Why our city's future is looking so rosy and other top stories.

• Why our city's future is looking so rosy

  

  Quintessential Equity director Shane Quinn with MP Christine Couzens, Worksafe CEO Clare Amies and finance minister Robin Scott. Picture: Mike DugdaleTHE future of Geelong received another boost last week with the announcement by the State Government of a 12-storey building at 1 Malop St — the old Dalgety site — for WorkSafe. With the towering lights at Simonds Stadium, the landmark new Geelong Regional Library Corporation headquarters and the imposing new Epworth Hospital at Waurn Ponds nearing..

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• Council to keep meetings a monthly affair

  

  City Hall workers gather at a late-night meeting.GEELONG councillors have locked in the move from fortnightly to monthly meetings despite late nights, long delays caused by deferrals and concerns about a lack of transparency.In a vote supported by all but one councillor on Tuesday, a six-month trial of monthly public meetings was declared a success and will continue on an ongoing basis.The trial, which started last July and saw one public meeting replaced with a closed-door strategic session, le..

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