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Tight finish to AFLW season points towards unpredictable finals series

Teams with little to no finals experience face the reigning premiers and three-time premiership sides – but no result is guaranteed

The Guardian - AU

Newlywed father stabbed to death in romantic dispute

Dylan Bond's family have described the heartbreaking moment they found out the 26-year-old father had been murdered during an altercation at a Geelong home.

AAP

Week one of the AFLW finals confirmed

Week one of the AFLW finals will feature first-timers Sydney and Essendon away to Gold Coast and Geelong, along with a pair of blockbuster qualifying finals.

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Swimming officials ‘concerned’ by Victorian plan to rip up Commonwealth Games pools

Inquiry into event’s cancellation hears of plan to build two new 50-metre pools near Geelong only to remove them after event

The Guardian - AU

Two children critical after siblings die in shed fire

A community is mourning the loss of two children killed in a shed fire as their mother stays at the bedside of their critically injured siblings.

AAP

Two children dead and two in critical condition after shed fire in Geelong

Preschoolers with severe burns airlifted to hospital in Melbourne, Ambulance Victoria says

The Guardian - AU

Man kicked out of court as jury delivers murder verdict

A jury has found a Geelong man who fatally stabbed a 26-year-old and injured his brother guilty of murder.

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Murder accused says brothers' stabbing in self-defence

A Geelong man who fatally stabbed a 26-year-old and injured his brother was angry his girlfriend was talking to one of the victims, prosecutors say.

AAP

Father's cause of death during evening dog walk unknown

An 18-year-old man will remain in custody after appearing in court charged with murder after a father was found dead following a late-night dog walk in Geelong.

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Teen charged with murdering man on late-night dog walk

A murder charge has been laid over the death of a father who was found with head wounds after embarking on a late-night dog walk in Geelong's CBD.

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Bye bye brutalism, hello Instagrammers: inside Geelong’s spectacular $140m arts centre

Australia’s newest and largest regional arts centre features malleable theatres, Indigenous art and spaces especially designed to get your camera out

The Guardian - AU

Victorian student found unconscious after vaping and taken to hospital

The Bannockburn P12 College student was taken to Geelong hospital in a stable condition by paramedics

The Guardian - AU

No demons as Lions eye bounce-back win over Cats

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has welcomed the "finals-like" Geelong test that will come a week after the AFL side's loss to the Demons.

AAP

Commonwealth Games: Victoria’s regions ‘shocked and disappointed’ after event cancelled

The 2026 Games, which Daniel Andrews announced would be cancelled, was set to be held across Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton

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Kingsley says Cats win sparked Giants surge up ladder

GWS have won four of their last five games and coach Adam Kingsley says the round-11 away win over Geelong was a big moment for the in-form Giants.

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Dunkley hobbled as Lions eye crucial AFL block

The Brisbane Lions have half an eye on crunch games against Melbourne and Geelong as they prepare to face West Coast without the recuperating Josh Dunkley.

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A Woman Has Died In A House Fire In Geelong & Police Have Established A Crime Scene

Emergency services were called to the home following reports of a fire at about 2am this morning.

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Heeney snatches thrilling draw for Swans against Cats

Isaac Heeney has booted a behind with 30 seconds remaining in the final term to snatch a 54-all draw for a wasteful Sydney against Geelong at the SCG.

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Sydney Swans not seeking retribution against Geelong

Sydney have been embarrassed by Geelong in their previous two encounters but co-captain Dane Rampe insists the Swans are not out for revenge.

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Eliza Batman, the Irish convict reinvented as 'Melbourne's founding mother', was both colonised and coloniser on two violent frontiers

On June 8 1835, 188 years ago today, pastoralist John Batman crossed the Bass Strait and arrived on the shores of Naarm (now Melbourne city), on Kulin lands. His Irish-born convict wife, Eliza Batman, and their seven daughters arrived at Port Phillip the following year.

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AFL Round-Up: Carlton remain broken, Hawthorn have reason to believe, Melbourne and Geelong stunned

It was a round of upsets across the AFL, one that has changed the shape of the season for some of the league's most fancied clubs. We digest the week that was.

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Cats debutant Mullin dubbed 'the Daicos of Ireland'

Geelong coach Chris Scott insists Irishman Oisin Mullin could have debuted for the reigning premiers three weeks ago in a rapid rise for the 23-year-old.

The Guardian - AU

Local councils too often veer between crazy extravagances and mindless austerities, at the community’s expense

Geelong has united against budget cuts to the town’s library which threaten the survival of a local hub where everyone is welcome

ABC News

Geelong scraps Australia Day celebrations in unanimous council vote about January 26

Geelong council will permanently cease referring to January 26 as Australia Day, as part of a series of changes to how the city commemorates the contentious date.

AAP

Electric Dockers pass AFL test with win over Geelong

Fremantle's star midfielders rose to the occasion as the Dockers defeated reigning AFL premiers Geelong by 29 points at Optus Stadium.

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