Tag: Geelong
Our fake Schapelle in Bali conference stunt
By NOEL MURPHY
THE LAST thing Torquay’s Paul Nigro expected to see on TV was his disguised wife running from the media outside Bali’s Sentosa...
Unions on warpath over threats
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG unions will run a monthly campaign against the federal coalition’s royal commission into union corruption and proposed state labor laws, Geelong...
New call for coast ‘lockup’
By NOEL MURPHY
GREEN activists are seeking a total ban on new housing subdivisions along the Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula as well as Moolap’s...
Anger as event trashes foreshore
By NOEL MURPHY
TRIATHLON competitors have left plastic cups scattered across Geelong foreshore and park land.
East Geelong residents complained the throwaway cups from last weekend’s...
Visit’s boost for $10b bid
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG'S push for a $10 billion army contract is firing up, with the assistant defence minister visiting Geelong next month.
Federal MP...
Miner’s disinterest fails to deter fracking protesters
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN ANTI-fracking group is pushing ahead with local protests despite a miner with an exploration permit declaring it has lost interest...
Wanted over Waurn Ponds assault
POLICE have released a grainy image of two men they want to interview about an assault at a Waurn Ponds supermarket in November.
A man...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Self-taught Barbra scratches out the detail
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MARSHALL wildlife artist Barbra Gleeson’s digital camera snapped away as a 60-odd herd of elephants plodded within 10 metres of her safari...
Chamber launches awards
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
POWERCOR Geelong Business Excellence Awards have played a part in the growth and development of businesses throughout the region for almost...
‘Fighting fund’ in height fight
By NOEL MURPHY
OPPONENTS to plans that would rezone Newtown for four-storey housing are trying to set up a $25,000 fighting fund against the State...
State Govt to crack down on council leaks
NEW laws are set to crack down on local councillors leaking information to the public or misusing their position.
The laws will target councillors who...
FEATURE: The Heights of style
Secrets, oddities and artefacts ... NOEL MURPHY delves into a Newtown homestead that harks back to the early days of Geelong’s settlement.
DAIMLERS, snuff bottles...
Help tails wag this Christmas
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has launched its annual Christmas Appeal
The not-for-profit organisation, which provides an animal shelter and veterinary clinic for stray and...
