Tag: News
Longer lines hit VicRoads – claim
By REBECCA BILLS
LONGER waits at VicRoads will be inevitable at VicRoads Geelong as counter staff are required to also answer phones, according to the...
Water job losses claim
By REBECCA BILLS
A BARWON Water plan to outsource services would result in forced redundancies, according to the Australian Services Union.
ASU Acting Assistant Secretary Michelle...
Sands aged care bid
By MICHELLE HERBISON
DETAILS have emerged of The Handbury Group’s plans to transform facilities at Torquay’s The Sands resort into a residential aged care facility.
A...
More Anglesea fish deaths worry
By REBECCA BILLS
FURTHER fish deaths have occurred in the Anglesea River after a recent bout of heavy rain.
Owner of Anglesea and Great Ocean Road...
Car tax hitting charities, services
By REBECCA BILLS
LOWER paid Geelong workers were feeling the "continued negative impact" of changes to the fringe benefits tax, according to the Australian Salary...
Recycled water plant online
By REBECCA BILLS
ALMOST 3000 million litres of drinking water will be saved in the greater Geelong region with the opening of a new class...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Sunday rappers reveal their persona
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
A BOOK title inspired Sydney hip hop duo Spit Syndicate to name their latest album Sunday Gentlemen.
One half of the rhyming pair...
New stroke drug approvals are a life-saver
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A DRUG developed through a $600 million worldwide trial co-ordinated by a Geelong doctor has finally won government funding.
The substitute for anticoagulant...
Pokies policy is a ‘kick in guts’
By MICHELLE HERBISON
The Coalition’s proposal for an industry advisory group on gaming policy reform is a "huge kick in the guts" to those struggling...
Golf go-ahead
By MICHELLE HERBISON
State Government has approved a planning scheme amendment to expand and redevelop Lonsdale Golf Club and create 100 new residential lots.
The...
Debt pinching more families
By REBECCA BILLS
GEELONG households and businesses were feeling the pinch with growing costs of living and unemployment, according to debt collection agency Prushka.
Prushka Geelong...
Mitchell comeback: Mayoral stakes rise
By NOEL MURPHY
HE’S 15 kg lighter, "just about dangerous" and thinking seriously about making a comeback at City Hall.
John Mitchell told the Independent he’d...
Rain wreaks havoc on local tennis
Play was cancelled for Saturday and Monday night tennis and showers continued into early Tuesday morning, but the skies cleared long enough for most...
