Tag: News
Desalination plan. $120m bid to boost supply
Hamish HeardA private company is planning a $120 million water desalination plant with the potential to sustain a billion-dollar industry surrounding Geelong, a former...
Leonard wary of Pioneers
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG Supercats are sitting at least five wins ahead of their nearest rival with a game in hand.
The Supercats’ average winning margin is...
Blasko to get intimate
Jane EmerickThe everprivate but always sincere Sarah Blasko politely declines to reveal something new about herself to fans.
“Oh, I’d rather not. I think the...
TV show exspense ”wise investment”
Andrew MathiesonRatepayers will fork out tens of thousands of dollars to bring Channel Nine’s Today show to Geelong for a week.
Mayor Bruce Harwood has...
Homes to ‘threaten waterway’
Andrew MathiesonEXCESSIVE stormwater from further developments on the fringes of Barwon Heads could kill off a sensitive nearby waterway, objectors have warned.
The opponents to...
City Hall joins Buy Local campaign
Hamish HeardGeelong’s council has joined a growing list of communityminded businesses and organisations signing on to the region’s Buy Local policy.
Buy Local directs participating...
Trip leaves mum, daughter on top of the world
Andrew MathiesonORDINARY mother and daughter pair Jill and Kara Dixon decided one day to stop dreaming and start doing.
They were sick of just sitting...
Cool 7-12 response
Hamish HeardCivic leaders and education figures have issued a cool response to a Liberal plan for a stand-alone secondary school in Torquay.
Candidate...
TAC
A temporary office in Geelong would provide information on “career opportunities” when the Transport Accident Commission shifts to the city, the commission’s minister said...
Survey: roads we rage about
Lisa HumphriesLocal motorists have named their most-hated traffic bottlenecks in a new statewide survey.
RACV traffic and roads chief engineer Peter Daly said responses to...
Man raped his son’s girlfriend, court told
Jane EmerickA Lara man raped his son’s 17yearold, mentally disabled girlfriend, a court heard yesterday.
Geelong Magistrate’s Court heard the victim alleged her boyfriend’s father...
Heads plan turns back on strategy
Andrew MathisonA DEVELOPMENT objector has accused Geelong’s council of walking away from its own rural land use strategy in plans to push Barwon Heads’...
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...
