Tag: News
JOIN THE CLUB: Feet of endurance
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Many of us only see the true wilds of Australia in photos or on television these days, being as urbanised as...
Chefs flying high with showdown
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT WAS whisks and rolling pins at 10 paces when three Geelong chefs pulled out all the pots competing for a...
Attack on fund ‘destabilising’, says ex-mayor
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ATTACKS on Geelong’s ward funding system could be part of a campaign to destabilise council, according to a former mayor who...
Wait for funding drags on at Whittington
By NOEL MURPHY
SIX years is a long time to await upgrades to a facility servicing 600 users a week with 40 volunteers.
But that’s the...
‘Failure’ mayor wanted wards’ funding for city
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S first directly elected mayoral experiment was an “abject failure”, several councillors have told the Independent.
They said confected controversy over council’s...
Disabled in aged care: NDIS short on funding
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Moving disabled young people out of local aged care facilities will cost an extra $11.2 million above National Disability Insurance Scheme...
Nurses, bosses fight on ratios
By NOEL MURPHY
BARWON Health and a nurses union are embroiled in a propaganda war over cuts to aged care services at North Geelong’s McKellar...
Wards funding backed: Community ‘beneficiary’
By NOEL MURPHY
COUNCIL'S ward funding system might be at the centre of controversial issue but Hockey Geelong boss Alan Climpson is unable to understand...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Let the Cat out
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
Surprising punters with his ability to mimic Cat Stevens singing Father and Son is part of the gig for Darren Coggan.
The singer/songwriter...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Babba Abba yabber
By NOEL MURPHY
POP avatars Babba are heading Geelong’s way with a string of hits and a glittering show reliving the glory days of legendary...
Pokies bid ‘compliant’, says hotel
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY Hotel management has played a dead bat to Surf Coast Shire council opposing the pub’s bid for more pokies.
Council last week...
Flower’s power to go on show at church
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ORCHIDS, still considered among the most exotic of flowers, were once worth more than money in their own economy.
But local flower...
Councillor Crockett sworn in
Phoebe Crockett is officially the new Torquay Ward councillor for the Surf Coast Shire after she was sworn into the role this week. ...
