City of Greater Geelong Mayor Shane Dowling said Geelong refused to become a Coode Island-style dumping ground for dangerous industrial chemicals

Corio Leisuretime Centre and Badminton Geelong Incorporated will host the 2005 Under Fifteen Australian Badminton Championships.

City of Greater Geelong Councillor Jan Farrell said the St Leonards community had made it clear that public safety was its main concern with regard to the future of the town’s nine remaining large cypresses, which were planted in Murradoc Road in the late 1930s.

City of Greater Geelong Building Services Coordinator, Colin Brown, said Victoria has more than 40 termite varieties, some 25 of which exist within Geelong and surrounding areas.

Geelong workers are being invited to swap their suits and ties for wetsuits and running shoes for the Geelong Corporate Triathlon to be held at Eastern Beach on Sunday 27 February.

“People with limited mobility will now be able to fully explore the Geelong Waterfront thanks to the introduction of beach wheel chairs," said Community Development portfolio holder Cr Lou Brazier.

Since the launch of Film Geelong in November last year the Geelong region has experienced a very encouraging level of production activity and inquiry said Mayor Cr Shane Dowling.

Geelong runners Charlie El-Hage and Mandy Stirrat will represent the City of Greater Geelong at the annual Senshu International Marathon in Osaka Japan on 20 February this year.

City of Greater Geelong Councillor Bruce Harwood said the appointment of four external representatives to Geelong Major Events had come about as the result of an independent review of GME.

If the Skilled Stadium upgrade was a football match we would now be kicking with the wind in the final quarter, said Major Projects portfolio holder Cr Stretch Kontelj.

City of Greater Geelong Council will request that the Department of Infrastructure place more emphasis on environmental and social issues before the department finalises its Strategic Land Use Plan for the Port of Geelong.

"The Geelong Arena has secured two rounds of the National Netball League for the 2005 season,” announced Council’s Sport and recreation portfolio holder Cr John Mitchell.

General manager City Services Peter Reeve praised two City staff members for their part in a dramatic rescue of a motorist caught in flood waters in Rollins Road, Bell Post Hill.

Contractors will begin installing the roof of the new stand at Skilled Stadium this Saturday, said Major Projects portfolio holder Cr Stretch Kontelj.

Locals welcomed Lynn Murrell as he arrived at Barwon Heads today, marking yet another milestone on his epic trek around the Victorian coastline.

The City of Greater Geelong will seek approval from the Federal Department of Environment and Heritage to introduce changes to its existing mosquito control program whereby an approved non-toxic biological control is applied from an aircraft.

The City of Greater Geelong Council has awarded the Moorabool Street streetscape redevelopment tender to Canteri Brothers Constructions.

The City of Greater Geelong today reaffirmed its commitment to two of Victoria’s key local government lobby groups by appointing Council representatives to the Municipal Association of Victoria, (MAV), and the Victorian Local Governance Association, (VLGA).

The half-yearly report from Geelong Major Events, (GME), tabled at Council tonight highlights a growing calendar of successful key events and the positive benefits of significant changes to process and procedure following a review.

On Tuesday night Council resolved to establish a Geelong Port Consultative Committee to consider and report on issues related to the Port of Geelong.

Council with unanimous agreement from nominees will not go ahead with the establishment of a community reference group to review the East West Traffic Study.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Shane Dowling said it was vital that Council was able to work closely with the widest range of government agencies, business groups and community organisations on issues of mutual interest for the Geelong region.