Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • $300,000 equipment fire metres from house

    Colac police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed more than $300,000 worth of landscaping equipment just metres from a Barongarook home.

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  • Mount Gambier upstages Colac

    Mount Gambier has robbed the Colac Kookas of a final-round win on home soil, but the Kookas remain upbeat after securing a top-two finish.

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  • Graduate has clear career plan

    Colac’s Bryce McDonald has entered his first year out of school with a clear direction of where he’s heading.

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  • More crashes on Otway roads

    A 59-year-old Ballarat woman remained in a stable condition yesterday with a “very serious” arm injury after a crash near Lorne on Saturday.

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  • Indoor pool fundraising boost

    Apollo Bay pool committee members hope a successful grant application campaign will help secure the remaining funding needed to upgrade the coastal town’s pool.

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  • Wind blades set to arrive

    Five towers at the Mount Gellibrand Wind Farm are complete and will receive blades in coming weeks.

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  • Angle grinder sparks farm blaze

    A Country Fire Authority member is reminding people to have firefighting equipment on hand after crews attended two blazes within the Colac district on Wednesday.

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  • Call for a permanent intersection solution

    Barwon Downs Fire Brigade captain Gavin Brien says VicRoads’ safety improvements at a Birregurra south crash hotspot are a start but not an ideal long-term solution.

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