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• AFL rookie draft: Geelong recruit the next 'Daniher'

  

  Jock Cornell in action during the under-18 championships.Photo: Pat ScalaGeelong have signed a young "Daniher," Joe's cousin Jock Cornell.Cornell's mother Julie is one of seven sisters to those four brothers who etched the Daniher name in AFL history.Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris Daniher all played in the league and Anthony's son Joe is a key forward for the Bombers.The Cats picked Cornell in the rookie draft on Friday after he missed out on selection on Tuesday.AdvertisementCornell said it ha..

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  2015's event represents the Revival's long tradition of speed trialling in Geelong in Victoria. It's held along the newly renovated waterfront precinct in Geelong.

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  GEELONG played in one more finals series and reached seven Grand Finals to Hawthorn's six, but when it comes to determining the greatest side of the AFL era ...

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• Pepper spray triggers standoff at Geelong Magistrates’ Court | HeraldSun

  

  A standoff over pepper spray closed Geelong Magistrates’ Court for several hours. Picture: Mitch BearGEELONG Magistrates’ Court was yesterday thrown into chaos after visiting Magistrate Phillip Goldberg refused to hear matters because police prosecutors were armed with pepper spray.The incident has outraged Police Association secretary Ron Iddles who said members’ safety had been compromised by a magistrate in a court simply to prove a point.“Police all over Victoria are working in an unpreceden..

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• Training is bringing out best in Mitch

  

  Mitch Clark is enjoying being back on the training track.MITCH Clark cut short his off-season break to return early to training and admits it is great to be feeling more like himself again.The boom Geelong recruit, who has had a well-publicised battle with depression, missed the majority of last season with a calf injury.But in promising signs for Clark and the club, the former Brisbane and Melbourne key forward is on schedule with his rehab for what he hopes to be a big 2016.Clark this week on ..

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• US Marines boost Land 400 drive

  

  Elbit Systems managing director, Dan Webster, Mayor Darryn Lyons and MP Sarah Henderson launch a bid for Land 400 Geelong. Picture: Alison WyndTHE Geelong bid for the Land 400 defence contract has received a welcome boost from the US Marine Corps.Team Sentinnel has proposed using the Terrex 2 armoured vehicle as the base platform of its prototype contender for the multi-billion Land 400 contract.This week it was announced the same vehicle base would also be used in amphibious combat vehicles bei..

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• More than million-dollar views

  

  Observation deck: mesmerising views aren’t just found at the tops of skyscrapersTHERE’S a reason why all the world’s foremost observation points are in high places.The top floor of the world’s tallest skyscrapers is invariably set aside as an observation deck.Around the Barwon region the peaks of the Otway Ranges and coastal clifftops are dotted with viewing stations.And, for a lucky few, there is a stunning vista on offer from the back deck.In Geelong and its surrounds there are some homes with..

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• Floating Christmas light show to go on

  

  GEELONG'S floating Christmas tree is back up and running after high winds nearly blew it out to sea. A City of Greater Geelong spokesman said it was business ...

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• Anger over plan for $40-a-packet smokes

  

  Corio's Roddy Gavigan enjoys a cigarette at the Norlane Hotel and says Labor has lost his vote. Picture: Glenn FergusonSMOKERS in Labor’s nor­th­ern Geelong heartland are fuming at party policy to push cigarettes to $40 a packet by the end of the decade with a huge excise increase.Opposition Leader Bill Shorten revealed a plan this week to step up tobacco ­excise rises if Labor won power next year, with a goal of 75 per cent tax on cig­arettes within five years.Geelong’s Roddy Garv­igan and Shan..

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• Carter wants to go again

  

  Geelong president Colin Carter speaks at the Carji Greaves Medal. Picture: Hamish BlairGEELONG president Colin Carter has signalled his desire to seek re-election next year, spurred on by unfinished bus­iness.Carter’s position will be up for grabs in 12 months’ time when he reaches the end of the third and final year of his current term.But the long-time football powerbroker yesterday declared he was “not lacking in energy” as he closes in on making a formal decision with input from the board.“I..

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