Tag: News
City rate cheat
Hamish HeardCity of Greater Geelong’s use of “shonky” private building surveyors has cheated ratepayers out of millions of dollars in rates revenue, according to...
Dropped case shocks family
Hamish HeardA decision to drop charges against a woman accused of murdering four of her children in Geelong has disappointed their father’s family.
Prosecutors this...
Rental supply worsens
Hamish HeardA new plunge in rental vacancies has left Geelong renters struggling to find homes, with demand outstripping supply.
Real Estate Institute of Victoria yesterday...
Gillard visits city with boots on
Hamish HeardDeputy Labor leader Julia Gillard yesterday became the latest in a string of powerful ALP figures to visit Geelong to bolster the party’s...
Push to build ships, oil rigs
Hamish HeardGeelong could become a manufacturing base for navy ships and oil rigs under a plan to attract new industries to the city.
Geelong Manufacturing...
Fishos eatery settled
Hamish HeardA Highton businessman has won a green light to open a restaurant on the top floor of a redeveloped angling club building at...
Butcher back in Torquay
Hamish HeardTorquay meat lovers will have a new flavour to sink their teeth into when gourmet butcher chain Farm Foods opens an outlet in...
Film finds lifts road world listing hope
Hamish HeardA documentary using early 1900s film footage of towns along Victoria’s west coast could hold the key to a World Heritage listing for...
Berth rates anger
Andrew MathiesonBerths could cost almost $13,000 a year at Queenscliff’s redeveloped harbour, a community group has warned.
Queenscliff Community Association’s Joan Kenwood said the developer...
Papers debtors warned
Andrew MathiesonA PORTARLINGTON community newsletter has threatened to shame advertisers who have left bills unpaid for months.
The Port Report has told readers it is...
Mill grinding toward 150th celebration
Andrew MathiesonTHE four storey Portarlington mill has long had a presence on the town’s skyline.
Once threatened by demolition, and after surviving several sporadic changes...
Top 28 water users named
Peter FaragoThe region’s biggest users of drinking water guzzled more than three billion litres last year, according to an annual report.
Shell’s Corio Refinery, the...
Platform for Plains’ youth
Young people across the Golden Plains Shire can better represent their peers’ collective voice and views through a new role on council.
The...
