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Sports update Calls for cameras at council basketball venues to curb bad behaviour The region’s largest basketball association says the installation of new cameras at council venues would be a game-changer for stamping out anti-social behaviour. READ MORE   ‘Touch and go’: Cats make calls on stars, Hawk’s season over Geelong has made a “touch and go” call on whether two of its superstars will line up this weekend after injury. Plus, the latest on Conor Nash, Jack Viney, Jason Horne-Francis and ... READ MORE   ‘Extremely disappointing’: Call made on footy league’s status request A local football competition has been given a three-page statement from the recently-established Barwon Regional Council following its request to be reclassified as a Premier leagu... READ MORE   GCA dumps controversial finals rule, junior participation explodes Frustrated clubs and players have officially forced a major rule change as the region sees soaring numbers in junior boys and girls cricket over the past two years. READ MORE   Next Stewart? How smokey’s burst onto AFL radars from local footy Ten years after Tom Stewart was drafted, Zach Stevens is striving to become the next mature-ager taken from South Barwon and Geelong VFL. And he has a former AFL coach in his corne... READ MORE   News update Gun, knife-toting armed robbers storm tobacconist A hardworking teen’s descent in drug addiction and crime culminated when he stormed a Waurn Ponds tobacconist armed with a knife, alongside a mysterious accomplice with a gun. READ MORE   ‘The place to be’: Parenting store coming to Pako A parenting retailer backed by $20m in investment and co-founded by a Geelong native has chosen Pakington St for its eighth store, saying local families have been “under-served” fo... READ MORE