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Josh BarnesAFL reporter

Josh Barnes is an AFL and sport reporter with News Sport and CODE Sports, who has previously worked as the Geelong Advertiser’s Chief Footy Writer and with Leader Newspapers.

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North West
(L-R) Verso Learning employees Bobby McLaughlin, Tom Davies and Colin Wood poses for a photograph with Mabel a Cavoodle in Footscray on Wednesday, January 24, 2017. Verso Learning has introduced carer leave for employees with sick pets, they believe it to be an Australian first. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Start-up gives sick leave for pets

EVER wanted to take a day off work to look after your sick pet, and get paid for it? A Footscray start-up — in what it believes is an Australian first — is offering just that, and it’s not the only perk offered to animal-loving staff.

Inner East
Drummer Jimmy McGeachy who lives in Camberwell played drums in Wings' hit Mull of Kintyre in 1977.  He hopes to meet Paul McCartney on Paul's Australian tour.Jimmy admires a mural painted by Urban Artist Anthony Samarigis on the  outside side wall of Tonto, Canterbury Road cafe.Picture:  Janine Eastgate

The drummer boy who knew Sir Paul

SCOTTISH native Jimmy McGeachy was just 15 when he played drums on Wings’ hit Mull of Kintyre in 1977.Now the Camberwell resident is set to catch up with a former Beatle.

Local Footy
WRFL football : St Albans V Wyndham Vale. at St.AlbansSt.Albans coach Fabian Carelli Picture: Mark Wilson

Youth appeals to Carelli

A CHANCE to mould a young group and a move closer to home are two key factors behind football journeyman Fabian Carelli’s move to St Mary’s.

North
Castle Hill RSL and Wesley Mission are launching the gambling counselling service and schools community education program. Pokies, Pokie machine.

Pokies venues rake in $107m

The Epping Plaza Hotel and Mill Park’s Plough Hotel have topped the state when it comes to pokies expenditure, with more than $40 million poured into the two venues machines alone.

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