Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Fears of Ocean Road collapse

    Otway Forum’s Peter Fillmore is calling on authorities to take immediate action to protect and fix sections of the Great Ocean Road where he says deterioration is posing a risk for motorists.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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