Tag: News
All name, no shame
Peter FaragoSTATE Government is going to name the region’s top 200 industrial water users next year.
But is naming, and possibly shaming, big guzzlers of...
Top surf and winter spell end of warm water
Jane EmerickUnseasonably warm water and weeks of perfect waves have capped a golden autumn for boardriders on the Surf Coast.
But surf forecasters have welcomed...
City to spend $11,000 on two trips overseas
Hamish HeardRatepayers will pick up the tab for two globetrotting councillors and a couple of City Hall bureaucrats when they spend at least $11,000...
Labor preselection
Karen Hart and Andrew MathiesonTwo hands have gone up to take on former Geelong mayor Peter McMullin for Labor preselection in the Liberal seat...
Council and tribunal gazump servos plans
Hamish HeardThe state’s planning tribunal has ruined a Geelong petroleum company’s controversial plans for a bypass service station, fuelling jubilation among nearby residents.
The...
Finally, clouds in sight for growers
Jane EmerickFarmers across the Geelong region are welcoming May rain that experts predict to top the average this month.
Geelong Weather Services Lindsay Smail said...
Third dies after freeway smash
The third victim of a Princes Freeway head-on collision has died in hospital.
The 19-year-old Point Cook man died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on Wednesday...
Frank’s men to vote on proposal
Andrew MathiesonCouncillors who accepted campaign donations from Geelong Football Club president Frank Costa have vowed to vote on his controversial proposal for a homemaker...
Cats in unfamiliar territory
Andrew MathiesonA NEW ground and unfamiliar surroundings provide the biggest threats to derailing Geelong’s early season momentum.
The Cats have bounced back from an earlyseason...
TV channel all go as hits on website build
Hamish HeardGeelong’s first TV station has won recognition as a world leader in internet television broadcasting a month after its launch.
GOTV director Adam Tribe...
Butts targeted as indoor ban approaches
By Geelong Story UpdatesA new campaign hopes to combat an expected surge in cigarette butt litter across the region when a ban on smoking...
Society could become history without home
Karen HartTORQUAY Historical Society could fold if it fails to find a permanent home soon, according to its president.
Spencer Leighton said members were “dropping...
Bethany heads to the big top
Local circus performer Bethany Lovell will travel to Lithuania to compete at an international circus competition. She spoke to Matt Hewson about what it’s...
