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Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines caught travelling at more than 25km/h over ...

Senior Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines was caught travelling at more than 25km/h over the limit, leading to an automatic 28-day suspension. The magistrate, who has berated dangerous drivers who appeared before him, was forced to explain himself to ... >> view original

Clark to start as forward at Geelong

When Geelong were deciding whether or not to take a punt on Mitch Clark, it was very helpful to know that coach Chris Scott had an ace up his sleeve. Scott's last two years as a Brisbane player in 2006-07 coincided with Clark's first two seasons on the ... >> view original

Chris Scott's Geelong continue to prove a mystery within a riddle

Chris Scott knows what everyone wants to know about Geelong. He didn't need to be asked. The same question has hung over his team since Mark Thompson bequeathed him a champion team entering its twilight. Scott himself posed the perennial question: ... >> view original

Mitch Clark set to debut for Geelong

Steve Johnson's immediate prospects remain shaded, but a ray of sunshine will fall on Geelong's pre-season opener in Townsville on Sunday when Mitch Clark plays his first game of football in almost two years. Coach Chris Scott confirmed on Monday that ... >> view original

Cats still have the passion: Mackie

Mackie yesterday faced the annual Geelong question — can this club continue to transition and contend — and answered emphatically in the affirmative. The triple premiership player might have been speaking at a waterslide park to complete the club's ... >> view original

Super trawler proponents to bring controversial fishing vessel to Geelong

A fresh plan to bring a massive factory freezer fishing boat to Australian waters has been met with opposition from marine campaigners. The 95-metre, Dutch-managed Dirk Dirk, which has been renamed Geelong Star, is coming to the country and will make ... >> view original

Environment groups say no to Seafish Tasmania's factory freezer trawler the ...

Two years after a Tasmanian company was banned from operating a massive supertrawler in Australian waters, it's back with a smaller ship. Seafish Tasmania's 95-metre freezer vessel, the Geelong Star, has been given preliminary approval to access the ... >> view original

Geelong wants father-son bidding system discount to match northern academies

Geelong has benefited more than anyone from the father-son tradition, with its 2007-2011 premiership era littered with such selections including Gary Ablett, Matthew Scarlett and Tom Hawkins. Hawkins is the game's best power forward and is closing in ... >> view original

Double killer Warren Forbes loses bid to serve parole in Geelong

Double killer Warren Alan Forbes has been denied a chance to serve his parole in Victoria if he is released from prison in NSW next month. Corrections Victoria has rejected an application by the 42-year-old career criminal to serve his parole in ... >> view original

Emergency services could not have prevented fatal Geelong crash, coroner rules

Police could not have prevented a drunken car crash that killed five people on the Princes Freeway near Geelong in 2012 despite dozens of calls to triple-0 before the incident, a coroner has found. Sarah Dale, 32, was driving the wrong way along the ... >> view original