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• Grow jobs project in Geelong lifting the gloom amid high local unemployment - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Grow jobs project in Geelong lifting the gloom amid high local unemploymentPostedNovember 29, 2015 08:53:48 Shane Coignet graduated from a good school in Geelong in 2012 and was keen to secure a job as an apprentice electrician.But after 12 months of rejections, he was beginning to feel down."I thought it was going to last for years and years, and I didn't want to say that I gave up. I kept looking every single day, but it felt like I was about to give up really," Mr Coignet said.Eventually,..

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• AFL draft 2015: Maybe third time lucky for Geelong recruit Sam Menegola

  

  Geelong draftee Sam Menegola hopes it's third time lucky in the AFL systemPhoto: Patrick ScalaFor teenaged boys aspiring to an AFL career, the sitting and waiting to hear their name called on draft night is a nerve-wracking experience. But Sam Menegola knows it doesn't get any easier with a little more experience, either.Having already been rookie drafted by Hawthorn and Fremantle over the past five years, the 23-year-old had been through the wringer before. But the roller coaster of emotions he..

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• Revving up the local economy

  

  Jack Gardas cruisin’ in his car at the Geelong Revival. Picture: Mitch BearSTATE Tourism Minister John Eren said Victoria was becoming the motor sports capital as well as the major events capital of Australia.Mr Eren was talking while walking around the Geelong Revival Festival on Eastern Beach on Saturday.``Look at this atmosphere,’’ he said, recalling the first such event was held on Ritchie Boulevard back in 1956.``The Geelong Revival Festival will bring 50,000 people to Geelong and that mean..

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• Matthew Guy announces autism probe during party conference in...

  

  Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, right, and Liberal MP Bernie Finn. Picture: Kylie ElseAUTISM in Victoria will be put under the microscope with the Liberal Party to conduct a state wide Probe next year.Opposition leader Matthew Guy announced upper house MP Bernie Finn would talk to families from across the state and report back next year.“I want to put Victoria at the front and centre of Autism,” Mr Guy said.“In many areas the system is failing. Early intervention is the best way to help these chi..

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• Violent attack on ex lands seven years in jail

  

  AN East Geelong man will spend at least the next four years in jail after bashing his former partner with a tree branch during a “cowardly” campaign against her.Simon Cross, 41, was sentenced in the County Court to seven years’ jail after pleading guilty to ­aggravated burglary, false ­imprisonment and recklessly causing injury.He had already received 15 months jail for similar offending against the same victim in March.Judge Michael Bourke said it was an ongoing and major problem for society th..

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• Spartan Race will test the toughest

  

  Geelong Obstacle Racing Club members Jase Lydom, Michelle Morrissey and Kate Barsby.ON DECEMBER 5, Simonds Stadium will host some of the toughest athletes in the country. But they won’t be chasing a ball.Spartan Race Australia arrives in Geelong this year and 43-year-old Max DeLacy can’t wait.“Amazing human feats have occurred on this stadium and this is a great opportunity for competitors to achieve something they didn’t think they could,” he says.Max is CEO of Spartan Race Australia. He’s base..

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• Join me in pledging to prevent violence

  

  MP breaks down describing the murder of her friend2:14Liberal MP Sarah Henderson breaks down as she describes the murder of her friend Monique by her partner, in a powerful speech to parliament about domestic violence.ON White Ribbon Day eve, Sarah Henderson stood in Parliament.In adeeply personal and emotional tributeto her recently murdered friend, Monique Denahy, Sarah firmly implanted the issue of violence within relationships and families into our nation’s conscience.“Monique’s death has sh..

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• Leggie Jeremy Hart saves Footscray-Edgewater in Premier Cricket...

  

  Dean Russ was pleased with Footscray-Edgewater’s performance against Geelong. Picture: Richard SerongA TENSE final over ended with Footscray-Edgewater claiming a thrilling one-run result in Saturday’s opening round of Twenty20 fixtures.As Premier Cricket dived into the hard-hitting format, the Bulldogs held Geelong to 7-140 in reply to their 8-141 at Kardinia Park.“It’s always tough going down to Geelong, so to walk away with four points is brilliant,” skipper Dean Russ said.With Geelong needing..

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• Car found in search for missing man

  

  A CAR belonging to a Victorian man missing for more than a week has been found in bushland as police ramp up a search for the 42-year-old.Missing man Ashley Millichamp.Ashley Millichamp’s car was found in remote bushland in the state’s southwest near the small town of Forrest yesterday afternoon.A search has this morning resumed in the hope of finding Mr Millichamp, from Bannockburn near Geelong.He has not made contact with his family for nine days and police hold concern for his welfare.Police ..

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• Last of the pre-season steals?

  

  •Check out every pick on the Draft Tracker•Rookie Draft: What your club says•National Draft verdict: How did your club fare?IT IS likely we have seen the last of the pre-season draft, with the introduction of free agency making it all but redundant in an era when delisted players can move to a new home of their choice.Some greats of the game have got their start or second chance through the PSD and gone on to be 200-game players or premiership stars, but these days there are plenty of new avenue..

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