Articles by A Staff Reporter

  • Colac Otway employee tests positive for COVID-19

    Colac Otway Shire Council’s Gellibrand Street office is undergoing a deep clean after a council staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

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  • Get ready to mask up

    Colac residents are getting prepared to wear their masks from Monday, but many already are.

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  • Police news in brief

    A woman in her 20s suffered an arm injury in a single-vehicle accident on an Otways road south of Colac at the weekend.

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  • Rural news in brief

    News on Farm Safety Week, mining exploration on farmland and education on agriculture.

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  • Water bills set to change

    Barwon Water has tweaked its water prices, cutting its service prices while increasing the amount it charges for each litre of water.

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  • Weed spraying starts

    Contractors will cut or spray roadside weeds across Colac Otway Shire later this month.

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  • Work on rotunda restoration stalled

    Work has stalled on the conversion of a rotunda at Colac cemetery, but the cemetery’s management says the project will go ahead.

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  • Focus on facts to increase profitability chances

    Agriculture Victoria is advising farmers to get as informed about their paddocks as they can to increase their profitability chances this year.

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