Free training for Geelong businesses, plus a local teen's bronze on world stage

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1. Free training to help Geelong businesses grow

   Geelong businesses will be offered free expert coaching and training across leadership, marketing, technology and financial management to help local operators grow. The City of Greater Geelong will run four specialised programs throughout the 2026-27 financial year.

   timesnewsgroup.com.au

2. Whiteford embraces international challenge with Australian select squad

   Geelong United teenager Eli Whiteford has gained valuable international experience after helping Australia to a bronze medal at the Shanghai Future Stars Basketball Championship. The 15-year-old wing represented the country in an all-Victorian Australian select team at the tournament.

   timesnewsgroup.com.au

3. How to treat a fossil if you find one

   Jan Juc resident and Anglesea Primary School principal Ross Dullard, who found the skull of an unusual whale on the beach at Jan Juc in 2019 and donated it, says there are fossils out there for amateur palaeontologists but it is important to follow the rules.

   timesnewsgroup.com.au

4. No excuses. Review of youth mental health services is needed now

   The state of mental health services for young people, as reported by The Age, requires action. We owe our young people the belief that hope lives.

   theage.com.au

5. Surf Coast super group to swoop into the Sound Doctor

   Local garage-pop group Girlatones, hailed as 'about as Surf Coast as it gets', will take to the Anglesea Memorial Hall stage next month in support of The Lazy Eyes. The four-piece brings together musicians with strong connections to the Surf Coast and Geelong music scenes.

   timesnewsgroup.com.au

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