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HIV focus set on city
Hamish HeardA Federal Government review probing whether HIVpositive immigrants could enter Australia undetected will focus on two Geelong men accused of knowingly infecting women...
Parking focus for city centre
Peter FaragoGEELONG’S council has parked its focus at a critical issue facing the city centre.
Providing a better service for workers commuting to the city...
Council, residents, Flintstones in VCAT
Andrew MathiesonGEELONG’S council and Belmont residents will side together today to register their opposition to a proposed concrete batching plant at Grovedale.
The Victorian Civil...
City loses demand for cash. Space war win
Andrew MathiesonA developer has won a legal battle against City Hall’s demand for cash to create open space offsetting a residential project opposite Kardinia...
Many stages of Gyan
Andrew MathiesonYEARS after a Geelong singer/songwriter made her name internationally, Gyan is still musing on what’s in a name.
Now she sees the funny side...
‘Outsource’ plan stirs anger at uni
Andrew MathiesonDEAKIN University’s multi-purpose gymnasium is at risk of falling into the hands of a commercial provider, a student association has warned.
Students fear that...
Surfers slam call to close 13th road
Andrew MathiesonBARWON HEADS surfers fear a proposal to close 13th Beach Road to cars could shut them out of their favourite breaks.
They have called...
Bid to remove Lorne’s meters
Jane EmerickLorne’s parking meters are in the sights of a Surf Coast councillor after the success of a campaign against paid parking for beaches...
Police charge youths for DVD sex attack
Hamish HeardPolice yesterday charged eight youths accused of producing and distributing a sexually-explicit DVD of an attack on a Jan Juc schoolgirl.
Sexual Crimes Squad...
Call for ‘damaging’ findings to go public
Hamish HeardState Government has swept damaging allegations in an Ombudsman’s report on Geelong’s cash-for-councillors scandal under the carpet until after next week’s elections, local...
Bid for $30m games rights
Hamish HeardGeelong is bidding to host Australia’s largest multi-sport festival for eight years from 2009.
Organisers of the Australian Masters Games said the 10-day event’s...
Govt baulks at meeting Bypass ‘snub’
Andrew MathiesonVICROADS snubbed a public meeting on plans for the third stage of the Geelong’s bypass.
Organiser John Lambert accused the road authority of failing...
Two more years for music festival
Queenscliff Music Festival (QMF) will be held for at least another two years, the state government announced this week.
The festival will celebrate its 27-year...
