Tag: Darryn Lyons
Lyons frustrated over rock giant’s KISS-off
By NOEL MURPHY
A BEHIND-the-scenes campaign to bring rock giants KISS to Geelong’s Simonds has failed to eventuate, drawing a frustrated response from mayor Darryn...
Ninja kickstarts new movie industry drive
A WEEKEND’S shooting on the Geelong waterfront has producer/actor Rob Baard buzzing about his latest Ninja franchise offering and prospects for the region’s burgeoning...
Mayor ‘kill threat’ raises security
By NOEL MURPHY
A BREAKWATER man will be charged by summons with allegedly threatening to kill Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons in an incident at Market...
Man to be charged with kill threat against mayor Darryn Lyons
By NOEL MURPHY
A BREAKWATER man will be charged by summons with allegedly threatening to kill Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons following an incident at Market...
Lyons settles with News on phone hack claims
by NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has received a confidential payout from Rupert Murdoch's News group over the alleged phone hacking of his former...
Green hanging high in town centre
By NOEL MURPHY
THE GREENING of Geelong took another leap forward this week as a series of hanging garden planters were installed in the city...
Billion-tweet Lyons draws $52m for Geelong but loses council support
By NOEL MURPHY
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has drawn $52 million in media attention to Geelong, according to figures in a new report outlining his first...
Superstar Lyons Geelong’s billion-tweet baby and $50 million man
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has become the city’s superstar billion-tweet baby with his social media impressions going stratospheric over his first year...
Christmas tree takes shape
GEELONG'S controversial waterfront Christmas tree is coming along nicely, says mayor Darryn Lyons.
The $320,000 tree, revealed in this week's Independent, is taking shape and...
First pictures of waterfront Christmas tree
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S new floating Christmas tree will become one of the tallest structures along the city's waterfront, secret photographs reveal.
The Independent this...
Zombies everywhere, from Ouyen to Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
ZOMBIE-led economic recoveries aren’t the exclusive precinct of Geelong.
The small grain town of Ouyen, for instance, has been investing government arts funding...
City Hall to light up for Christmas
CITY Hall is set to be lit up like a ... well, like a Christmas tree, this festive season.
Animated light projections by artists Nick...