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• Geelong rape: Brodie Wild bailed, magistrate says case against him 'sketchy'

  

  Brodie Wild, 20 leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday after being freed on bail.Photo: Jason SouthA second of four men from the same family charged over the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong has been granted bail.Brodie Wild, 20, and relatives Allan Mark Wild, 29, Kevin Andrew Wild, 28, and Rowan Gavin Wild, 27, are alleged to have abducted and raped the girl in the early hours of November 1 in the Geelong suburb of St Albans Park.Brodie Wild appeared before Melbourn..

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• Central Geelong marketing defends CBD property levy | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  CENTRAL Geelong property owners are vowing to fight council’s proposed million-dollar CBD marketing levy, but City Hall says the program has widespread support.Beth KingBellerine St landlord Eric Bailey and prominent developer Bill Votsaris are among critics of the fee, which would see businesses in the city centre pay an average of $700 per year for the next five years to bankroll the City of Greater Geelong’s Central Geelong Marketing unit.Mr Bailey has fought the levy at VCAT each of the thre..

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• Geelong rallies to show support for French victims of terror attacks | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  We stand with France.GEELONG will send a message of unity with the people of France when the image of their flag is projected on City Hall tonight.The image of the famous tricolour standard is one a series of symbolic gestures by which Geelong is expressing its sorrow over the weekend’s nightmare in Paris.A vigil is also going ahead on the Geelong waterfront, next to the carousel, at 6pm today while the still projection will run from 8:30pm to midnight.The French flag is flying half-mast at City..

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• Geelong Cats: Baby named after Daniel Menzel | HeraldSun

  

  Cats star Daniel Menzel meets his namesake Menzel Cook and mum Sarah. Pictures: Peter RistevskiDANIEL Menzel has received some high accolades in his short but interrupted AFL career, but having strangers name their child after him is something different altogether.What’s more, Sarah and Jarrad Cook didn’t call their son Daniel. His name is Menzel.Chuffed with the tribute, the humble Cats star made time yesterday for a surprise meeting with his nonplussed 10-month-old namesake and Menzel’s extend..

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• Former Geelong Cats star Cameron Ling marries Nicole Dodds | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Cats legend Cameron Ling and Nicole Dodds at their Fairhaven wedding. Pictures: InstagramIT was a Cats reunion of sorts when former skipper and triple premiership champ Cameron Ling tied the knot on the weekend, marrying his long-time love Nicole Dodds.The sun shone on the couple and their guests at their star-studded ceremony, which overlooked the beautiful Fairhaven coastline on Saturday.Guests included Ling’s premiership teammates Joel Selwood, Corey Enright and Mathew Stokes, while Tom and F..

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• Taylor expects dangerous Cats in '16

  

  Harry Taylor expects Geelong to contend for premiership in 2016 with addition of Patrick DangerfieldHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.ALL-AUSTRALIAN defender Harry Taylor expects Geelong to contend for a premiership in 2016 on the back of its fruitful exchange period.The Cats missed the finals last year for the first time since 2006, but traded for Patrick Dangerfield and added experienced trio Lachie Henderson, Scott Selwood and Zac Smi..

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• Man dies in crash with mini bus at Mt Duneed

  

  A man is dead after his car and a mini bus collided.A MAN remains in hospital in a critical condition following a fatal car crash at Mt Duneed at the weekend.About 9am Sunday, a blue Honda sedan swerved into the path of a tour bus carrying 24 passengers, leaving the driver no time to avoid a head-on collision on Mt Duneed RdThe driver of the sedan died at the scene, while his passenger was flown to The Alfred hospital with facial and abdominal injuries.On Monday a hospital spokesman confirmed th..

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• Geelong Cats: Baby named after Daniel Menzel

  

  Cats star Daniel Menzel meets his namesake Menzel Cook and mum Sarah. Pictures: Peter RistevskiGreg DundasGeelong AdvertiserDANIEL Menzel has received some high accolades in his short but interrupted AFL career, but having strangers name their child after him is something different altogether.What’s more, Sarah and Jarrad Cook didn’t call their son Daniel. His name is Menzel.Chuffed with the tribute, the humble Cats star made time yesterday for a surprise meeting with his nonplussed 10-month-old..

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• Tabcorp shares down as Tatts merger fails

  

  Gaming giants Tabcorp and Tatts have confirmed they have been in talks about a possible merger.Tabcorp shares down as Tatts merger failsShares in Tabcorp and Tatts have gone in different directions after the gaming giants confirmed they held merger talks but weren't able to strike a deal.Tabcorp announced confidential talks had taken place, but the pair couldn't agree on mutually acceptable terms."There are no further discussions taking place between the parties relating to a merger or any other..

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• Running machine takes everything in stride

  

  Brenton Rees. Rees has been a strong performer for Geelong's VFL side. Picture: Peter RistevskiBRENTON Rees is an old-fashioned running machine who hunts the footy.The last time he did a beep test he outlasted most on his way to 15.3 during draft screening in 2013. And that was before he stepped foot into Geelong’s VFL program.These days he clocks upwards of 14km a game, often with only 60 per cent game time as one of the rotating midfielders in the Cats’ VFL side.The 20-year-old St Joseph’s mid..

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