Tag: News
Buckets & Bouquets
BUCKETS to nearly all residential building sites for simply allowing their rubbish to just blow away into the environment. This week has been particularly...
Port’s complex starts to pump
By NOEL MURPHY
PORTARLINGTON’S long-awaited service station and convenience-store complex is set to start building in the new year.
Developer John Lascaris’ complex - at the...
Spring Creek is ‘good planning’
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
“CONVENTIONAL density housing” in the Spring Creek valley was “good planning” according to the planning expert who prepared the controversial Spring Creek...
Rail link student push hit
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S 160-year-old rail link with Werribee will disappear under the Regional Rail Link, with schools and college enrolment likely to be hit...
No concerns for scheme launch
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
CLAIMS the newly-implemented national disability insurance scheme would have “teething problems” have been denied by Minister of Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin.
The Independent...
Aged care boost
Geelong has scored a major increase in aged care places following the latest Aged Care Approvals Round.
The electorate of Corio received 223 new places,...
Ring road truck stops added
Two new truck rest stops are now open on the Geelong Ring Road at Waurn Ponds.
Corangamite MP Darren Cheeseman said the rest areas would...
Local lotto winner found
The search is over for Victoria’s newest multi-millionaire after a Geelong mum came forward to claim her $2.5 million prize from TattsLotto’s $30 Million...
Wild winds
Geelong was among a number of bayside suburbs battered by gale-force winds overnight, with more expected today.
The Bureau of Meteorology says gusts reached 133km/h...
Fiery protest
Firefighters concerned that the Fire Service Levy is not being fully spent on community protection will bring their protest to Geelong today.
A banner truck...
Deakin robots in war research games
By NOEL MURPHY
WAR ZONE robots are the latest high-tech pursuit of Deakin University, which is mounting a contest to pit the country’s brightest minds...
State funding warning at DisabilityCare launch
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
BARWON residents enlisting the help of the newly-developed national disability insurance scheme could fall victim to the scheme’s “teething problems”, according to...
We will remember them
Silence fell over Geelong on Tuesday as the community took the time to remember the service men and women who died in the line...
