Luke Griffiths

Geelong’s second most senior council figure has labelled City Hall’s draft budget for the 2024/25 financial year “sombre and testing”.

City Hall’s two most senior figures have been sensationally snubbed by the owners of Market Square during a trip to Singapore.

The field of play for the region’s council elections has taken shape as Victorians prepare to head to the ballot box in October.

The live stream of Tuesday night’s fiery council meeting was cut over fears of inflaming an already volatile situation.

‘I’m confused’: Council consensus over incinerator opposition

An agricultural scientist who stood for City Hall in October’s council election is the latest candidate confirmed in the crucial seat of Corangamite.

A lack of leadership and the absence of a united voice is seen by Geelong business leaders as a major risk to economic growth in the region, a new report finds.

Insiders say Golden Plains Shire has long been plagued by a “toxic” culture, likening it to the wheeling and dealing in hit TV show Game of Thrones.

A golfing “Disneyland” won’t be built on a prime piece of land nearby the Barwon River after Geelong councillors unanimously backed a clause that requires any redevelopment to maintain the site’s current offering.

Never short of an opinion, Darryn Lyons says central Geelong is an unsafe “absolute s--thole” and claims the city’s current council group isn’t worth “a cracker” except for the “Kontelj boys”.