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• High-powered Commissioners named

  

  CEO Kelvin Spiller and mayor Darryn Lyons will soon come under the eye of Commissioners.THE high-powered Commission ordered by the State Government to investigate the Geelong council will be led by one of Australia’s most experienced public servants.Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins announced today that Terry Moran, a former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, would chair the Commission of Inquiry which will also include former Brisbane City Council CEO Jude M..

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• Colourful Geelong mayor hits Canberra

  

  Colourful Geelong mayor hits CanberraColourful Geelong mayor hits CanberraSporting a blond mohawk and wearing a purple velvet suit, Australia's most colourful mayor has hit Canberra to lobby politicians.Speaking alongside Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson, Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons said it was "giddy-up time", with nine meetings at Parliament House planned for Tuesday.The flamboyant mayor said he didn't have a particular style, but insisted he would continue to "say it how it is"."I'm just me and ..

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• AFL star, wife robbed while they slept

  

  The youths are accused of stealing from Renee and Corey Enright.TWO teenagers believed responsible for the overnight burglary and car theft from Geelong star Corey Enright’s home have been remanded in custody.Enright, his pregnant wife Renee and their young son were asleep in their home when thieves allegedly broke in during the night, located car keys before stealing the family’s two cars last week.Police told a bail hearing in a Children’s Court on Monday that the pair of youths were part of a..

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• Cats' flag odds slashed as punters pile on

  

  Josh Cowan, left with footy, as Corey Enright blocks Jackson Thurlow. Pictures: Mike DugdaleGEELONG has been crunched into fourth favourite for next year’s AFL premiership on the back of its off-season recruiting raid.Backed from $34 outsiders into $10 contenders, the Cats have been the subject of a punting avalanche at sportsbet.com.au, with 40 per cent of all money wagered on next year’s premiership coming for the Cats.The online bookmaker yesterday revealed it had taken more than double the c..

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• Cats unveil 2016 jumper numbers

  

  Geelong’s new recruits, from left, James Parsons, Tom Ruggles, Jock Cornell, Wylie Buzza, Matthew Hayball, Sam Menegola and Ryan Gardner, unveil their jumper numbers. Picture: Mike DugdaleGEELONG recruit Scott Selwood will be sticking close to his brother Joel in the locker room next year, after the Cats announced their jumper numbers for 2016.The former West Coast Eagle will be two lockers down from the Cats skipper, having taken on the number 16 vacated by ruckman Dawson Simpson.Lachie Henders..

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• Geelong Cats star Corey Enright & pregnant wife Renee robbed while they slept | HeraldSun

  

  The youths are accused of stealing from Renee and Corey Enright.TWO teenagers believed responsible for the overnight burglary and car theft from Geelong star Corey Enright’s home have been remanded in custody.Enright, his pregnant wife Renee and their young son were asleep in their home when thieves allegedly broke in during the night, located car keys before stealing the family’s two cars last week.Police told a bail hearing in a Children’s Court on Monday that the pair of youths were part of a..

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  The dust has settled following another hugely successful running of the Geelong Revival, held on the waterfront precinct of Victoria's second largest city.

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  And while the Ring Road means bypassing Geelong on the way out west, Centra provides a very compelling reason for scheduling a restorative stop.

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• Accused Facebook stalker denied bail

  

  The accused allegedly used Facebook to stalk his former partner.AN Ocean Grove man who ­allegedly stalked a former partner by creating fake Facebook accounts using a variety of names, including Sonia Slapper, has been refused bail.Geelong Magistrates’ Court heard Adrian Buck also allegedly sent more than 2000 threatening and abusive text messages to the victims over a 12-month period.Mr Buck, 32, of Epworth St, appeared in court on Monday charged with multiple counts of stalking, using a carriag..

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• Four stolen cars torched overnight

  

  This is one of four stolen cars dumped and torched overnight in the Geelong area.FOUR stolen cars have been torched in one night across the region.The vehicles were taken overnight Sunday and early today and then set alight at Waurn Ponds, Moorabool and near Little River.“We were called to one (fire) just behind the baseball diamond, a stolen Commodore wagon, where the owners hadn’t even realised it had been stolen yet. It was dumped in the parkland there,” Belmont firefighter Geoff Brown said.“..

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