alcoa’s Anglesea power plant mine are furious the complex will close if it remains unsold by year’s end, according to...

Alcoa to shut Point Henry smelter and mills, 1000 jobs to go

by NOEL MURPHY Alcoa will close its Point Henry aluminium smelter and two rolling mills, the company announced this morning. Alcoa chairman and chief executive officer...
Ford North Geelong

Ford to cut more Geelong jobs, work, as profits soar

FORD is set to cut 300 workers from its North Geelong and Broadmeadows plants from June, along with 13 down days between now and...

Standing in solidarity

Hundreds gathered together at the break of dawn on July 7 to stand with Wadawurrung Traditional Owners in collaboration with Barwon Coast for a...

Food, glorious food