{"id":462084,"date":"2026-02-06T10:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:27:15","slug":"geelong-cats-star-bailey-smith-set-to-lose-licence-after-speeding-during-raging-bushfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462084\/","title":{"rendered":"Geelong Cats star Bailey Smith set to lose licence after speeding during raging bushfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bailey Smith will need a lift to the airport ahead of next weekend\u2019s AFL Origin clash, with the Cats star set to lose his driver\u2019s licence after speeding back to his home during Victoria\u2019s recent bushfires.<\/p>\n

Smith was reportedly<\/a> picked up going 125km\/h near his Surf Coast home as he rushed back to check on the animals at his 5.8-hectare home during fires last month.<\/p>\n

Smith is set to lose his licence for the next three months after exceeding his demerit point allocation.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an unfortunate start to the year for the controversial AFL star, who made just as many headlines for his performances off the field as those on it.<\/p>\n

Geelong were forced to cancel future Mad Monday plans after posting an inappropriate image and caption in reference to veteran reporter Caroline Wilson.<\/p>\n

He was also called out by former West Coast Eagle Mitch Brown, who accused him of homophobia for making a Brokeback Mountain reference at the same celebrations.<\/p>\n

Smith was also given a warning by the AFL after verbally abusing a photographer at one of Geelong\u2019s training sessions earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old will represent Victoria at next weekend\u2019s AFL Origin clash on the back of an All-Australian season in which he was also praised for opening up to his mental health struggles at the awards night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bailey Smith will need a lift to the airport ahead of next weekend\u2019s AFL Origin clash, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,13659,588,85],"class_list":["post-462084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-geelong-cats","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}