Tag: News
Swanky suburbs earmarked for public housing State waste slammed
Jessica BentonSTATE Government is wasting taxpayers’ money using prime real estate for public housing in Geelong, according to a resident set to neighbour one...
Parents’ mark F for speeding
Alex de VosGeelong motorists are still thumbing their noses at special speed limits outside schools despite increased media coverage warning drivers to slow down,...
Call to swing behind golf fundraiser
Entries have opened for the Independent’s 15th annual McKellar Centre Charity Golf Day.
McKellar Centre’s Kerry O’Sullivan said this year’s event would help the Barwon...
UK expert arrives to clean up troubled school our super principal
Alex de VosState Government has appointed an “executive principal” to raise academic standards at a Geelong primary school.
Phil Dunlop-Moore is one of a handful...
Drug charges rock the Cats
Alex de VosA Cats’ premiership player has been granted bail after facing Geelong Magistrates’ Court on drug charges.
Police charged AFL footballer Mathew Stokes on...
Lawyers clear brother to run in by-election
Andrew MathiesonCity Hall lawyers have cleared a by-election candidate to sit beside his brother on council despite allegations his election would create conflicts of...
Creek to cost $800m
Andrew MathiesonGovernments will have to tip in more than $800 million over the next 15 years to help build new suburbs on Geelong’s southern...
We’re all Aussies now
Alex de VosAustralia Day on the Surf Coast was more than beer, barbecues and beaches for one of the country’s newest citizens.
Rachel Linnell, who...
Gell uses day to question immigration
Jessica BentonAN AUSTRALIA Day ambassador has used a citizenship ceremony at Queenscliff to question the country’s immigration levels.
Television personality Rob Gell called for a...
Boundary ruling: Bigger Heads denied
Jessica BentonAn independent panel has rejected plans for a boundary-busting residential development at Barwon Heads.
The panel supported City of Greater Geelong’s call to retain...
Waterfront event record
Record crowds have flocked to Geelong’s waterfront for Victoria’s oldest sporting event, according to organisers.
Audi Victoria Week shoreside coordinator John Jackson said this year’s...
Curtain calls
Andrew MathiesonOnly time stands in the way of the final curtain call for a group of women brightening the lives of disadvantaged households in...
Creativity on show
The talent and creativity of students from Geelong’s north is on show this week with a special exhibition from one of the region’s biggest...
