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‘Personal use’: Mum’s 50kg cannabis crop lands her in court

Police found 49 cannabis plants and a hydroponic set up when they raided the rural home of a Geelong council officer. Her lawyer argued it was used to self-medicate.

Former students of Vic’s most elite school ‘drug addicts, homeless and alcoholics’

A “lost generation” of students from elite Geelong Grammar has cost the school at least $100m in legal suits after former leaders ignored abuse allegations for decades, with claims...

Hundreds of guards, zero prisoners at Melbourne ghost prison

Hundreds of prison guards and staff were working at Victoria’s new prison before a single prisoner had been locked up, in a move slammed as a gross waste of public money.

Cop to legal eagle: The Geelong lawyer who crossed the bar table

Former police prosecutor Alex Loftgood hasn’t looked back since crossing to the other side and becoming a defence lawyer, but the change was about more than just swapping a uniform...

‘Strong turnaround’ for Geelong housing market

New data reveals more Geelong suburbs recorded price growth in the June quarter amid an uptick in buyer search activity. See your suburb.