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• Rowan Wild released on bail over alleged gang rape of schoolgirl in...

  

  Rowan Wild leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court with his mother after being released on bail on Thursday.Photo: Justin McManusOne of the four men from the same family charged over the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong has been released on bail, while the immediate fate of one of his co-accused won't be known until next week.Rowan Gavin Wild, 27, and relatives Brodie Wild, 20, Allan Mark Wild, 29, and Kevin Andrew Wild, 28, are each charged with one count of rape and one of abd..

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• Geelong V/Line train delays cause chaos for morning commuters | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  COMMUTERS were stuck on board a Geelong-bound V/Line service for almost 3½ hours after a train broke down at Deer Park this morning.While several services were cancelled, unlucky travellers on the 7.10am train from Southern Cross we caught in the midst of the chaos, with their train left waiting at Deer Park for about an hour and a half.The faulty train had blocked services from passing through Deer Park, causing the Geelong line to be partly suspended.More than 10 trains on the Geelong and Ball..

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• Nick Wade: Geelong Cats to make it all about the fans | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Geelong Cats will put fans at the forefront. Picture: Nigel HallettIT REMAINS one of the great anomalies in Geelong’s recent history.After three premierships, a decade of finals appearances, a stadium rebuilt with sparkling new grandstands, ample prime-time TV exposure and surrounded by population growth corridors, why has Geelong’s membership figure been stuck in the 40,000s since 2010?While the Cats continue to post record membership numbers, the growth has been more of a crawl compared to the..

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• Geelong Council: CBD businesses pay for city promotion | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  CENTRAL Geelong businesses are angry they will pay an average of $700 a year for the next five years as part of a levy the council will use to promote the city.The City of Greater Geelong has indicated it wants to continue with the special charge scheme that slugs CBD businesses on top of their annual rates bill for marketing, promotion and other events.Businesses in the precinct bound by the waterfront and McKillop, Bellerine and Fenwick/Cavendish streets have been paying the levy for the past ..

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• Run Geelong sisters tackle track together to help others | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Sisters Ava and Mia Ciach will compete in their first Run Geelong next week. Picture: Nigel HallettTHE Ciach sisters, Ava and Mia, will compete in their first Run Geelong kids event next week, but they know all about it and why it is so important.The smiley siblings from Geelong West — now aged 6 and 5 — have a long history with the Geelong charity fun run.They were its ambassadors in 2013, parents Stacey and Robert speaking openly about the girls’ health issues and the time they spent in the sp..

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• Kelvin Spiller named as new City of Greater Geelong CEO | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Kelvin Spiller is the new CEO at City of Greater Geelong.KELVIN  Spiller will sign a three-year contract to be chief of the City of Greater Geelong and its 2600 workers.Councillors appointed the interim CEO to the permanent job on Tuesday night, backing him to implement the cultural changes called for in the Halliday Report, which last month exposed the City’s “unacceptable” bullying culture.The former Bannockburn Shire secretary will become one of the highest-paid executives in Geelong, followi..

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• Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food is changing how Geelong eats | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Darcy Jongebloed, chair of Jamie's Ministry of Food Laura Anderson and Professor Marj Moodie.JAMIE Oliver’s Ministry of Food has changed the way Geelong eats.New research has shown that participants of the cooking program run in the Moorabool St kitchen by the Good Foundation are now eating more vegetables, less takeaway and more often at the kitchen table.The results of the Deakin University research were presented at the third birthday celebration of the Ministry of Food by Professor Marj Mood..

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• Egan won't bomb out

  

  Former Geelong Cats defender Matthew Egan enjoying AFL coaching role at Essendon Bombersby:GREY MORRISFrom:NT NewsNovember 12, 201511:13AMMatthew Egan coaching with Essendon against Collingwood Picture: Wayne LudbeySource:News Corp AustraliaMATTHEW Egan’s playing career at AFL level represented a meteor, bright and spectacular but not everlasting.He only played 59 games for Geelong, winning All-Australian honours in his third and last season before a freak foot injury ended his on-field cameos a..

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• Rape accused Rowan Gavin Wild released on bail

  

  Rowan Wild faces the media after making bail. Picture: Hamish BlairA MAN who allegedly said “she’s 18, it’s all good” during an alleged gang rape a 14-year-old girl has been granted bail.Police did not want Rowan Gavin Wild to be released, saying there was an unacceptable risk he could interfere with witnesses or reoffend.But Deputy Chief Magistrate Jelena Popovic said today that prosecutors didn’t have evidence to support their claims and that imposing bail conditions would mitigate any risks.W..

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• Key signings have Geelong soccer coach in buoyant mood | GeelongAdvertiser

  

  Geelong coach Steve Laurie.GEELONG has made a very clear and loud statement of intent that it wants to be out of State League 2 this season.The club has announced three key signings with coach Steve Laurie adding there was even more to come.Former Australian under-17 and A-League youth player Brodie Paterson, veteran goalkeeper Stuart Webster and midfielder Dulie Delic are the first key names to put pen to paper and join Geelong.Laurie said the club will continue its search internationally as it..

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