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Earthquake shakes Geelong, surrounds

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Jared Lynch A magnitude-3 earthquake has been recorded near Geelong, with residents living from Werribee to Clifton Springs on the Bellarine Peninsula feeling the shock.

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Geelong area to grow by 200,000

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Jason Dowling An extra 210,000 people are expected to be living in Geelong and surrounding areas by 2050, continuing the urbanisation of Victoria's coastal areas.

Geelong roads deadliest in state

Balliang Geelong Road fatality.

Chris Johnston Yet as the area's road toll rises, so too does the political feuding over road funding.

Man to face charges for Geelong taxi death

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Alana Schetzer Police expect to charge a man who crashed into a taxi in Geelong on Christmas Day, killing its driver and injuring a family in another vehicle.

Cotton On creates 500 jobs in Geelong

Clothing company Cotton On will expand its headquarters in Geelong and create 500 new jobs, the Victorian government has announced.

Liberal Party denies campaigning in Geelong mayoral race

Bernadette Uzelac and Helene Bender.

Jason Dowling Suggestions the Liberal Party is angling to stack the council in politically significant region.

Geelong motorist 'carjacked at gunpoint'

Nick Toscano Two men have been charged after a driver was allegedly carjacked at gunpoint in Geelong.

Thieves take guns, car in Geelong home invasion

Megan Levy Armed thieves broke into a home in Geelong this morning and assaulted the resident before stealing two guns and a car, police say.

Geelong woman fears revenge in prison

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Mark Russell Natalia Oscianko fears her dead lover's mother will hurt her if she is sent to prison.

NDIS spells hope for Geelong family

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Rachel Wells Geelong mother-of-four Rachael Taylor has little trouble putting a figure on how much better off her family would be financially under a national disability insurance scheme - ''At least $10,000 a...

Dark day for Geelong as Ford downturn hits home

David Haste (left) and Campbell Dewar are among Ford's Geelong plant workers stunned by the announcement of heavy job cuts.

Rachel Wells Half a dozen workers from Ford's Geelong engine plant gathered at the Norlane Hotel but the mood was far from jovial.

Festival sets sail with Melbourne to Geelong race

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Jane Lee THE biggest yacht race in the southern hemisphere began in near silence yesterday morning.

Police treat Geelong death as suspicious

Nathan Partenza Police believe a man found dead in Geelong’s north had been tied up and burnt.

Pair questioned over savage Geelong bashing

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Benjamin Preiss A man is being treated for serious head injuries after he was beaten savagely in a Geelong suburb last night.

Geelong rail woes set to continue

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Andy Park Passengers are to be ferried to the city in buses this morning, in up to 80 buses.

Man charged over riverside flash

Adrian Lowe Police have charged a man after reports of a flasher exposing himself in the coastal town of Ocean Grove last week.

Cash grab: pair busted online with pants down in online scam

Nino Bucci It is a rather unhappy ending to online sex chats.

Victorian fire danger high on Friday

In an unseasonal spike, fire danger will increase across much of Victoria on Friday, the CFA warns.

Peak-hour delays plague morning commute

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Deborah Gough Widespread train delays that hit the Melbourne morning commuter peak on Monday are now cleared and services are running as normal, Metro Trains has said.

Rail chaos plagues morning peak

Adrian Lowe Commuters in Melbourne's west and south-west endured major headaches and delays city-bound on Friday morning, with an equipment fault causing chaos for the rail network.