Cruel scammers try to cash in on family’s tragic loss of four-year-old
A TikTok scammer is targeting the grief-stricken community just days after the death of a four-year-old girl from Geelong.
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Club to request investigation after MRP ruling on concussed ex-VFL player
The AFL Barwon match review panel has ruled on a bump that concussed an ex-VFL player and put his playing future in doubt. And one club is going to take it further.
WTF: Priscilla, Queen of the Bay
We reckon Geelong’s favourite acting son, Guy Pearce, wouldn’t look out of place alongside a commercial-sized passenger bus that’s taken up residence by the bay in North Geelong.
Urgent pleas for new fire station in coastal town after 12-year wait
A coastal community in a high-risk bushfire area is urging the state government to build them a new fire station after more than a decade of delays.
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United closing in on NBL1 finals, undefeated run
Geelong United’s women are cooking for the NBL1 finals, locking away top spot with two games to spare. But for United’s men’s squad, it’s been a season of ‘what could have been’.
170+ pics: Top Geelong local footy, netball snaps from the weekend
There was plenty of local sport action over the weekend and we were there to capture it. See our photos from GFNL, GDFNL and the Geelong Falcons.
Geelong GHB surge prompts call for drug-testing site
More people are overdosing on GHB, known as ‘liquid ecstasy’, with Geelong emerging as a regional hotspot for ambulance call-outs linked to the potent drug.
Renewed calls to remove level crossing as train hits woman’s car
A woman’s car was hit by a train at notorious level crossing in Geelong’s north, prompting more calls to fix the trouble-plagued intersection.
Callous, selfish, aggressive: Man learns fate for abusing daughter
A County Court judge has commended the bravery and determination of a young woman who took to the stand to outline the impact abuse at the hands of her selfish, callous father.
Geelong man fined for disturbing critically endangered bird habitat
Authorities launched an investigation after BirdLife Australia reported research equipment used to monitor the birds in the area had been stolen, which resulted in a man being fined.
Hit-run killer to learn fate over senseless death of Geelong man
A Geelong man has admitted mowing down and killing a 31-year-old as he rode his e-scooter in Norlane last year in a death that shocked the city.
Fan heater sparks Grovedale bedroom fire
A bedroom was engulfed by fire when a blaze broke out in a Grovedale home in the early hours of Saturday.
Marles to aid Mayor Kontelj in reviving Geelong CBD
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has committed to working with Mayor Stretch Kontelj to “revitalise” Geelong’s CBD.
‘I want to come in to kill your son’: Chilling threat before home burned
A mother-of-four was left with two metal shards in her head after being attacked with a meat cleaver before her home was set alight a court heard, but the perpetrator’s mental state is complex.
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