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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...

New group to provide united Torquay voice

OUR community is tired of not being listened to by Surf Coast Shire and state government. The majority of decisions seem to be made for...

Window to run burn-offs closing soon

VICTORIA faces an earlier, longer, and in some parts more severe fire season than normal, and CFA chief officer Steve Warrington says Victorian properties...

Otways attractions to get upgrades

THE state government has announced $2.5 million to improve visitor facilities at three popular sites within the Great Otway National Park. Minister for Environment Lily...

Geelong Small Business Festival hailed as a success

THE City of Greater Geelong has celebrated this year’s Geelong Small Business Festival as a major success, with more than 5,000 business owners and...

EYEING THE WEEKEND – September 27, 2018

FRIDAY 28/9

BOOK REVIEW: GREENLIGHT BY BENJAMIN STEVENSON

Four years ago, in the small town of Birravale, Eliza Dacey was murdered. Within hours, her killer was caught. Or was he? Curtis Wade was convicted on circumstantial evidence...

BOOK REVIEW: TRANSCRIPTION BY KATE ATKINSON

London, 1940. Juliet Armstrong is an 18-year-old with an interesting job - transcribing the conversations of a fascist group that has been infiltrated by MI5. She is...

A tradies most important tool is THEIR HEALTH

As a tradie, your most important tool is your health, but unfortunately, it’s something that many neglect. Being in such a physically demanding industry the...