Tag: Geelong
State angle for netting critics
By NOEL MURPHY
OPPONENTS to commercial netting in Corio Bay have called for a statewide ban.
Friends of Corio Bay Action Group ramped up its campaign...
Buckets and Bouquets
BUCKETS to a motorbike moron who attempted to fly on a Portarlington street. Show some real guts and take up skydiving - then you’ll...
Dark thriller rattles the tills …
IT’S back and it’s kicking tail like a man possessed – HBO’s spectacular Game of Thrones’ raunchy bloodfest formula, this week into its fourth...
Intruders shoot man at East Geelong
POLICE have issued a public plea for information after a man was shot by intruders at East Geelong overnight.
Two men entered a McNeil Avenue...
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...
COMMENT: Phoney election in full swing …
A PHONEY election is in full swing as Liberal and Labor parties alike pull out all stops to lure votes in the marginal seats...
Job call by unions blocks city centre
UNIONISTS brought traffic in central Geelong to a standstill today as they demanded more jobs, assistance and transition help for workers laid off or...
“Show us the money” – industry call
By John Van Klaveren
Industry groups have called on Federal Government to release the details of its delayed $100 million assistance package for displaced car...
Extra firepower for Geelong’s $20b army contract bid
A $60,500 grant will add firepower to Geelong’s bid for a $20 billion army manufacturing project.
Member for Western Victoria David Koch announced the funding...
Pot luck’s over
By NOEL MURPHY
ANOTHER ERA has ended for Geelong manufacturing with delivery of the last pot manufactured for Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter.
The final heavy steel...
Double Take
Welcome to Double Take, the Independent’s new column covering incidents, ideas, quirks and quotes that might otherwise go unreported.
Whether it’s fun, funny, controversial or...
$100m fund in ‘delay’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A $100 MILLION automotive rescue fund targeting Geelong is running late, proponents have conceded.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the scheme to...
Christmas crafts, but make it sustainable
Keeping the kids busy this Christmas time can seem like a daunting task, but there’s plenty lying around to keep them busy, you just...
