Tag: News
Snake seized
Hamish HeardAuthorities yesterday labelled the Geelong region Victoria’s illegal reptile capital after investigators swooped on a hotel to seize an exotic snake, drugs and...
Footy could go. Water crisis sports threat
Hamish HeardTorquay footballers are facing a 2007 season without home games after a council decision to replace Spring Creek Reserve’s playing surface left it...
Horse shame grows
Hamish HeardSeveral horse owners face criminal charges after RSPCA inspectors investigated more than 150 animal cruelty complaints across the Geelong region last month.
RSPCA Victoria...
Brave new world on doorstep
Peter FaragoTHE FIRST residents to move into Geelong’s newest suburb will be encouraged to walk a mile in their own shoes, according to plans...
Torquay loses lib leader Humphrey
Jane EmerickTorquay Liberals have lost their leader.
Councillor Ron Humphrey has “stepped down” as president without an immediate successor.
Cr Humphrey said council...
Victims’ stroke of luck
A GEELONG support group for stroke survivors is reaching out for new members.
Group president John Sheaf said the group offered emotional refuge to stroke...
Commonwealth to Bracks on next bypass stage
The Commonwealth will reject Premier Steve Bracks’s funding plea on the fourth stage of Geelong’s bypass, a Liberal party source told the Independent yesterday.
The...
VCAT snuffs out mill retail
Peter FaragoA STATE planning tribunal has blocked retail sales of household furniture, collectibles and clothing at North Geelong’s controversial former Mill Markets site.
Victorian Civil...
Bellarine bounty
Alex de VosLabor has offered a $10.5 million bounty in Bellarine-specific election promises compared to a Liberal list worth $7.3 million, according to last-minute...
Dive hopes sink
Karen HartDelays have scuttled hopes for an artificial reef to offset the economic damage of bay dredging on the region’s dive industry, according to...
ESD takes over probe
By Geelong Story UpdatesVICTORIA Police’s internal corruption watchdog has taken control of an investigation into Geelong Mayor and detective Bruce Harwood’s involvement in approval...
Going full bore
Hamish HeardGeelong will rely on bore water next year after record low annual rain forced Barwon Water to announce its harshest round of restrictions.
Barwon...
From the archives
16 years
September 11, 2009
VICROADS is compiling a list of “rogue” truckies to address complaints about noise from Geelong’s bypass, according to an MP.
Member for...
