AFL 2016: Top Cat giving Geelong a nudge along a successful path and other top stories.

• AFL 2016: Top Cat giving Geelong a nudge along a successful path

  Geelong president Colin Carter. Photo: Arsineh Houspian I first met Colin Carter, now in his sixth year as Geelong president, in South Africa in 2007. I was tracking Michael Long for a book I was writing. He was representing the AFL on a tour by the Indigenous under-17 team.Carter's a practising Baptist and I went with him and his American wife Angie to a black church in Cape Town for the Sunday service. Later, we were sitting in a cafe when Nobel Peace Prize..

  >> view original



• Geelong hotel held up by man carrying sawn-off shotgun

  

  Geelong hotel held up by man carrying sawn-off shotgun A CCTV image of the alleged armed robbery at the Peninsula Hotel in Newcomb. Photo: Victoria Police Police are searching for an armed man in a balaclava who held up a poker machine cashier booth at a Geelong hotel.The masked offender walked into the Peninsula Hotel on the Bellarine Highway in Newcomb at 2.30am on Thursday carrying a sawn-off shotgun and making demands for cash.Staff at the cashier booth..

  >> view original



• Joel Selwood says Geelong can achieve something 'pretty special ...

  

  Blake Caracella: Pat Dangerfield is 'a leader of men'1:56AFL: Geelong captain Joel Selwood says he's on track for round one of the AFL season but almost all the focus will be on the club's new star recruit, Patrick Dangerfield. JOEL Selwood says Geelong’s new-look side should be in white-hot form by September as looks to achieve something “pretty special” this season.The Geelong captain admits the side might take some time to warm up given its new faces but believes it will be in peak form by t..

  >> view original



• Fisheries authorities 'covered up' details of Geelong Star whale ...

  

  Fisheries authorities 'covered up' details of Geelong Star whale shark catch By Sallese Gibson Updated February 25, 2016 18:56:41 The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has been accused of covering up details after a shark was caught in netting from factory freezer trawler the Geelong Star. Key points:AFMA confirms whale shark caught off NSW coast earlier this month was lifted out of the water before releaseShark was out of the water for 3 minutes a..

  >> view original



• Council says no to wi-fi porn filter

  

  .CITY Hall is refusing to put a filter on free wi-fi to prevent people using the service to view depraved porn in public places.The stance comes as it can be revealed the City of Greater Geelong uploaded public wi-fi data to a Federal Government website before a major internet hacking competition in October last year.PORNO PERVS LEECH OFF FREE WI-FIThe information was among 79 sets of council data made public for the GovHack 2015 event.Other data sets publicly ­released by the council for the ha..

  >> view original



• It's not all about Dangerfield

  

  Three months in the making... Zac Smith and Lachie Henderson back in November. Picture: Glenn FergusonIF it wasn’t for Patrick Dangerfield, the unveiling of prized signings Lachie Henderson and Zac Smith would be centre of attention tonight.Just how Geelong uses both players during a pre-season of experimentation will be the source of intrigue as the Cats seek to find cohesion in a list boasting a dozen new faces.Henderson can play key position at both ends, but from the evidence of the club’s o..

  >> view original

Bail, on condition he stays sober and away from Geelong, for ... .	Bail, on condition he stays sober and away from Geelong, for ... .
Bail, on condition he stays sober and away from Geelong, for ... .	Why our city's future is looking so rosy .