Tag: Geelong
Refinery boost as Viva buys into Liberty
VIVA Energy's purchase of a non-controlling stake in fuel distributor Liberty Oil will safeguard jobs at Corio's refinery, according to Viva's chief executive officer.
The...
$20m price-tag as Lorne Hotel hits market
By NOEL MURPHY
THE GREAT Ocean Road’s iconic Lorne Hotel is on the market, tipped to draw more than $20 million.
The sale includes the hotel’s...
Alcoa to 250 staffers: Yule be out of work
By NOEL MURPHY
ALCOA’S last 250 Geelong workers will face a bleak, uncertain Christmas when they farewell the aluminium plant after 51 years of operation...
Christmas spirit spreads in windows of shops
MORE Christmas window displays are appearing in central Geelong as the festive spirit spreads among traders.
And the best of the crop are vying for...
Sots welcomes Vic cage fights
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG mixed martial arts expert George Sotiropolous has welcomed the new Andrews Government‘s move to allow cage fighting in Victoria.
The Australian coach,...
NDIS missing mental health clients, forum told
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG hosted a conference to monitor the progress of the National Disability Insurance Scheme this week as mental health advocates warned...
Industry talking up housing ‘price crisis’, says expert
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PROPERTY industry sectors are “spruiking” Geelong’s affordability crisis for their own benefit, according to a real estate expert.
Domain Group senior economist...
Politics: Geelong losing grip in state upper house
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG appears to have lost one of its two state upper house representatives with the defeat of Nationals member David O’Brien.
Mr...
New MP Couzens at rally as ‘payback’ starts
By NOEL MURPHY
NEW Geelong MP Chris Couzens’ first day at work - at a union rally - was “just a taste of things to...
Rachel Griffiths stars in Geelong lawyer’s film
By NOEL MURPHY
OSCAR-nominated actor Rachel Griffiths stars in a new art-house film written and produced by Highton lawyer Grant Fraser.
Strangers to the World is...
Inspect a gadget keeping Deb on the road despite MS
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NIFTY gadget on her car’s steering wheel has made a world of difference to Belmont’s Deb Haygarth.
With multiple sclerosis gradually...
Double Take: Cats, heads, Yuletide …
THE Cats appear to have borrowed a play from the black art of politics to announce their $250,000-plus loss.
They revealed the figure by emailed...
‘ESCAPE’ Corio’s library
Young people across Geelong can put their brains to the test by participating in challenges as they try to ‘ESCAPE! The Library’.
The...
