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V8s rev up for Geelong waterfront

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S waterfront could host a motor racing circuit if Lamborghini-driving Mayor Darryn Lyons and V8 Supercars win state backing. Cr Lyons said talks...

Canberra feels ‘pier pressure’

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN FEDERAL MP Sarah Henderson has welcomed Mayor Darryn Lyons’s response to her deadline for action on revitalising central Geelong. The Liberal Member...

Yuletide row over Lyons’ Rio Xmas tree

GEELONG’S $500,000 Rio-style, Corio Bay Christmas tree has received a mixed response from punters on line. Mayor Darryn Lyons’ Facebook account has been bombarded with...

Lyons the scruff meets up with Oliver …

MAYOR Darryn Lyons has been tackled online for his scruffy appearance while meeting celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Geelong this week. "Been flat out guys!...

Lyons raps Napthine over Geelong’s Land 400 bid

By NOEL MURPHY City Hall is ramping up its bid to host the $20 billion Land 400 military vehicle contract with mayor Darryn Lyons taking...

Lyons our ‘second’ mohawk mayor

By NOEL MURPHY DARRYN Lyons is stunned to find he’s not Geelong’s first mohawk mayor. That honour apparently goes to Geelong’s second mayor, James Austin, whose...

We’re in ‘hot seats’

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG is shaping up as the central battleground for this year’s state election, according to political observers. They said the region’s manufacturing jobs...

Mayor’s mile-high call

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG Mayor Darryn Lyons is on a collision course with angry residents desperate to fight new high-rise residential zonings across Geelong. The controversial...

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...

Ice castle breaks with convention on Corio Bay

by NOEL MURPHY A massive iceberg-style, Superman’s-polar-retreat convention centre on Corio Bay has formed the basis of a special Geelong pitch to Prime Minister Tony...

PM invites city’s pitch for $10b combat work

By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S bid for a $10 billion combat vehicle contract will go to Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s office and senior cabinet ministers after...

Williams brings lived experience to committee

An Anglesea man will use his lived experience of disability to help improve accessibility across the Surf Coast. Surf Coast Shire Council unanimously...