Articles by Third Party Contributor

  • Landfill warning – ‘serious injuries or worse’

    Corangamite Shire Council is warning of potentially “serious injuries or worse” and millions of dollars in damage if people continue to carelessly dispose of batteries, e-waste and flares into their rubbish bins.

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  • Fire crews save Birregurra house and shed

    Colac district fire crews saved a house and shed from a blaze which started as an unattended burnoff on a property near Birregurra on Saturday.

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  • Man charged over fatal crash near Winchelsea

    Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 31-year-old Mount Duneed man following a fatal collision which killed a Deans Marsh woman near Winchelsea on Saturday.

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  • Body dumped, fatal crash near Winchelsea

    Police are calling for anyone with information to assist with investigations into the dumping of a woman’s body east of Winchelsea and a fatal crash south of Winchelsea.

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  • Praise for district firefighters

    Colac district fire crews remain on high alert today, after a weekend of scorching heat and northerly wind gusts reaching more than 60 kilometres an hour.

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  • Community grants program open

    Colac Otway Shire’s 2024-25 Grants Program is now open and community groups, sporting clubs, local event organisers and businesses are encouraged to apply.

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  • Rain a rarity in February

    Less than a millimetre of rain fell across the Colac district in February and Colac’s water storages have dropped 10 per cent in the past week.

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  • Cows unfazed by dairy visitor

    Colac district dairy farmer John Ryan says he has been milking at Bungador for 45 years and has never had a koala take up residence in his dairy before.

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