Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Fatality victim identified

    A 24-year-old Timboon man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash at Simpson. 

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  • Recruitment drive powered for new trainees

    Opportunities for bright sparks in Colac are part of an electrical distributor’s big recruitment drive.

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  • Time to green up city streets

    “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago – the second-best time is now.”

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  • Western Star’s humble start on Warrion farm

    Cobden might be the home of Western Star Butter, but it’s not the birthplace of the household brand. A reader contacted the Colac Herald after a report about a social media post gauging interest in a second Western Star container at the town. The post suggested siting the container in the CBD as a tourist […]

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  • Butter stirs up town opinions

    A survey gauging public interest in a second Western Star Butter container in Cobden has received mixed opinions.

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  • ‘Clearly dangerous’ speedster slammed

    A probationary driver who was caught driving at almost 50 kilometres an hour above the speed limit near Apollo Bay has lost his licence for 12 months.

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  • Driver dies in Simpson crash

    Colac Highway Patrol officers are investigating a fatal crash in Simpson yesterday morning.

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  • COASTAL DROP: Median values ease, more rentals reported at Bay

    Cost-of-living pressures, land tax increases and expense hikes for short-stay rentals are fuelling a decline in coastal housing prices, experts say.

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