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• New report finds Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons and council ...

  

  Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons. (AAP) Former paparazzo-turned-regional mayor Darryn Lyons has been accused of creating a culture of bullying, as he and his council are expected to be sacked by the Victorian government.A report on the council, the result of an independent Commission of Inquiry, claims rampant bullying and harassment among councillors and staff inside Geelong Council.The report levels a range of abuse allegations involving Mr Lyons and other councillors, often directed at staff. "F--..

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• Geelong - Did You See...

  Luke Nolen aboard Tango Rock (Image: Racing Photos) Nolen's partnership with Peter Moody generated 32 Group 1s and more than 700 winners in one of the most prolific pairings in Australian racing history. It's certainly not in that category just yet, but the 'Kent for Nolen' combo has been nigh-on bullet-proof of late, and on Tuesday, they built on that imposing record. Odds-on favourite Tango Rock ($1.70) was well-backed late in the APCO Service Stations Maiden Plate (1235m), and duly salu..

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• Richards is a Labor bully, MP claims

  

  Liberal MP Andrew Katos spoke about the bullying allegations in State Parliament.SOUTH Barwon MP Andrew Katos has accused Andy Richards of being a bully at City Hall, alleging he was tasked by the Labor Party with bringing down the directly elected mayors.In State Parliament today, Mr Katos alleged that Cr Richards, his Labor opponent at the last state election, had deliberately made the Geelong council dysfunctional.He said Cr Richards targeted the city’s first directly elected mayor Keith Fagg..

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• Three To Watch - Geelong

  

  Kartem Around Boy (Image: Slickpix) Race 2 No.10 - APCO Service Stations Maiden Plate (1235m) - Zarabeel Last time we saw the Leon and Troy Corstens-trained filly, she ran ninth of 11 in the Crown Oaks behind Jameka. She finished third in a maiden at this track behind Street Cry progeny Iron Boss and Tally, before fair runs in each of the Ethereal and Wakeful Stakes, but finished well back in the Oaks. Another Street Cry product could be her downfall again on Tuesday, with Hawk..

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• Bully councillors not named in report

  The State Government wants to dismiss the council.IT was not unusual for some Geelong councillors to engage in abusive behaviours, the Commission of Inquiry report has found without naming the councillors concerned.Evidence in a report tabled in State Parliament today included an unnamed councillor telling a staff member that if a particular project did not get up, “someone will hang from Queens Park Bridge.The councillor concerned characterised the remark to the Commission as flippant, suggeste..

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• PM awards "faggott" attack Lib

  PM awards "faggott" attack Lib Rob McLennan / 12 April 2016 A former Geelong-based political aspirant whose career collapsed after homophobic comments sufaced on social media, has been honoured by the Prime Minister. Aaron Lane's remarks on Twitter several years ago cost him his Liberal Party candidacy.The posts referred to"Faggots" and claimed many "homos" define themselves by their sexuality.But while he lost the party's support for his candidacy he was allowed to remain a member, and we..

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• A house fire at Highton has gutted the double-storey property.

  

  Family safe but home destroyed Victoria Webb-Taylor / 11 April 2016 A house fire at Highton has gutted the double-storey property. Flames started inside the Triumph Court home just after 8.30am Monday, black smoke billowing out across the area. Speaking during the fire-fight, Mark Sinkinson from the CFA said at one stage they had to pull back. Smoke, and the crane being used to help fight the flames, could be seen from streets away. There were initial fears for the safety of the family o..

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• Round 8 return for Selwood?

  

  Round 8 return for Selwood? Victoria Webb-Taylor / 12 April 2016 Geelong recruit Scott Selwood is getting closer to his first appearance in the Hoops, as he steps up his recovery from off-season ankle surgery. The former West Coast Eagle went under he knife only days after arriving at Kardinia Park, but has had a couple of minor setbacks in his rehabilitation.“Scott has started back running in the last week-and-a-half and has started putting some running sessions together,” Cats football b..

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• We've learnt a Giant lesson, says Guthrie

  

  Scott won't choose top cat0:51AFL: Geelong coach Chris Scott won't let on who out of Patty Dangerfield or Joel Selwood is more important to his team. EMERGING midfielder Cam Guthrie believes Geelong has learnt the lessons from its defeat to Greater Western Sydney as it enters another winnable clash against struggling Essendon. Guthrie, who was one of the Cats’ best in the win over Brisbane on Sunday, conceded his side was flat on the back of an energy-sapping victory against the Hawks.Geelong b..

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• Water pipeline won't bring big changes

  

  Water pipeline won't bring big changes Rob McLennan / 12 April 2016 We're being told not to expect a big jump in Geelong's water storages now that the Melbourne pipeline has been officially turned on. Local storages are sitting at just over 34 per cent capacity, prompting Barwon Water to order six gigalitres of Water from the Victorian water grid.That saw the Geelong-Melbourne pipeline switched on last week, connecting the Lovely Banks basins with Melbourne's supply network at Cowies Hill,..

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