Tag: News
Boy, 5, rams mum in car mishap
ERIN PEARSONA FIVE-year boy has rammed his mother with a car in a Torquay driveway accident, according to paramedics and witnesses.
Paramedics said the 35-year-old...
JOIN THE CLUB: Stamp on city
Got it licked: Charles Cameron with collectable stamps. JOHN VAN KLAVERENGEELONG Philatelic Society has been leaving its stamp on the city for 80 years.
And...
Shire ‘to drop’ sport charge
ERIN PEARSONSURF Coast Shire has indicated it will scrap plans for new user-pays charges on sport clubs amid widespread community opposition, according to a...
Staff surveyed on ‘bullying’ claims
ERIN PEARSONUNIONS are surveying staff at Geelong’s Gordon Institute of TAFE about a team-building program linked to allegations of workplace bullying, according to a...
Donors firing for seared sanctuary
Cheque this out: Bob Macafee hands over his $3000 check to Humish the koala and Tehree Gordon. ERIN PEARSONDONORS are helping rebuild a shattered...
Unit ‘encourages’ sex attack reports
ERIN PEARSONA NEW system for dealing with sex assault victims in Geelong will encourage more reports, according to police and counsellors.
They said the centralising...
State, residents ‘reject Cadel bridge honour’
KIM WATERSTOUR de France hero Cadel Evans is unlikely to have Barwon Heads Bridge renamed in his honour, according to a community representative and...
Geelong’s Meg smiles through the pain of family’s car crash ‘horror’
Survivor: Meg Whittaker still carries the scars of her accident. JOHN VAN KLAVERENIT TOOK a decade for Meg Whittaker to finally confront the...
Campaign ‘focus on forgotten toll’
THIS week’s Independent launches a community campaign focussing on the hidden toll of the Geelong region’s road carnage.
With the support of the TAC, the...
Injury ‘rates rising’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA RISE in serious car accident injuries across the Geelong region has alarmed road safety organisations.
TAC statistics show serious injuries increased 10.4...
Gas leak closes city shops
Rupture: Firefighters at the gas leak on Wednesday. ERIN PEARSONEMERGENCY workers evacuated central Geelong shops on Wednesday morning after a gas leak closed...
Couple mown down walking
KIM WATERSA TEENAGER whose car hit two pedestrians as she changed radio stations has lost her licence for three months.
Geelong Magistrates Court heard...
Rock poet of the people
Perth-based songwriter Peter Bibby has always been something of an individual.
His raw, honest style of storytelling is quintessentially Australian. The charmingly chaotic West Australian...
