Tag: Geelong
Drugs, commercial burgs jump, police figures show
DRUG crime jumped 16 per cent last year across Geelong, according to new statistics released by Victoria Police.
Burglaries on commercial properties climbed a similar...
Police plea on North Geelong armed hold-up
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a convenience store in North Geelong last weekend.
Investigators have been told two men entered...
Homicide squad investigate Bell Park gunshot death
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man found with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest at Bell Park this morning.
The...
300 call centre jobs for Geelong
ENERGYAustralia will establish its new national contact centre in Geelong creating 300 new full-time jobs.
The State Government, which is backing the project, announced the jobs boost...
Corio Bay dredging gets go ahead
A $6 MILLION contract to dredge the channel in Corio Bay has been awarded to the New Zealand-based Heron Construction Company.
The channel-widening works are expected...
Lyons’ waterfront ice castle spectacular …
by NOEL MURPHY
A massive iceberg-style, Superman’s-polar-retreat convention centre on Corio Bay has formed the basis of a special Geelong pitch to Prime Minister Tony...
‘We’ve saved the Shell jobs!’ – Lyons
$2.9bn sale confirmed
SHELL'S Geelong 450 full-time refinery workers and 150 contractor jobs are safe following the confirmed sale of the oilco's Corio refinery and service...
Advertiser office TB link, 100 screened for deadly disease
By NOEL MURPHY
A tuberculosis outbreak at the Geelong Advertiser might have been linked to its open-plan office, ‘hot-desking’ and closed air conditioning, according to...
Woman, 70, stuck four days in a Marshall roof
A WOMAN in her 70s has been rescued after being stuck in the roof of her Marshall house for four days.
Firefighters and rescue teams...
Resilience we have but it’s options we really need
COMMENT: JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IN between all the voices fronting the clustered microphones and cameras peddling their politically correct responses was a flash of reality...
Our land price inside top five
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE Barwon region has the fifth most expensive land in Australia, according to Housing Industry Association (HIA) and RP Data figures.
The...
100 not-out as Brennan prepares for launch in city
By MICHELLE HERBISON
RACH Brennan last year reached her goal to play 100 gigs, so this year she’s upping the stakes to 125.
Venues as diverse...