Tag: Geelong
Cancer survivor’s tickled pink to host a fund-raiser
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MARK Ward is in the pink and wants everyone to know.
It’s also the theme behind his Pink Day fund0raiser for Andrew...
More girls get kicks out of soccer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE number of girls playing the round ball game in Geelong is set to double as the popularity of girls-only teams...
PM’s artefacts booked in for show
By NOEL MURPHY
ANY BOOK 440 years old will take on a weather-beaten appearance but the tome Kristen Thornton produced this week at Deakin University...
Cats feel Pies pressure
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
COLLINGWOOD’S defensive pressure against Geelong in recent games will be a focus of the Cats’ game plan for the Saturday night...
Double-barrel shotgun terror strikes family at Corio
UPDATE:
A CORIO family was left “extremely traumatised” when a shotgun-wielding bandit jumped the counter of a Goldsworthy Rd milk bar to menace them in...
Arthritis means more spinal fractures: Deakin study
WOMEN with rheumatoid arthritis as twice as likely to sustain spinal fractures, a Geelong region study by Deakin University has found.
The eight-year study investigated...
The force of women ….
BLESSED are the peacemakers might be a term heard little these days but anybody who has been helped out by three of Geelong’s peacekeepers...
Malaysia a ‘laughing stock’ over its handling of MH370: Deakin prof
MALAYSIA’S government has shown itself an international laughing stock by its inability to handle media queries about the missing jetliner MH370, according to a...
No need to go psycho over child nudity, says Deakin academic
CHILD nudity in books such as The Day My Bum Went Psycho and the Gumnut series show society has little to worry about despite...
No junkets in Japanese exchange, says Richards
IT’S just for the birds, and the schoolkids – not for council junkets overseas.
So says City Hall’s Andy Richards about a wetland exchange program...
Lyons the scruff meets up with Oliver …
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has been tackled online for his scruffy appearance while meeting celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Geelong this week.
"Been flat out guys!...
NDIS a political disaster designed to happen
COMMENT: Noel Murphy
The dying days of the Gillard Government saw one of Australia’s most cynical, self-serving political stunts played out.
It was a stunt that...
Managing festive stress
Christmas can be stressful enough at the best of times.
While the festive season comes with expectations of fun family get-togethers, the reality can...
