The incongruence of Geelong:When a big city can’t keep up

The incongruence of Geelong:When a big city can’t keep up

The Commonwealth Games promised to hoist Geelong onto the world stage,but as the dream of co-hosting the event came crashing down,the city’s ‘dingy’ areas are in the spotlight again.

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Two-hatted Geelong fine diner will formally close at Christmas (but the fire will still burn at its replacement)

Two-hatted Geelong fine diner will formally close at Christmas (but the fire will still burn at its replacement)

It will be goodbye Igni,hello Thai barbecue restaurant Songbird when the restaurant reopens in January.

  • byDani Valent
‘I am the final ingredient’:Artist creates the work she will be buried in

‘I am the final ingredient’:Artist creates the work she will be buried in

Not many of us think about what will adorn our bodies once we die. Helen Bodycomb has gone a step further – creating a stunning death shroud.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Victorians lose their teeth as dental chairs sit empty

Victorians lose their teeth as dental chairs sit empty

There are 640 public dental chairs statewide but the Australian Dental Association estimates that about 130 dental chairs are sitting vacant.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Venue named 27 times in Games business case was ‘never’ hosting,insists Andrews

Venue named 27 times in Games business case was ‘never’ hosting,insists Andrews

The premier says a pre-existing aquatic centre at Kardinia Park was never going to host Commonwealth Games events,despite the business case stating so.

  • byRachel Eddie
What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.

  • byLachlan Abbott
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Taxpayers to fund councils’ axed Commonwealth Games jobs

Taxpayers to fund councils’ axed Commonwealth Games jobs

Victorians will pay six-figure salaries for specially appointed Commonwealth Games directors at local councils even though the Games have been cancelled.

  • byRachael Dexter
Deliver promised Games billions to Victoria’s regions:Federal Labor ministers

Deliver promised Games billions to Victoria’s regions:Federal Labor ministers

As federal Labor ministers urge their Victorian counterparts to deliver the Commonwealth Games infrastructure they’d promised,one Geelong hockey player is feeling especially flat.

  • byLachlan Abbott andLatika Bourke
Pork belly,pipis,parma:Ambergris’ menu straddles new and old Geelong (and pub and restaurant)
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Ambergris

Pork belly,pipis,parma:Ambergris’ menu straddles new and old Geelong (and pub and restaurant)

There’s safety in the elevated chicken parma,meanwhile other plates showcase modern Asian flavours from the chef’s time at Coda and Tonka.

  • byDani Valent
Athletes left with broken dreams after Commonwealth Games backflip

Athletes left with broken dreams after Commonwealth Games backflip

Badminton player Jacob Schueler was looking forward to a Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Geelong. The event’s abrupt cancellation has left him dismayed.

  • byAlex Crowe andLachlan Abbott
Victoria failed to do its homework. The Commonwealth Games paid the price

Victoria failed to do its homework. The Commonwealth Games paid the price

The Andrews government should have seen this coming before leaping headlong into what has become a mess for Australia on the international stage.

  • byJosh Gordon