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WITH VIEW.COM.AU If you’re renovating or thinking of selling, or perhaps you just want to make some upgrades to your home, there are certain quick...

Tigers welcome five-team limit for U13s next year

THE Torquay Tigers have welcomed a decision by AFL Barwon to allow each of its football clubs to have five Under 13 teams in...

Labor pledges better planning protections if it wins election

LABOR has flagged a considerable strengthening of planning laws for the Surf Coast and the Bellarine Peninsula if it wins November’s state election, pledging...

Mayor’s Column – September 27, 2018

People may have noticed that the concrete beach access ramp immediately below the Point Lonsdale shopping strip has been damaged. The damage occurred during a...

Labor plays to the crowds with GPAC and stadium pledges

LABOR is playing for both the sports and arts vote in Geelong ahead of November’s state election, pledging nearly a quarter of a billion...

Crime falls again across Victoria

CRIME has fallen across Victoria again, according to the latest 12-month statistics, with offences on the Surf Coast falling nearly 20 per cent over...

New dog orders adopted for northern Bellarine

THE City of Greater Geelong Council has adopted new dog orders for public spaces in the northern Bellarine. The dog orders, which were reviewed and...

Queenscliff180 team on the search for volunteers

THE 27th Queenscliff180 Family Swim team is calling for volunteers available to help during next year’s event. Organiser Liam Petrie-Allbutt said they were looking for...

Power Station decommissioning

As part of Alcoa of Australia’s decommissioning of the Anglesea power station and mine, the main power station building was scheduled to be felled...

History Week brings Point Lonsdale’s past to life

THE Queenscliffe Historical Museum, in conjunction with the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum and Fort Queenscliff Museum, will this year focus on Point Lonsdale during History...

Skilled volunteers invited to help at Queenscliff Repair Cafe

HANDY people are invited to volunteer their services at the first Repair Café event in Queenscliff next month. Local group Transition Towns Borough of Queenscliffe,...

GREENS GET THEIR GROOVE ON

THE Bellarine Greens gathered last week to hear from their candidates Rachel Semmens for Bellarine (pictured) and Lloyd Davies for the upper house seat...

Window closes on 50-Year Storm

THE window for the Bells Beach 50-Year-Storm Invitational has closed for the year, with organisers saying conditions were tantalisingly close this time for the...

New Deakin facility goes on a roll

A NEW facility dedicated to advanced metal development and 3D roll forming has been launched at the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin...

Deakin names its new vice-chancellor

PROFESSOR Iain Martin has been announced as the next vice-chancellor of Deakin University. He will become the university’s seventh vicechancellor and president when he succeeds...

St Thomas Primary School celebrates 5-Star accolade

ST THOMAS Primary School Drysdale was recently certified as a 5-Star ResourceSmart School. This is not bad for a school that, only 20 years ago,...

Federal Labor pledges $153 million for Geelong

THE federal Labor Party has put the money on the table for Geelong’s City Deal (or City Partnership), promising $153 million if their party...

Zoos Victoria a finalist for anti-balloon campaign

A ZOOS Victoria and Phillip Island Nature Parks campaign encouraging people to replace balloons with wildlife-friendly bubbles at outdoor events has been named a...

City’s bike projects go in different directions

THE two parts of the Building Better Bike Connections project are heading in different directions, with a tender put out to build one of...

BARWON COAST UPDATE – September 27, 2018

BARWON COAST COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND BEACH USE REPORT PUBLICLY RELEASED The final report of the Federation University study into community views and experiences in relation to various management...

City releases draft access and inclusion plan

THE City of Greater Geelong has released the draft Access and Inclusion Action Plan 2018-22 for community consultation. The plan outlines the city’s commitment to...

Wearable art takes the stage

SENIOR students at Christian College Geelong showed off their couture creations with a difference at the school’s annual Wearable Art Competition. The event, which culminated...

Letters To The Editor – September 27, 2018

Barbed wire hinders Aireys roos

Global Table event coming to Victoria

THE Victorian Government has helped secure a major international trade event, in a coup that will boost investment, create jobs and cement Victoria’s place...