Tag: Geelong
Sweethearts deal on offer for soul groovers
By NOEL MURPHY
FANCY touring the world, playing concerts at major festivals, writing and recording your own songs and music?
Sure, it’s great gig if you...
Don’t change after-hours doctors system, say local GPs
By NOEL MURPHY
FINDING a doctor after hours could become tougher in Geelong if the Australian Medical Association has its way, say local GPs.
Barwon Medicare...
Barry’s shoe biz reunion is in Vogue
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT WAS one of Geelong’s best known and loved retail chains back when the footwear and textile industry was still a...
Geelong’s migrating birds at risk, warns Deakin prof
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S migratory birds face a devastating future if feeding sites on their Pacific Rim route are not better safeguarded, according to a...
Councillor sees the light and lets it shine
By NOEL MURPHY
A LEADLIGHT feature window of Geelong’s original coat of arms could be resurrected and put on public display if heritage councillor Tony...
FREE: Win family passes to Geelong Show
THE GEELONG Independent is giving away 50 family passes to one of Geelong’s annual highlights, the Royal Geelong Show.
The show brings colour and excitement...
Local cops warned to be on alert
By PAUL MILLAR
LOCAL police have been placed on high alert after a terror suspect was shot dead when he attacked police in Melbourne.
Stations around...
Fyansford cement works estate gets nod
By NOEL MURPHY
A $300 MILLION housing estate at Fyansford has moved a step nearer with City Hall giving the nod to planning paperwork needed...
CFA response times cover-up claim
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG lives and property were being endangered by a deceptive political cover-up by the CFA of its response times at Lara and...
City Hall promises to cut red tape
By NOEL MURPHY
RED TAPE is being overhauled in a bid to drive new investment in Geelong, says City Hall.
The City handles some 1600 applications...
Brazen thieves fire shop fears
By PAUL MILLAR
A DARK-SKINNED thief, armed with a lump of wood, fled empty-handed after holding up a liquor store in Newcomb.
Detective Senior-Constable Daryl Crosthwaite...
Double Take: Pink, graveyard, acid river, edumacation
DON’T let anyone tell you Geelong’s not a smart city. And edumacated as well.
According to Australia’s biggest bookstore, Bookworld, Geelong is the third most...
From the Archives
16 years ago
June 12, 2009
A shortage of police foot patrols has forced City Hall to take the law into its own hands, according to...
