Tag: News
NDIS office work ‘begins in weeks’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WORK on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Geelong head office will begin “in the next few weeks”, according to the organisation.
NDIS...
Home repossessions rise 50%
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HOME repossessions in Geelong’s northern suburbs have risen significantly despite historically low interest rates.
Sherrif’s Office figures show delinquencies on mortgages in...
Jeff behind call for City asset sales
By NOEL MURPHY
A MAYORAL candidate has attacked former premier Jeff Kennett after a consultancy he chairs recommended that City Hall sell off assets worth...
Houses, schools in gas ‘heat flux zone’
By KATE VALLENCE
HOMES, schools and community facilities will be within a high-pressure gas pipeline’s "heat flux zone" in a new development at Lara.
An independent...
Retail boost for north: Woolies, Masters on way
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LARA and Geelong’s northern suburbs are in for a massive retail boost with the approval this week of a new Woolworths...
ACCC probing News’ ad rates
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating allegations the Geelong Advertiser has engaged in predatory pricing activities since the arrival of...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Morning glory
By MICHELLE HERBISON
SINGER Rhonda Burchmore responded in valiant style to an online impersonator with a "wicked tongue" posing under her name.
The Aussie diva...
New plan targets Avalon corridor
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW Melbourne Plan has renewed hopes a major logistics facility will be located close to Geelong.
The State Government plan recommended...
Newtown ‘top for regional income’
NEWTOWN has retained its Victorian title as the area with the highest average income for its residents outside of Melbourne, according to a new...
JOIN THE CLUB: Donations stitched up
QUILTING and the internet would not seem, at first blush, to be bosom buddies - one a time-honoured craft, the other taking over modern...
Truce called in real estate war
By NOEL MURPHY
A BITTER legal fight between The Weekly Review and Geelong real estate agent Hayeswinckle has been settled out of court.
The brawl included...
SPORT: Calm settles on hot fishing for snapper on baits and plastics in bays
CALMER conditions last weekend produced plenty of snapper at local cleaning tables.
Troy Miller fished off Clifton Springs last Saturday night and all was quiet...
Ainsworth’s family connection
The grandson of a former Geelong captain is hoping to follow in his footsteps next week.
Oskar Ainsworth, who played for the Western Jets in...
