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Bracks: plenty of water for growth
Peter FaragoA STATE Government strategy would secure enough water for Geelong’s population to continue growing at record levels until 2030, Premier Steve Bracks said.
The...
Be prepared
COUNTRY Fire Authority has urged residents to begin preparing for the region’s worst fire season ever.
The region’s fire chief Bob Barry said taking the...
Out of the shadows
Andrew MathiesonBRUCE Scott has a better understanding than most about what makes the mind tick.
It was 50 years ago that he first confronted and...
Coroner: father died after scan overlooked
Jane EmerickA 49yearold Bacchus Marsh father of five died after spending 12 hours at Geelong Hospital with a ruptured spleen, a coroner ruled yesterday.
But...
PM”s decendant visits home before demolition
Karen HartA DESCENDENT of Australia’s second Prime Minister has made a nostalgic visit to a Point Lonsdale home of greatgrandfather Alfred Deakin’s before its...
Port teacher slams “underdeveloped” label: “Our kids are fine”
BY ANDREW MATHIESONA Portarlington teacher has hit back at a study labelling the town’s kids as developmental underachievers.
Portarlington Kindergarten’s Marita Thurman said the below-average...
Dry month set to equal local record
Hamish HeardGeelong will have sweltered through its equal driest October on record unless clouds burst over the city this weekend.
Geelong Weather Services meteorologist Lindsay...
Vince’s Pacific hell
Andrew MathiesonAGE might be finally catching up with Vince Scanlon where the enemy wasn’t able to slow him down.
He’s now 95 and a...
Perils of Paulina over letterbox
By Geelong Story UpdatesAustralia Post is in a standoff with an elderly Little River woman over her letterbox.
Paulina Bartolo said the organisation had threatened...
Camp attack arrest
Jane EmerickPolice yesterday arrested a 45-year-old man in relation to an alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl at a Torquay caravan park earlier...
Golfers tee off with legal action over club
Jane EmerickLegal threats are flying at Torquay Golf Club, with warring groups announcing legal action over an RACV takeover plan.
The legal bunfights have flared...
Accident, misses put heat on pilots
Andrew MathiesonQueenscliff’s sea pilots are under investigation after several close calls and a direct hit on a fishing boat in the past 18 months,...
Snapper fishing bonanza
The snapper are dominating this week with fish being reported from all over the bay with the average size and numbers only seeming to...
