Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Super-sized trucks could use upgraded Colac bridges

    PREPARATIONS to bring supersized trucks into Colac highlight the need to investigate a heavy-vehicle bypass, community leaders say.

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  • Travel agent enters guilty plea in fraud case

    FORMER Colac travel agent Jordan Dittloff pleaded guilty to 55 fraud-related charges in Geelong Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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  • Call for action before old elms cause injury

    A COLAC resident is calling for Coalc Otway Shire Council to remove rotting elm trees in Colac’s Memorial Square before someone is injured.

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  • Minister refuses exclusion zone

    COLAC DISTRICT wildlife carers have welcomed a government commitment to review culling permit procedures to ensure they are consulted before neighbours receive licences to kill native wildlife.

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  • Colac businessman wins Polwarth seat

    RICHARD RIORDAN has had political aspirations for decades and Saturday’s Polwarth by-election delivered the result the Liberal candidate needed to catapult him into State Government.

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  • Pools open but worry continues

    COLAC’S Bluewater swimming and hydrotherapy pools will open today but sporting groups look set for a long wait to use the centre stadium which is “unsafe” and unusable.

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  • Colac’s swimming complex reopens next week

    COLAC’S long-awaited redeveloped Bluewater swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool and children’s splash pad will open to the public next Friday.

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  • Plan to remove carp ready within weeks

    THE ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority is finalising a plan to deal with dead carp at Lake Colac if the freshwater lake dries out this summer.

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