District farmers win dairy sector honour
Pomborneit dairy farmers Terry and Joanne Place earned honours as top employers at this year’s Great South West Dairy Awards.
Police station nearly complete
Colac’s multi-million-dollar police station is on track to open in three months, giving officers and specialist units state-of-the-art facilities to work from.
Talented junior cricketers hit the ‘G
Colac district’s next wave of up-and-coming cricket talent set off to Melbourne yesterday to enhance their game under specialist coaches at the MCG.
Council’s job gets harder
Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken says council’s job will be “more difficult” following the Australian Electoral Commission’s final decision to move part of the shire into Wannon.
EXCLUSIVE: $60 urgent care fee scrapped
Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy has ordered Colac Area Health to stop charging a $60 fee at its urgent care department, in the wake of a Colac Herald article published on Monday.
Bid for state funding for theatre upgrade
ARTS advocate Andrew Beale hopes the demand for an intimate artistic space in the district will secure state funding for Cororooke’s Carolyn Theatre.
Athletes join forces to help cure disease
Rival sports clubs South Colac and Colac Imperials will put their differences aside tomorrow to support a Colac woman’s fight for a cure for motor neurone disease.
School funds drained
A Winchelsea Primary School parent is calling on the State Government to pay for the school’s asbestos removal instead of taking money from funding allocated to repair the school’s roof and modernise the school library.
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