Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • 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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  • District welcomes its newest citizens

    Colac Otway Shire’s seven newest Australian citizens have taken a citizenship pledge in front of family and friends at a ceremony in Colac.

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  • Twenty young guns in running

    Alvie recruit Dustin Walters is in the running for back-to-back Max Gray Memorial Awards tonight.

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  • Sanitary items needed for women in crisis

    Colac’s Lynda McCarthy is encouraging the community to share the dignity and donate sanity items to help women in need.

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  • Park on the path to recovery

    Community members are enjoying newly completed paths at Colac’s Joseph Paatsch Reserve, after more than a decade of Colac West Rotary Club working to develop the area.

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