Tag: News
Residents in appeal on charge
Alex de VosJan Juc residents have lodged a planning tribunal appeal against Surf Coast Shire's bid to sting them for new footpaths.
Steve Burton, who...
Anger as visitors block driveways and sleep in the streets
Alex de VosResidents "fed up" with tourists sleeping in vehicles and blocking access to driveways have demanded council impose tough new laws to curb...
Hugh rescues an ambulance
Greg WaneWhen Point Lonsdale’s Hugh Thompson called into Geelong scrap metal dealer Albert Batty’s office one afternoon in 1961, he spotted an old Ford...
They make my dahlia
Andrew MathiesonThe last of the buses finally pulls out of the gravel driveway and for another year Australia’s largest dahlias farm can breathe a...
Stockland project to generate 2000 jobs, says Madden
Approval of a controversial residential project has cleared the way to create 2000 jobs, according to Planning Minister Justin Madden.
Mr Madden said the $330...
Volunteers at ‘lowest’ for children’s charity
Kim WatersA national charity putting smiles on the faces of dying and seriously ill children is struggling with a plunge in volunteers around the...
Anna and Adam prepare to step into the lights of Star Search gig
Performing under the big lights on centre stage is part of life for Highton students Anna Ballinger and Adam Di Martino.
While Anna and Adam...
Diabetes study brings biotech dream closer drug hopes excite boffins
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG is leading the world in producing a drug to tackle a rising diabetes epidemic.
Researchers hope a series of clinical tests will prove...
Stokes says sorry after coke ruling
Alex de VosCats premiership player Mathew Stokes has walked away from Geelong Magistrates’ Court without conviction after pleading guilty to a cocaine charge.
The 25-year-old...
Our own master chef to take on Sydney challenge
Alex de VosA leading Geelong chef is set to take on the nation’s best culinary masters at Australia’s own version of renowned Japanese television...
Corio seat ‘to go east’ in proposal
Kim WatersA push to expand the boundaries of the Federal seat of Corio could force Geelong voters to share their electorate with residents of...
Bike trip ‘backpedal’
Andrew MathiesonA ratepayer-funded tourism body will pay airfare costs to send a Geelong councillor to California.
But tourism and major events portfolio-holder Bruce Harwood has...
Shooting for kindness
A Grovedale student has received a humanity award after he chose to turn a painful experience of bullying into a powerful movement for change....
