Tag: News
Refreshed side ready to snap back to form
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Geelong’s coaches hope their charges will snap out of holiday mode quickly against Brisbane in Sunday’s twilight game at the Gabba.
Cats...
‘Dictator’ claim on wind farm project
A $2 BILLION King Island wind farm to power Geelong is under new scrutiny, with Hydro Tasmania labelled a “Third World dictator” as its...
Donation to help spread message on child abuse
By MICHELLE HERBISON
ABOUT 1800 Geelong children will receive education and protection against child sexual assault following an $18,000 donation from a community foundation to...
Hearing tests go mobile in partnership with library
TWO community services have joined forces to open a new chapter in hearing checks.
Hearing Australia is offering free checks around the region after hitching...
‘Outsourcing’ on table in water board review
By MICHELLE HERBISON
BARWON Water will consider outsourcing some operations to further save costs for customers, according to its chairman.
But Michael King said it was...
Kicking back to help fire victims
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
FIRE has forged an unlikely bond between refugee students and Corio Fire Station officers.
Fire ripped through a refugee camp on the...
Wi-Fi on Road: Tourism icon goes hi-tech
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A STRING of Wi-Fi hotspots giving visitors an innovative online tourism experience will operate along the Great Ocean Road this summer.
Member for...
‘I’m not a smuggler’: Offshore gem hunter fined over dinosaur eggs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A MAN behind plans to mine vivianite offshore near Anglesea was fined US $20,000 for smuggling fossilised dinosaur eggs from China...
$10m sales hit to Torquay surf firm
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
ICONIC Torquay surfwear brand Quiksilver has suffered a second quarter loss after its Australia-Pacific operations dropped 14 per cent.
Australia Pacific sales...
City set to host disease centre
By NOEL MURPHY
BIOTERROR agents and new infectious diseases will be the focus of a new fully-fledged Geelong research centre, sources have told the Independent.
They...
Mum’s collection gives show a full Quota of dolls
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WHEN Bryan Humphrey’s mum Leah lost her battle with pancreatic cancer she left an amazing legacy of a houseful of hand-painted...
Hospital seeks ‘shortfall’ help
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A $1.5 MILLION cost blowout for St John of God Hospital’s $65 million redevelopment has forced the launch of a community appeal.
Hospital...
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....
