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• What Wellsy is thinking before the draft

  

  Michael Luxford has been promoted on to the senior list. .GEELONG’S post-season recruiting spree will see it take a reduced primary list into the 2016 season.The Cats will take four new players in tonight’s national draft in Adelaide, despite having six spots still available on its list.The recruitment of Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Selwood, Lachie Henderson and Zac Smith will be helped fit into the salary cap by having two less players on Geelong’s senior list than it did in 2015.Clubs must have..

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• Dealer came knocking during drug raid

  

  A DRUG trafficker picked the wrong house in Norlane to sell his wares when a police officer, conducting a drug raid, answered his knock on the door.Geelong court heard that, despite suffering a serious leg injury in a car crash some years ago, Kushtrim Berisha, took off from police, managing to run 150 metres before falling over and being caught.The court was told a backpack he was carrying contained 70 ecstasy tablets, 7.23 grams methamphetamine, three mobile phones and $250 cash.Berisha pleade..

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• Man arrested over Anakie hit-run

  

  Police arrest Bradley John Azzopardi outside Geelong Magistrates’ Court.A WHITTINGTON man has appeared in Geelong Magistrates’ Court over the hit-run death of 77-year-old Corio cyclist Gordon Ibbs at Anakie on Mother’s Day this year.Bradley Azzopardi, 25, is charged with culpable driving causing death, reckless conduct endangering death and reckless conduct endangering serious­ injury.He is also charged with dangerous driving causing death, failing to stop after an accident, failing to render as..

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• Way we elect the mayor needs review

  

  South Barwon MP Andrew Katos says it is clear there are issues with the present mayoral model.THE Victorian Electoral Commission is presently undertaking a representation review of the City of Greater Geelong Council.That the VEC is only looking into the number of councillors and ward structures and not the method by which the Mayor is elected is a missed opportunity.In 2010 the Victorian Coalition made an election commitment to introduce a directly elected Mayor for Geelong.Upon coming to offic..

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• Lovesick Lyons has Friday on his mind

  

  Mayor Darryn Lyons is lovesick without Elissa Friday by his side. Picture: Mike DugdaleGEELONG mayor Darryn Lyons has opened up about how he is struggling emotionally and has become a recluse without the love of his life, Elissa Friday, by his side.Ms Friday, who the mayor has described as “the woman behind the man”, returned to England several months ago to care for her dying mother.“I’ve become very reclusive over the last six months. Party boy was along time ago,” an emotional Cr Lyons said.T..

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• Cats to go into 2016 short handed

  

  Geelong will enter 2016 two players short after its off-season recruiting spreeGeelong recruit Scott Selwood with new coach Chris Scott. Picture: NIGEL HALLETTSource:Nigel Hallett / News Corp AustraliaGEELONG’S post-season recruiting spree will see it take a reduced primary list into the 2016 season.The Cats will take four new players in tonight’s national draft in Adelaide, despite having six spots still available on its list.The recruitment of Patrick Dangerfield, Scott Selwood, Lachie Henders..

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• Surgery setback for exciting Cats midfielder

  

  Surgery for exciting Cats midfielder DuncanMichael WhitingNovember 23, 2015 8:01 PMGeelong's Mitch Duncan has suffered a pre-season setbackGEELONG midfielder Mitch Duncan will have the start of his pre-season delayed by minor surgery near his Achilles.The 24-year-old is expected to miss up to a month of training.Geelong general manager of football Steven Hocking said Duncan returned early from his off-season break and the injury flared last week."Mitch will have surgery this week and it is expec..

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• Cricketer speared in neck by stick

  

  Cricketer Adrian Hardman had surgery to remove a stick from his neck. Picture: Glenn FergusonMURGHEBOLUC life member Adrian Hardman has always been one to put his neck on the line for the club, but this time he might have taken it too far.The 352-game cricket veteran is recovering at home after undergoing a delicate procedure to remove a fork-shaped stick that speared into his neck after a desperate fielding attempt on Saturday.Paramedics attend to Adrian Hardman on the boundary.Adrian Hardman i..

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• Curnow still hot property despite arrest

  

  CHARLIE Curnow's pre-draft arrest has failed to turn clubs off the man rated the most versatile player the Geelong Falcons have produced in two decades.

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• Car thefts increase in Victoria | report

  

  Car thefts are soaring in Victoria, with crime gangs and bored jobless youths blamed for rises of up to 24 per cent in a year in some areas.New figures put Victoria ahead of New South Wales for the first time in the total number of vehicle thefts.OlderHolden Commodoresremain the most frequently stolen cars and 15-year-oldNissan Pulsarsare also a common target — both lack the sophisticated security systems in almost all 2016 models.The National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council statistics sho..

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