Tag: News
MP gives talk on pokies evil
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA LABOR MP has countered a Geelong rally against proposed pokie laws with his own from forum targeting council planning officers.
Member...
Hospital guards in on the action: Strikes spread
Nursing grievances: Nurses Te Sanakowidic and Jacquie Kriz at front and either side of Australian Nursing Federation’s Pip Carew and Lisa Fitzpatrick. ERIN...
Global giant tests unmanned aircraft at St Leonards: Flying into the ‘danger zone’
Flying high: Aerosonde staff prepare to test the company’s Mark 4.7 small unmanned aircraft system.JOHN VAN KLAVERENA GLOBAL aerospace company has been using a...
Ban call on ‘Bells bus safety threat’
ERIN PEARSONTOURISM buses have become a safety threat in Bells Beach Surfing Reserve, according to a community group.
Bells Beach Preservation Society called for an...
Supermarkets confirm Islamic supply switch: Halal meat ‘the same’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENMAJOR supermarket chains have confirmed they sell halal meat in Geelong.
But butchers are confused about whether their meat is halal or not.
The...
Kinder pilots set to fly into four-year-old classroom
Players: Tamara Jennings, Michelle Murrant and Lynda Lehmann with Sharni and Daniel, both 5, at St Paul’s kinder.MICHELLE HERBISONST PAUL'S Lutheran Kindergarten has a...
Police identify dead Corio man, bonnet victim released
ERIN PEARSONPOLICE have identified a man fatally stabbed in Corio last weekend as 32-year-old Sidney Thorpe.
Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen McIntyre said Mr Thorpe...
Region on the road to safety messages for Christmas
Traffic stopper: Twins Bella and Lola, 6, meet Zac, 5, at a temporary intersection on the grounds of Manifold Heights Primary School. The prep...
Commission ‘to hear Nelson Park parents’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA GROUP of Nelson Park parents have taken their complaints about the special school to Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.
Julie...
Couple married to joint training schedule for multi sport festival
Making a splash: Kim and Barry McCormack plan to make waves in the bay swim. ABSENCE might make the heart grow fonder but training...
Cats shift to ‘free up’ stadium for new uses
Rebel yell: Rebels vice-captain Gareth Delve joins Geelong Mayor John Mitchell to announce the rugby match at Simonds Stadium in February. JOHN VAN KLAVERENA...
Rare plovers ‘in path of fun run’
Sign of concern: John Murray points out a sign highlighting the precarious state of hooded plovers on Point Lonsdale Beach. MICHELLE HERBISONAN ANNUAL Rip...
Building connections through play
An intergenerational playgroup is creating important connections by bringing together locals young and old in Torquay.
The playgroup, which sees older people spend time with...
