Tag: News
Rail links ‘possible for 10th of state cost’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
STATE Government could restore Geelong’s rail links to Ballarat and Bendigo for a tenth of its "unfeasible" $935 million design, according to...
Liberals to ‘dynamite’ Ocean Road, says MP
By NOEL MURPHY
DYNAMITE and dinosaurs don’t go together and the Great Ocean Road, its coast and hinterland need World Heritage status to be better...
Avalon airport deal ‘collapses’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is without a designated general aviation base after a deal to move light aircraft to Avalon fell through, according to...
Heritage listing ‘barrier’ for housing on salt pans
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN UPDATED Victorian Heritage Register listing for Moolap’s former Cheetham salt works is another barrier to redeveloping the site, according to...
’Burlesque art’ set for club show
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
TRADITIONAL burlesque might be missing from the film starring Christina Aguilera but it will feature on stage at Corio’s Shell Club this...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Craig’s roaring 40 set to blow away Geelong
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
EIGHTEEN-year-old singing sensation Harrison Craig laughed recalling how judges on Channel 9’s The Voice thought he was 40 when he sang Josh...
Cats coach taking bad with the good
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Do you want the good news or the bad news?
That seems to be the trend of the season for Cats coach...
Here’s the good oil: our olive groves in ‘bumper’ harvest
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LOCAL olive groves are enjoying a bumper harvest as Victoria heads for a record yield, producers say.
Australian Olive Association expects the...
Demand rises as young turn to food bank for help
By NOEL MURPHY
DEMAND for Geelong Food Bank help has soared almost 20 per cent as more young people seek relief from the emergency aid...
NBN rollout arrives
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG is on the cusp of a new digital era as work begins on connecting the city to the National Broadband...
Creek gag ‘broken’: Councillor’s chance to speak out
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
BUILDING houses west of Duffields Rd would kill Torquay’s tourism trade, a formerly gagged councillor has told an independent panel hearing.
Torquay Ward...
Pinder’s in the middle
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
FEW in Geelong would be able to identify Rabindranath Tagore as India’s answer to Shakespeare.
This, according to actor Alex Pinder, is "just...
Creativity on show
The talent and creativity of students from Geelong’s north is on show this week with a special exhibition from one of the region’s biggest...
