Tag: News
Keren cuts the line
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEELONG West printmaker Keren Zorn has found her niche in detailing the lines of older men’s “rougher faces”.
The 23-year-old artist finds images...
‘Politics’ hamper Torquay post office plan
By NOEL MURPHY
LIBERAL candidate Sarah Henderson has jeopardised plans to expand Torquay Post Office, according to its owner.
Ken Ely accused her of playing politics...
Suspended coffee cups runneth over
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Not-so-random acts of kindness are proliferating around Geelong as the city’s suspended coffee movement gains momentum.
Another 18 cafes have joined city...
Fight on Shell Rd funding
By MICHELLE HERBISON
LIBERAL MP Simon Ramsay has criticised council and the opposition for “finger-pointing” over State Government funding for Ocean Grove’s Shell Rd sporting...
Calls to review funding share
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GREATER emphasis on localised regional funding under a coalition federal government could help shires on Victoria's south-west coast escape the...
NBN to deliver ‘E-health’ potential
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
HOME-based doctor’s consultations, tele-exercise routines and virtual district nurse visits are all on the agenda once Geelong is connected to the...
Artefacts stall footpaths
ABORIGINAL artefacts have temporarily prevented work on a controversial footpaths project at Jan Juc, Surf Coast Shire has revealed.
A shire statement said work on...
Industry chief backs port bid
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
RULING out a proposal to build Victoria’s next port east of Geelong will cost taxpayers and industry “billions of dollars”, logistics...
Caddies reunion draws disco fans
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S hit nightclub of the ’70s and ’80s is boogying back to life.
DJ George Toppa has organised a one-night-only reunion of former...
Donors emerge
By MICHELLE HERBISON
St JOHN of God hospital has raised a third of its $1.5 million goal two weeks after announcing a community appeal to...
Incitec Pivot quiet on sell-off ‘speculation’
By NOEL MURPHY
INCITEC Pivot’s fertiliser operations could be sold off after the company posted half-year earnings $50 million less than expected, according to reports...
Peter’s footy song number one with epilepsy body
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSSIE Rules football, great sporting institution and cultural bedrock of a nation, occupies a special place in the heart of Corio singer-songwriter...
Shooting for kindness
A Grovedale student has received a humanity award after he chose to turn a painful experience of bullying into a powerful movement for change....
