Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Residents concerned about new street bins

    Birregurra residents are furious about the size and the style of new bins in Main Street and say they clash with the streetscape.

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  • Big Fonterra profit frustrates farmers

    Larpent dairy farmer Mark Billing says Fonterra’s profit listing of NZ $834-million is frustrating for suppliers, after the company slashed milk payments to farmers.

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  • Colac’s jobless figure well below state rate

    Colac’s jobless rate remains well below the national and state rates, with Colac manufacturers continuing to recruit extra staff.

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  • Flood cleanup for iconic hall

    Volunteers have been mopping up Colac’s iconic “log cabin” Scout hall, after the Barongarook Creek flooded, filling the hall with mud and damaging electrical equipment.

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  • Highway already behind schedule

    Delays have already hit the Princes Highway duplication between Colac and Winchelsea, with VicRoads confirming work is already six months behind schedule.

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  • Animals die in crashes with trains

    Trains have hit 111 animals on the Warrnambool line so far this year, making up a third of “animal strike incidents” on V-Line routes.

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  • Concert helps injured musician

    Colac’s Kirsty Oborne says it seemed “uncanny” that her brother Justin had written a song with the line “one step forward, two steps back” before his accident.

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  • Rose thief targets husband’s tribute

    Colac’s Julie Griffiths says she’s shocked, disappointed and furious at the theft of a rose commemorating her late husband.

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