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April 12, 2022
Fuel excise cuts to flow from Viva outlets
VIVA Energy has announced it’s immediately cut fuel costs at Coles Express service stations by 10 cents per litre in response to the federal...
April 11, 2022
Toxic Lara dump gone by June
THREE years after the EPA started removing close to 300,000 sqm of combined waste from the notorious Broderick Road dump site in Lara, the...
April 8, 2022
PM turns sod at Avalon defence site
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison flew into to Avalon airport this morning for a nearby sod turning event at the future manufacturing site of Korean...
April 8, 2022
Anam Cara House fundraiser success
ANAM Cara house has achieved its Giving Day quest to secure funds for a new 20-bed palliative care home at Deakin University, last week...
April 7, 2022
Jan Juc’s India Robinson lines up for first Bells Pro
When newly minted Jan Juc surf pro India Robinson paddles out for her maiden heat at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in a...
April 7, 2022
The Ghan makes maiden voyage from Inverleigh
FACED with the closure of his 30-year old travel business due to the pandemic, Geelong’s Stuart Coffield decided to “think outside the box” and...
April 7, 2022
The road to Bells
Bob ‘Boobs’ Johnson was about 13 when he first surfed Bells Beach in the early 1960s on a borrowed board and wiped out, “I...
April 5, 2022
COGG revokes Warralily flood prone status
A 17-YEAR-OLD floodplain overlay on five Armstrong Creek estate areas has been revoked by the City of Greater Geelong (CoGG), clearing the way for...
April 1, 2022
Rail duplication is go
CONSTRUCTION works on a second rail line between Waurn Ponds and South Geelong will start later this year as part of the Australian and...
March 31, 2022
Pako Street development going up
A PLANNING permit has been granted for construction of a four-storey, 24-lot subdivision at 85 Pakington Street in Geelong West, next to the Petrel...
March 30, 2022
AC Girl Guides off and running
DOZENS of nervous and excited young girls and parents gathered for the first meeting of the Armstrong Creek Girl guides last week, led by...
March 29, 2022
Coker seeks answers from city about Ashbury
DEVELOPMENT of the Ashbury estate in Armstrong Creek is outstripping infrastructure requirements in the area, prompting questions as to when basic services such as...
March 27, 2022
Clean, green, quiet
PUBLIC transport commuters in Geelong can expect to be some of the first Australian passengers to ride on hydrogen fuel cell electric powered buses...
March 20, 2022
‘Under the pump’: 18-month wait list for psych patients
A GEELONG GP has been told his patients have an 18-month wait to be seen by psychiatrists at the Geelong Clinic, prompting concern it...
March 18, 2022
Subdivision plans for historic Claremont House
A PERMANENT heritage overlay is likely for the 165-year-old Claremont Homestead in Waurn Ponds that narrowly avoided demolition in 2020, however subdivision plans for...
March 16, 2022
COGG land sales
THE City of Greater Geelong (COGG) is moving ahead with plans to sell two properties it owns, one in Lara and another in Bell...
March 13, 2022
Local SES crews deployed north to assist flood recovery
GEELONG and Colac SES crews deployed to assist with flood regions in northern New South Wales have described seeing houses under water and having...
March 11, 2022
Labor pledges more family violence workers
LABOR has pledged to fund an additional seven specialised domestic violence workers in Geelong should it win government at the next federal election. Corangamite MP...
March 9, 2022
Rip Curl pulls distribution to Russia
RIP CURL has joined a growing list of brands that have pulled distribution to Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The Torquay founded...
March 9, 2022
Community opposed to more Valley Inn pokies
AN APPLICATION from South Geelong's Valley Inn to increase pokies at the pub from 29 to 39 has met with overwhelming community opposition, over...
March 7, 2022
“Harrowing”: Geelong residents fear for family in Ukraine
IT’S been nine years since Geelong’s Paul Kaminskyj had his then 14-year-old Ukrainian cousin Oleg come and live with him. Now communication between the two...
March 3, 2022
Viva unveils hydrogen, solar and gas projects
GEELONG'S Viva Energy has unveiled a series of energy projects at its Corio facility including a hydrogen and electric refuelling station for heavy vehicles,...
March 3, 2022
Simple, fast, flexible legal suport
Neon Legal is a law firm, but it is not traditional. Directors Sarah Galbally and Shannon Landers understand that businesses and in-house teams often need...
March 3, 2022
Red Pencil founder
For Tatiana Cross, self-belief has come in spades for as long as she can remember. So much so the Torquay business and career mentor has...
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