	{"id":133254,"date":"2026-07-14T16:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:23:44","slug":"new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/","title":{"rendered":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Liberal Party has endorsed Leopold resident Callum Whitehead as its candidate for Bellarine, setting up a contest with incumbent Labor MP Alison Marchant at November&#8217;s state election.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead said he was standing to help deliver better opportunities for local families, arguing the Bellarine had been let down the Labor government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People on the Bellarine, especially myself, have seen what&#8217;s been going on over the past 12 years under a Labor government and we&#8217;ve just had enough,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a young family; we&#8217;re trying to grow and prosper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunity for us to continue to live in a better area and access better government infrastructure so our lives are improved, it just hasn&#8217;t been there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead is an experienced media and communications professional who has worked across the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>He has also served as a media advisor for the Liberals, Nationals and Derryn Hinch&#8217;s Justice Party.<\/p>\n<p>He is involved with Leopold&#8217;s football, cricket and fishing clubs, and was this week appointed president of the Leopold Cricket Club for the 2026\u201327 season.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead, whose father was a police officer, said reducing crime would be one of his key priorities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122624\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-122624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/cw-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bellarine Liberal candidate Callum Whitehead is an experienced media and communications professional who has worked across the public sector. Photo: supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s hit my family as well \u2013 I&#8217;ve had instances where family members have had cars broken into, people feeling unsafe walking down the street,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a beautiful tourist destination, and we want people to come to the Bellarine and feel safe and have a great time.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe said Bellarine residents were not being heard in Spring Street and he wanted to be a strong local voice for the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just an average person, and that&#8217;s what the people of the Bellarine want,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They want just a normal person running for parliament, not someone who&#8217;s going to sit in an office in Melbourne or Leopold not getting out on the ground speaking to the people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want our community to be the best it can be, and I&#8217;m going to help them do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the 28 November election, Whitehead will challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/women-in-business\/championing-women-across-the-bellarine\/\">Marchant<\/a>, who holds the seat with a comfortable margin of 8.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Socialist Alliance candidate Dom Williams is the only other candidate to have declared their intention to run for the seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liberal Party has endorsed Leopold resident Callum Whitehead as its candidate for Bellarine, setting up a contest with incumbent Labor MP Alison Marchant at November&#8217;s state election. Whitehead said he was standing to help deliver better opportunities for local families, arguing the Bellarine had been let down the Labor government. &#8220;People on the Bellarine, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":133255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_section_post":"","home_featured_section_post":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-133254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Liberal Party has endorsed Leopold resident Callum Whitehead as its candidate for Bellarine, setting up a contest with incumbent Labor MP Alison Marchant at November&#8217;s state election. Whitehead said he was standing to help deliver better opportunities for local families, arguing the Bellarine had been let down the Labor government. &#8220;People on the Bellarine, [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Geelong Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"James Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c1765be3a722a2023e6ce64487db8b45\"},\"headline\":\"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":417,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"(From left) Liberal candidate for Bellarine Callum Whitehead, Liberal candidate for South Barwon Libby Pettit, Polwarth Liberal MP Richard Riordan and Liberal candidate for Geelong Andy Pobjoy. Photo: James Taylor.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/news\\\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Geelong Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Geelong Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/times_logo_1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/times_logo_1.png\",\"width\":248,\"height\":37,\"caption\":\"Geelong Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c1765be3a722a2023e6ce64487db8b45\",\"name\":\"James Taylor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Taylor\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/geelongtimes\\\/author\\\/james\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times","og_description":"The Liberal Party has endorsed Leopold resident Callum Whitehead as its candidate for Bellarine, setting up a contest with incumbent Labor MP Alison Marchant at November&#8217;s state election. Whitehead said he was standing to help deliver better opportunities for local families, arguing the Bellarine had been let down the Labor government. &#8220;People on the Bellarine, [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/","og_site_name":"Geelong Times","article_published_time":"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"James Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/"},"author":{"name":"James Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/person\/c1765be3a722a2023e6ce64487db8b45"},"headline":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine","datePublished":"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/"},"wordCount":417,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/","name":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine - Geelong Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-14T06:23:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/lib-geelong-team-cropped.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"(From left) Liberal candidate for Bellarine Callum Whitehead, Liberal candidate for South Barwon Libby Pettit, Polwarth Liberal MP Richard Riordan and Liberal candidate for Geelong Andy Pobjoy. Photo: James Taylor."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-liberal-challenger-takes-aim-at-bellarine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Liberal challenger takes aim at Bellarine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/","name":"Geelong Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#organization","name":"Geelong Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/09\/times_logo_1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/09\/times_logo_1.png","width":248,"height":37,"caption":"Geelong Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/#\/schema\/person\/c1765be3a722a2023e6ce64487db8b45","name":"James Taylor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8806dd1b3d7d759df0e11347cb4538247cb0593856e831613ecbf76c9c59eb4b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"James Taylor"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/author\/james\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133254"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=133254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}