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• AFL draft 2015: Charlie Curnow held by Geelong police after traffic incident | HeraldSun

  

  Charlie Curnow in police custody0:34AFL: Draft prospect Charlie Curnow has been taken into police custody after refusing a breath test early Friday morningEXCLUSIVE: TOP draft prospect Charlie Curnow has apologised and says he will accept the consequences of his actions after spending a night in a Geelong police station.One of the country’s best young footballers was pulled over in the early hours of this morning.Police asked Curnow to complete a breath test but he refused it “in his moment of p..

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• Rowing boats replace cars as Geelong begins manufacturing recovery under grant scheme - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Rowing boats replace cars as Geelong begins manufacturing recovery under grant schemeUpdatedNovember 20, 2015 11:35:28 A company that makes rowing boats in Geelong is one of seven companies set to benefit from $11 million in grants as part of a fund set up in the wake of manufacturing job losses.The $29.5 million Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund (GRIIF) was set up in 2013, in the wake of new of job losses at Ford, and includes contributions from Ford, Alcoa, and the federal and ..

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• The Geelong College

  

  Advertising FeatureActing principal Roger Smith with 2015 college captains Tansy Pereira and Sam Goodear.Photo: Trevor CookeAcademic and music scholarships understandably make up the core focus of most schools' scholarship programs.Along with its Boarding Scholarships, this is certainly the case at The Geelong College, where these scholarships are available to current and other students entering Years 7 to 11.Also on offer is the Howard Hitchcock Visual Arts Scholarship, which demonstrates how i..

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• Our city's unsolved murders and mysteries

  

  THESE are the stories that both horrify and mesmerise, the tales you remember long after they have left the news pages.Geelong has had its fair share of high-profile criminal cases, including some mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.In each case, over 175 years, the Geelong Advertiser has been there to keep its readers informed.Bert Driscoll was stabbed to death in his Union St Funarama amusement parlour in 1973, but no murder weapon was ever found. It remains a mystery.The body of Clare ..

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• Geelong Advertiser celebrates 175th birthday - mUmBRELLA

  

  Geelong Advertiser celebrates 175th birthdayNews Corp regional title The Geelong Advertiser has celebrated its 175th birthday.The announcement:Over 200 people including politicians, business leaders, athletes and celebrities who hail from Victoria’s second largest city gathered last night to celebrate theGeelong Advertiser’s175 – year milestone.Channel Seven newsreader Rebecca Maddern MC’d the event that was hosted by HWT chairman Penny Fowler, Victoria managing director – editorial Peter Blunde..

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• Good GRIIF: $11.2m cash injection for businesses

  

  Christopher Pyne laughs with Sykes’ Ian McAdam and MP Sarah Henderson. Picture: Mike DugdaleINNOVATIVE Geelong firms will benefit from $11.2 million in new federal and state government grants..Seven firms, including Olympic rowing scull manufacturer Sykes, were granted the money as part of the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund.Federal Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said the investment would help transform Geelong to a “new model economy” through investment in “innovative” and “ou..

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• Crash driver was just resting her eyes

  

  A DRIVER has denied falling asleep at the wheel of her boyfriend’s car before crashing, telling police “I just closed my eyes a bit too long”, a Geelong court has heard.Bianca Whatnall, 24, of Langer Dve, St Albans Park pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates’ Court to careless driving, driving suspended, displaying false plates, driving an unregistered car, possessing a drug of addiction and drug driving.Police prosecutor Leading Senior Constable David Vanderpol said Whatnall had been driving her..

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• Addy celebrates 175th with massive birthday bash

  

  Guests at the Addy’s 175th birthday celebrations.THEGeelong Advertisermarked an impressive milestone on Thursday night with the celebration of its 175th birthday.“175 years — that’s a long time, when I got the invite I didn’t realise it had been that long, so congratulations and good luck for the next 175,” Cats legend Cameron Ling said at the party.More than 200 local athletes, celebrities, politicians, business leaders and staff toasted Victoria’s oldest newspaper at a birthday bash at the Fed..

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• A civic mind: ARM's Geelong Library and Heritage Centre opens | ArchitectureAU

  

  The modern communitylibrary is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. In the past few years, a number of high profile public libraries - The Library at the Dock, Surry Hills Library and Community Centre to name a couple – have captured both public attention and professional praise for their architects.The latest of these, the ARM Architecture-designed Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (GLHC) will open to the public this weekend 21-22 November.The futuristic dome structure has been described by G..

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• Northern jobs program is heading south

  

  MPs Brendan O'Connor and Richard Marles flank Northern Futures boss Lou Brazier.NORTHERN Futures fears its employment and training program will be out of people in six months without reforms to the Federal Government’s Job Active program.Executive officer Lou Brazier said referrals had dropped from 70 a semester to 20 as Job Active channelled people into Work for the Dole.“It’s beyond serious,” Ms Brazier said.“We can have all the money in the world but if we don’t have clients coming through ou..

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