Tag: News
Over-55s ‘sound off at venues’
KIM WATERSNOISY Geelong restaurants are driving away over-55 diners with hearing problems, according to new research.
The Hearing Life research found that 45 per cent...
Choice entries for Golden Plates
Have your say: The Independent’s Samantha McKenzie and Gold Plate Awards’ Pamela Jewson call for entries. DINERS are flooding the region’s premier restaurant awards...
Ambo centre ‘move threat’
KIM WATERSLIVES will be at risk when Geelong’s ambulance dispatch centre moves to Ballarat this month, according to a paramedics spokesperson.
Steve McGhie said the...
Code ‘lessons’ for footy louts
ERIN PEARSONBAD BEHAVIOUR among players and spectators has prompted Football Geelong to bolster its education programs, according to league chief Lee Hartman.
Mr Hartman said...
Creek decision ‘backs 4C shift’
KIM WATERSSTATE Government’s backflip on developing Torquay’s Spring Creek could help residents fight plans to run a bypass link past their homes, according to...
Couple travels through tragedy
JOHN VAN KLAVERENTHE EMOTION is still close to the surface when Noel Southern talks about the accident.
It was a split-second when his life changed...
Cost of injuries ‘a burden on region’
Survivors: Janet and Noel Southern. JOHN VAN KLAVERENMOTORISTS must look beyond the death toll to understand the true scale of vehicle accidents, according to...
City to shoulder ‘first’ in surgery
Breakthrough: Richard Page with a PyroCarbon implant and a model of a shoulder joint. KIM WATERSA GEELONG hospital has implanted artificial shoulder joins in...
Dealing in meat puts drug user in ‘cooler’
KIM WATERSA JUNKIE who stole and sold almost $300 of meat while on bail will return to prison, a magistrate ruled this week.
Matthew...
State talks on ‘library cash’
John Van KlaverenSTATE Government is “working on a solution” to shortfalls in library funding, according to a spokesperson.
The spokesperson for Local Government Minister Jeanette...
OPENING BID: Uni move ‘tops for rent’
Landlord: Andrew Mauderer at his Little Ryrie St premises.ERIN PEARSONOWNERS of shops in central Geelong should prepare their disused upstairs spaces to accommodate 2000...
Man charged over Geelong West stabbing
Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged stabbing in Geelong West last month.
Emergency services responded after a man was...
