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Chad Van Estrop is a journalist now based in New York having worked at the Herald Sun, Leader newspapers and the Geelong Advertiser.

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Soldiers from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) in an Australian Army Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle conduct a battle run at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. *** Local Caption *** The 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conducted live fire training serials in the Townsville Field Training Area with the new Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles as they were introduced into service within the Australian Army. Soldiers conducting the training practiced firing smoke canisters from the platform’s Grenade Launching System to create obscuration, engaging targets with the MAG-58 Machine Gun, and honed their skills on the digitised 30mm Main Turret.

Major defence contract locked at Norlane

Engineering company Marand will manufacture more army vehicle components at the former Ford factory under a deal with a German conglomerate.

Geelong

Councillor Eddy Kontelj next to a parking meter in Little Malop Street. Picture: Stephen Harman

How Geelong council hopes to improve city’s parking

Drivers would be able to find vacant car parks using an app and have access to a demand-driven payment model under a strategy aiming to improve parking options across central Geelong.

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Police called to ‘tussle’ as library tensions boil over

Police were called to Geelong’s council chamberas tensions boiled over about the future of the city’s libraries. See the video.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 23, 2022: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Treasure Tim Pallas tour the Technical Director Advanced Manufacturing Precinct at RMIT. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Budget snapshot: Dan’s plan for your cash

Health, education and transport got big cash injections in the state budget released Tuesday as big business is taxed more to help pay off Covid debt.

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Library protest, Highton Library ahead of its proposed closure.

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Library fight rages on

Geelong residents have protested against planned library changes, after it was revealed weekend hours at facilities across Geelong are set to be slashed.

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Backflip on future of Geelong libraries

There’s been a significant development in the future of three Geelong region libraries that were on the chopping block this week.

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Library rescue mission, numbers war update

As three Geelong libraries face the chop, a councillor wants to give the region’s libraries an extra $762,000.

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Mayor vows to keep libraries open

Three much-loved community libraries are on the chopping block but the Geelong mayor says all should stay open. Here’s what he’s told the community.

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Inside council vote to torpedo region advocate

A surprising revelation in the divided council vote to stop $500,000 of advocacy funding has emerged. See the detail.

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Focus on two Rubbish bins with rubbish truck in background lifting a bin

Update on bin collections as garbos strike

Geelong council have given an update about its bin collections amid a garbage worker strike. See the latest.

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