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Brendan Kearns is a cadet journalist with News Corp Australia. He has written for The Australian, the Herald Sun, the Geelong Advertiser, CHOICE, Cosmos, and The Citizen. He won Democracy’s Watchdogs’ Student Award for Investigative Journalism 2024 and hosted the third season of award-winning podcast Uncurated. He studied as Master of Journalism at The University of Melbourne, before that he worked as a video producer and disability worker.

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Leah Du Vallon gave birth to baby Addison, 7 weeks ago under the Barwon Health homebrith scheme and with the help of midwives Jenny Jackman and Emily Bennett. Picture: Alison Wynd

Why more Geelong mums want to give birth at home

Newcomb’s Leah Du Vallon is among a growing cohort of mums choosing to give birth at home through a Barwon Health midwife program.

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Settle Easy's co-founder, chairperson and chief executive Sam Almaliki

Geelong’s growth an opportunity for entrepreneur

A booming population is one of the reasons this conveyancing company views Geelong as the site of its first regional hub.

Geelong

Former staff at HEI Schools Waurn Ponds have reported that despite having a menu with âextensive meal optionsâ, children often received just a Vegemite sandwich.

Just a vegemite sandwich: Geelong childcare menu shock

Former staff at an embattled childcare chain have reported that despite having a menu with “extensive meal options”, children often received just a Vegemite sandwich.

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Families worried after childcare centres placed in limbo

Mounting debts have seen a childcare chain placed under administration, leaving parents in two Geelong suburbs wondering what’s next.

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FUTURE GEELONG: Kids court short in local basketball

Basketball associations across the Bellarine are in need more facilities to meet demand for one of the region’s most popular sports.

Geelong

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 11: NBL Owner and Executive Chairman Larry Kestelman speaks to media during a NBL media opportunity at Rod Laver Arena on March 11, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for NBL)

New stadium a must for return to big league, NBL boss says

Geelong United is being seriously considered for a licence, but the league is “landlocked” with no appropriate stadium.

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The Avalon Australian International Airshow in 2023

FUTURE GEELONG: Airshow an opportunity for local businesses

Avalon Airshow organisers have embraced a new program that promises to showcase local businesses

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Hanwha Defence Australia is producing advanced armoured vehicles at their Hanwha Armoured Vehicle Centre of Excellence (H-ACE) facility in Avalon

FUTURE GEELONG: Defence manufacturing continues to grow

Nearly nine years after Ford’s closure, vehicle manufacturing returns to Geelong, but these are a bit bigger than cars.

Geelong

Neale Pretorius with his wife Esther and children at their home in Bisinella's Lara Lakes Estate.

FUTURE GEELONG: ‘Mind-boggling’ red tape stalling new housing

Growth areas in Geelong’s north and west still have no approved master plans with changes needed to meet Geelong’s astronomical housing targets, developers say.

Geelong

Cindy Parker-Bardi (pictured ) the Manager of the Club Coridale community hub in a Villawood development in Lara. Talking about the importance of social connectivity in new housing developments.Picture: Mark Wilson

FUTURE GEELONG: Community hubs bring connectivity to new developments

Community hubs are becoming key features of Geelong’s new developments. Find out the the important role they play.

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