Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Consultant to assess Princes Highway’s needs

    Four western Victorian regional councils have appointed a planning and engineering consultancy to assess works needed on the Princes Highway West between Colac and the South Australian border.

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  • Local talent to cover outs

    Colac basketball officials are confident the association’s depth will cover a mass exodus of players from last season’s Country Basketball League men’s championship side.

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  • Opposition pledge for high-speed rail

    Train travel times from Colac to Melbourne could take 65 minutes if the Liberal Nationals coalition wins next month’s state election.

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  • Highway upgrade is on track

    Contractors are completing work on the Princes Highway’s Conns Lane bridge, with the highway duplication due for completion by mid-2019.

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  • Port needs $14M to stay open

    The Port of Apollo Bay needs more than $14 million spent on repairs and maintenance within two years or risks becoming “unusable, unsafe or both”.

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  • Man sought over house fire

    Colac detectives are appealing for public information to help identify an offender who deliberately lit a house fire while the occupant was home.

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  • Tourist traffic increase causes more concerns

    “Obviously in Australia it takes a fatality to bring the reality of such a situation to realisation, sadly.”

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  • SPENDING SPREE

    The State Government is showering the Colac district with $6.8 million for environmental tourism, fire recovery and landslip prevention.

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