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Confusing backflip in baby’s visa case

Immigration officials have shattered an Otways family’s hopes of a reunion, telling them to take their baby on a 4000-kilometre trip for DNA testing.

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by Ruby Manson January 18, 2019

Immigration officials have shattered an Otways family’s hopes of a reunion, telling them to take their baby on a 4000-kilometre trip for DNA testing.

Tags: Home Affairs Department, John Andrew, Kazakhstan

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A community petition calling for “better social

A community petition calling for “better social housing options for Colac” has garnered hundreds of signatures in less than 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the city’s mayor has repeated calls for a proposed housing development at Pound Road to be integrated throughout the community instead.

It comes amid community debate on the proposal that highlights immediate need versus the long-term implications of concentrated social housing.

JUNIOR SPORT RETURNS The return of the Colac and

JUNIOR SPORT RETURNS

The return of the Colac and District Football Netball League means the Colac Herald's coverage of the junior sports teams is back in action.

Check out some of the @colacimperials and @southcolacsc junior sports stars giving it their all.

Community groups, businesses and sporting clubs ha

Community groups, businesses and sporting clubs have two days left to apply for council grants to deliver projects for the district, like the Colac Woodcrafters Guild’s new router table.

Colac Otway Shire Council’s 2025-26 grants program is offering more than $300,000 to deliver projects that benefit the wider community.

The grants program has three funding streams including community, events and business grants.

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BRAVES RETURN ⚾ The Colac Braves returned to th

BRAVES RETURN ⚾

The Colac Braves returned to the field last weekend with teams in Division two and Division Four taking out wins against their competitors.

Both games held a minute silence for club life member Theresa Milverton.

Check out some of the Braves in action!

Five local workers have embarked on an adventure t

Five local workers have embarked on an adventure to remember at a leadership camp this week.

Employees from Colac organisations Bulla, AKD, Colac Area Health and Colac Otway Shire Council have been invited to the experience at Kangaroobie in Princetown.

The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards seminar is for young people aged between 18 and 25, and aims to provide “an effective training experience for young people and those who see themselves as potential leaders”.

Winchelsea’s Nick Jordan-Hill knows the vital ro

Winchelsea’s Nick Jordan-Hill knows the vital role that doctors play in small communities, and the lived experience is helping shape his own career path.

Nick lives at a sheep farm with cropping land north of Winchelsea’s township, and has called the area home all his life.

Nick is also one of four Deakin postgraduate medical students undertaking a 42-week clinical placement at Colac Area Health this year.

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