Tag: News
Rising bills fail to pull plug on Geelong’s Christmas lights displays
Andrew MathiesonA SERIES of overcharged electricity bills has failed to stop one of Geelong’s iconic Christmas displays lighting up again.
Jeannette Smith said her home...
He dumped, ‘you pay’
Kim WatersA GEELONG demolition company director must pay more than $70,000 in fines for dumping and abandoning 15 tonnes of asbestos in Moolap, a...
New Cats ‘by the numbers’
Numbered: Cats draftees Cameron Guthrie, Alby Smedts, George Horlin-Smith and Jordan Schroder try on their famous numbers before stepping out on Skilled Stadium for...
Country boy back in town
Beach bound: John Williamson returns to his old holiday haunt at this weekend’s Queenscliff Music Festival.Erin PearsonLIFE is a swag-full of pub, club and...
Wiggles’ show on city screen
Erin PearsonLIFE as a Wiggle is more of a hobby than a job for Jeff Fatt.
Famous among children for his narcoleptic episodes, the purple...
Local Legend: Making the markets
Flare for collectables: Ian Ballis at his Mill Markets in Geelong.Andrew MathiesonWEARING a red shirt so vintage that its huge collar peaks over a...
Amy ‘gets her break’
Stripper role: Geelong’s Amy Lehpamer.Erin PearsonGEELONG actress Amy Lehpamer will take a giant leap into the world of Broadway musicals winning a lead role...
‘Standoff’ halts plant
Andrew MathiesonA PAY dispute has put on hold a $90 million water treatment plant project in northern Geelong, according to a Geelong union leader.
Geelong...
‘600’ seek sex crime support
Andrew MathiesonALMOST 600 people sought help at Geelong’s peak support service for sexual assault victims in the past 12 months, according to latest figures.
But...
Crockett to take on Victoria’s great riding challenge while he ‘still can’
Ride on: Crockett Cooke in training for the Great Victorian Bike Ride with Skeeter. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 56981Erin PearsonWALKING, talking and breathing is a...
Libs promise noise barriers
Sounding off: Andrew Katos points out the site of the proposed barriers to residents Boris Schanjko, Guy Verrycki, Jack Goossen, Des O'Keeffe and Chris...
Hawke swoops for $45m cultural precinct promise
Hand it to Hawkey: Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, right, gives Premier John Brumby, second from right, a helping hand on the campaign trail...
From Furlong to standoff
Geelong’s police were kept busy on the weekend and Cup day following a seven-hour standoff with a Bell Park man on top of a...
