Tag: Geelong
Carbon tax death a win for region, says Henderson
GEELONG households will be on average $550 a year better off after today’s scrapping of the carbon tax, according to Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson.
She...
Kylie brings the voice to Geelong
SUPERSTAR songbird Kylie Minogue has brought rising star Johnny Rollins, of TV's The Voice to Geelong, drawing hundreds of adoring fans to Cunningham Pier.
The...
Alcoa: Politics clash over worker support …
COMMENT: Noel Murphy
CANBERRA’S alleged failure to extend “one single dollar” to Alcoa workers facing the sack in two weeks has Geelong’s two federal MPs...
Twitter goes to Daz’s head …
He’s a king of social media and it’s … well, it’s gone to his head.
Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons, with more than 1.2 million twitter...
Mandela’s Soweto choir GPAC-bound
By Emily Iannello
SOUTH Africa’s most heavenly voices are dedicating their Aussie tour, in Geelong this week, to one of their biggest fans -- Nelson...
Magic with a touch of urban Grimm
By Emily Iannello
Once upon a time stories have never looked so wicked.
Big bad wolfs, ferocious captors and ugly stepsisters all receive a wicked twist...
Double Take: Blitz the Ritz on The Block
NOW here's a good bit of lateral thinking on Twitter by David Norman.
He suggests mayor Darryn Lyons try to get Channel 9's The Block reno...
ABC mini-series of The Secret River filming under way
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’s film industry is kicking another goal with production of an $8.7 million ABC mini-series under way at the You Yangs near...
Ongoing battle for Portia with her ‘devils’
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S Hollywood star Portia de Rossi, reportedly in rehab for a month recently, has been suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and...
Geelong Golf Club set to return after sell-off scandal
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG Golf Club is set to be resurrected as a nine-hole course more than a decade after it was sold for $1.85...
Volunteers worth millions to region
By Paul Millar
TRUCKERS might think they keep the country moving but volunteers are the silent achievers who keep Geelong ticking over.
Statistics show that almost...
Research key to prosperity
By NOEL MURPHY
SILK fibres in artificial eardrums, invisible materials, hydrogen fuel, stunning atom-thick graphene 100 times stronger than steel, self-changing carbon fibre technology, stem...
Heal lands at Geelong United
Shyla Heal will make her WNBL return with Geelong United, almost 40 years after her famous father Shane rocketed to fame playing in the...
