Tag: ford
Double Take: Namatjira, keep on trucking, wet sail …
“AS SLOW as a wet week” took on added meaning with the region copping a bucketing with an average of 42.5 mm of rain.
The...
Alcoa closes Geelong while flourishing OS, with Ford and aerospace
By NOEL MURPHY
ALCOA is buying up in the aerospace industry and in Ford – two industries once deemed the future of Geelong -- as...
Geelong loses as Ford, Alcoa prosper in US
ALCOA’S Geelong workers might be gearing up for another 300 Christmas job losses but in the US the aluminium-maker's F150 pick-up trucks with Ford...
Spy catches Ford ‘testing new car’
Ford has been caught testing a new car around Geelong, according to a motoring website.
“Exclusive spy shots” from a reader of motoring.com.au showed three...
Double Take: Politics, graffiti, Mustangs, Port storm …
LIBS candidate for Geelong Paula Kontelj is out of sorts over a political graffiti artist’s assault on her election billboards.
The board, on the fence...
Prison jobs target Alcoa, Ford workers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RETRENCHED Ford and Alcoa workers are targeted for prison jobs as part of a wider recruitment campaign launched this week.
Barwon Prison...
Value of manufacturing job rescue funds in doubt
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is part of the third-most “economically vulnerable” region in the country, according to a new report.
And job-assistance and rescue packages...
Ford cuts 70 more from its Geelong plant
MORE than 70 Ford workers are licking their wounds today as they’re told they’re no longer wanted by the company at its North Geelong...
Alcoa, Ford cuts hammer Geelong charity support
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S needy could miss out on $500,000 a year with the departure of Alcoa, Ford and manufacturing workers to redundancies, warn the...
Double Take: Ford heave-ho
Spare a thought for the 120 workers getting the heave-ho at Ford in Geelong this week, which the company is trying to manage sympathetically.
"Everyone's...
120 Ford jobs go next week
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD Geelong workers are counting down the days as the company prepares to cut 120 more jobs from the auto plant next...
MPs urge ‘positivity’ as Ford job losses loom
By NOEL MURPHY
FORD and federal Liberal MPs have embarked on a charm offensive ahead of 120 job cuts set for the auto-maker’s North Geelong...
From the Archives
16 years ago
July 10, 2009
Residents and local politicians fear the “Leopold pong” emitting from Lake Connewarre could have a huge impact on the natural...
