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57-storey Geelong skyscraper approved without public say

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Construction begins on 57-storey skyscraper overlooking State Library
Construction has begun on a 57-storey skyscraper overlooking the State Library, a tower that will transform one of the CBD's best-known intersections. The project was granted approval without public consultation.
theage.com.au
Buttering up the Power: The Cat-and-Dog fight to land an AFL superstar
Free agency is a month away, and Port Adelaide, Zak Butters' management, and either Geelong or the Western Bulldogs have plenty of thinking to do about how to get a deal done to land the AFL superstar.
theage.com.au
Could you raise Australia’s next detector dog?
Geelong families are being encouraged to open their homes to Labrador puppies as Australian Border Force seeks foster carers for its detector dog program. The program cares for puppies from about nine weeks until they turn one.
timesnewsgroup.com.au
Indie rockers through Torquay on East Coast tour
Melbourne indie rock band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will return to the Torquay Hotel on 24 September as part of an east coast tour. The five-piece formed in 2013 and released its debut EP, Talk Tight, in 2016.
timesnewsgroup.com.au
A desperation deal at Donnini’s meant a decade of paying Mick Gatto
A construction company boss says he did not know how else to get around the union gatekeepers threatening the survival of his business, describing a desperation deal at Donnini's that meant a decade of paying Mick Gatto.
theage.com.au

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