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May

Unemployment rates remained low in Geelong with Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data recording a 3.5 per cent unemployment rate.

Lara’s Ford Millican, 10, cut of his iconic mullet on International Firefighter’s Day to donate to Variety Hair with Heart after raising $8527 by growing out his hair for the Black Dog Institue.

Geelong Kettlebell Sports Association held its first Girevoy Sports Association of Australia Interstate Open competition on May 11.

Geelong tuck-pointer Nat De-Palma received the inaugural Jennifer Bantow Local Heritage Award for years of work restoring heritage buildings.

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