Articles by David McKenzie

  • Fire recruits ready for action

    Seventeen new forest firefighting recruits have been going through their paces as they prepare to protect the Otway district this fire season.

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  • News in brief

    Colac children and their families are having online help as they transition from primary to secondary school during a disrupted year.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Farming news from across the region and beyond.

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  • Enter Colac’s Christmas lights competition!

    Colac and district Christmas lights lovers are eagerly getting their displays up for the Colac and District Christmas Lights Competition.

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  • COVID-19 fragments found in Colac’s wastewater

    The Health Department has detected “very low levels” of coronavirus fragments in Colac’s wastewater, and is urging anyone with symptoms to get tested.

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  • COVID halts Kana for a second year

    Colac’s annual Kana Festival will take another year off in 2021, with organisers unable to meet COVID-19 crowd restrictions for the event.

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  • Prices and competition down

    A good to very good offering of milk vealers featured prominently in Colac’s weekly cattle market, reaching up to 422 cents a kilo, but prices eased overall.

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  • Man airlifted to Melbourne after Colac crash

    A man suffered serious injuries and two children required treatment following a single-vehicle crash in Colac East yesterday.

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