Tag: News
Adam trades embarrassment for title shot
Hot stuff: Adam Ludlow strikes a pose as he vies for the title of Hottest Tradie.ERIN PEARSONHamlyn Heights’ Adam Ludlow was recently joking with...
Tax ‘a threat to city’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA carbon tax of $20 a tonne would cost key Geelong employers more than $232 million a year, according to a Federal...
Mallet mania
Competitive: Kerri-Ann Organ gets into the swing of croquet at Eastern Park.JOHN VAN KLAVERENCroquet has a genteel reputation – but it’s far from the...
Geelong takes bat to deadly diseases
Director: Professor Martin Jeggo outside the CSIRO facility.ERIN PEARSONGeelong is leading the world in testing bats’ immune systems for keys to beating some of...
4C terms omit ‘route options’
KIM WATERSA failure to identify alternative routes in terms of reference for a review of Geelong’s 4C bypass link has alarmed residents, according to...
Tour to reveal women of history
Unforgotten: Nancy Donkers and Jess Boccia admire Christian Waller’s stained glass in Christ Church.KIM WATERSA stained glass artist, a Victorian suffrage society president and...
Tax plan a ‘threat’ to employers
JOHN VAN KLAVERENA carbon tax of $20 a tonne would cost key Geelong region employers more than $232 million a year, according to a...
Petrol thieves put stations ‘on alert’
Caught on camera: Vehicles that police believe were involved in recent fuel thefts at APCO Waurn Ponds.ERIN PEARSONAPCO has put its service station staff...
‘Record crowd’ flocks to Pako Festa
Colours of life: Pako Festa participants liven up Geelong West on Saturday. To see more pictures, go to starphotos.com.au and search ID numbers 61091...
Pipe contract locks us into ‘desal price rises’
KIM WATERSAn unbreakable contract for a pipeline from Melbourne has locked the Geelong region into paying desalinated water prices, according to State Government.
Water...
Numbers up as Avalon airshow opens with 550 aircraft
Big bird: America’s Colonel Seth Bretscher strides away from a giant Boeing C-17 Globemaster at Avalon. JOHN VAN KLAVERENAll the numbers quoted at the...
Survey ‘reveals racist attitudes across area’
JOHN VAN KLAVERENThe Geelong region may be less multi-culturally sensitive than it believes, according to a new survey.
The national Challenging Racism survey found that...
Man charged following Bell Park standoff
A Bell Park man has been charged with false imprisonment following a seven-hour standoff with police yesterday.
Officers attended an address at Bell Park’s...
