Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious and other top stories.

• Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious

  

  Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious Updated April 15, 2016 15:46:42 A fire that burnt out a church and hall in Geelong is being treated as suspicious, authorities say.The Country Fire Authority (CFA) said crews were called to the 103-year old Presbyterian church on Pakington Street in Geelong West around 4:30am to find it fully alight. CFA station officer Shane Bailey said his team would work closely with police to determine what started the bla..

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• Target 'destroyed it for everyone'

  

  Target current head offices in Geelong are set for a relocation to Melbourne. Pictures: Peter Ristevski.A TARGET worker says staff are devastated by the company’s plans to leave Geelong.The employee, who did not wish to be named, said staff were furious at what he des­cribed as “total mismanagement” over the past few years, highlighted by the recent earnings scandal that has seen several senior managers quit.ANGRY STAFF QUIET AFTER SHOCKING DAYHe said the company had been driven “into the ground..

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• Celebrity mayor Darryn Lyons and Geelong council sacked

  

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• Angry staff quiet after shocking day

  

  Target’s head office in North Geelong will be relocated to Melbourne. Picture: Mike DugdaleFRUSTRATED Target employees were in no mood to talk on Thursday night after the company confirmed 900 staff at the Geelong HQ will be given the option of taking voluntary redundancies.With the sun setting over the retail base, dozens of cars filed through the rear entrance gates with many feeling the strain of news that the retailer was set to relocate to Melbourne.TARGET MISMANAGEMENT ‘DESTROYED IT FOR EV..

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• Geelong council dumped by state parliament

  

  The Geelong council has been sacked after a damning report that uncovered abuse and widespread dysfunction.Ratepayers will go to the polls in October next year to elect a new council.A Bill dumping the regional council passed Victoria's upper house on Thursday evening.The Labor government originally wanted to boot the council out on Tuesday and keep administrators in place until 2020.The Liberals, Greens and Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons all said not re-electing a council until then was undemocrat..

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• Will sacked councillors run again?

  

  Sacked councillor Jock Irvine says he will run for office again.GEELONG councillors are still smarting at being sacked but have welcomed the new date for the city’s next election.Ten of the 12 ward councillors returned calls from the Geelong Advertiser on Thursday, most saying a 2017 election was better than the 2020 timeline proposed by the Labor Government.IT’S ALL OVER AS SACKING DEAL GOES THROUGHDespite the damning report del­ivered about the culture at City Hall this week, the present counc..

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• Thailand's Supalai ties up $200m project in Geelong

  

  Joseph Gersh and Supalai president Prateep Tangmatitham are happy to do deals. Luis Ascui Heavyweight Thai developer Supalai has taken a half stake in a $200 million residential project near Geelong, as it looks to diversify further into the Australian market.The Bangkok-listed player, with a $1.5 billion asset base, has bought a 50 per cent interest in a 900-lot residential estate that is being developed by Michael Mai's ICD Property.The proje..

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  Geelong facing former Cats1:42AFL - The Geelong Cats are prepared to face former teammates James Kelly and Matthew Stokes. JAMES Kelly admits it will be “hard” playing against his old side, with the Essendon veteran the latest ex-Cat to face Geelong for the first time.Kelly, who won three flags with the Cats, will follow in the footsteps of premiership teammates Steve Johnson, Paul Chapman and James Podsiadly when the Bombers meet the Cats at the MCG on Saturday.Mathew Stokes and Mitch Brown wi..

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• Promising young Cats duo spelled

  

  Geelong's Corey Enright is being rested this weekend.THE Geelong Cats have given Corey Enright a week off in one of three changes to the side to take on Essendon on Saturday.Promising pair Jake Kolodjasnij and Lincoln McCarthy have also been left out.Tom Lonergan, Jordan Murdoch and Cory Gregson all return after just a week out with the three missing the Cats’ thumping of the Brisbane Lions.The Dons also made three changes with the match to feature the first time Geelong premiership heroes James..

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• “Rest easy Dan,” he concluded. “Your torment is over.”

  

  Daniel O'Keeffe's father Des at the funeral.A GEELONG father who spent years searching for his missing son, who was lying dead beneath the family home, has remembered him as a gentle, kind and generous man. Des O’Keeffe today delivered a moving eulogy for his son Dan, whose skeletal remains were found under the family home near Geelong in March, some five years after the 24-year-old went missing in mid-2011.“Dan was always and always will be my main man,” Mr O’Keeffe said at St Mary’s church in ..

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