Articles by A Colac Herald contributor

  • Garden net warning to protect wildlife

    Wildlife authorities are uniting to educate gardeners ahead of the spring growing season about grey-headed flying-fox injuries and deaths caused by illegal netting entanglements.

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  • Rural grants for lunches and lawn

    A $2500 Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal program grant for Colac Otway Residents Action Group will help ensure vulnerable children do not go hungry at school.

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  • Achievements make memories

    Tim Csolle from AKD What is your position/role? Apprentice Master How long have you been with AKD? Seven years – four years as a Fitter and the last three years as Apprentice Master What does a typical day at work involve for you? A typical day for me involves supervising and mentoring AKD Colac’s maintenance […]

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  • Embracing development and career diversity

    Eliza Withall from AKD What is your position/role? Fibre Supply Scheduler How long have you been with AKD? Three-and-a-half years What does a typical day at work involve for you? A typical day for me consists of load reconciliations with our log suppliers, managing the flow of logs into the Colac site, managing yard stocks, […]

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  • Letter to the editor

    A high level of news coverage dedicated to new potential candidates with their stories, aspirations and in some cases their party politic allegiances for state and federal elections! Interesting.

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  • News in Brief

    Leave only your footprint Keep Australia Beautiful Week returns this week with a strong anti-litter theme of ‘When You’re Out and About, Leave Only Your Footprint’. KAB Week 2024 urges Australians to make a significant impact while out and about by adopting simple habits to reduce the need for on-the-go waste, while also picking up […]

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  • Birre bowlers’ big boost

    Birregurra bowlers have received great news about their planned club upgrade, securing almost $50,000 in State Government support.

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Call for changes to farm-zone rule Having recently purchased in Kennedys Creek, we thought we did our due diligence by contacting council. They assured the area was privately owned. After moving we discovered the area is being snapped up by large companies purchasing Australia’s prime food production areas to Plant trees in return for carbon […]

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