Tag: Opinion
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Surf Coast ratepayers must be wondering - again - about the priorities of their council.
Like the other two levels of government, it appears focused...
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With Double Take’s normal correspondent away surfing in Taiwan, The Indy’s resident office monkeys have stepped for this week’s column.
Who said we were desperate...
AFL star opts to take Tumble
She stars on the field in the inaugural season of the AFL’s competition for women, but Geelong’s Lily Mithen might meet her match when...
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Among the increasingly disparate crowd at Geelong’s annual celebration of multiculturalism on Saturday, one group of not-all-smiling faces stood out.
It wasn’t for their costumes,...
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Comfort food might not be so comforting after all, according to new Geelong research.
The world-first study found that loading diets with nutritious foods at...
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Sydney has its opera house, Melbourne its casino and Adelaide is the city of churches.
And now there’s Geelong, home of the ovoid sewer aqueduct.
Yes,...
Learn it or leave it
The proposed changes to the Australian Citizenship test are long overdue and should enjoy broad bipartisan political support.
Shallow or general questions should be replaced...
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More than one sausage sizzle might be underway at readers’ local Bunnings this weekend, according to a private investigations company.
The hardware chains’ car parks...
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State Government MPs led the latest talkfest on “the region’s top priorities” at a swanky venue overlooking Torquay’s Fisherman’s Beach this week.
The event was...
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‘Keep off the grass’ might be a cliched exhortation but in Geelong it’s a case of ‘Can’t keep up with the grass’.
A combination of...
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After recently farewelling Ford manufacturing jobs, Geelong could be looking toward a brighter future thanks to its ever-growing legion of public servants.
After all, faux-angry...
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In these days of digital communications, some still prefer the relatively quaint tradition of talking by phone.
Unfortunately, it’s not always possible at City Hall...
Help tails wag this Christmas
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has launched its annual Christmas Appeal
The not-for-profit organisation, which provides an animal shelter and veterinary clinic for stray and...
