Articles by David McKenzie

  • Patrols target illegal campfires

    The Conservation Regulator is stepping up patrols across the Otway Ranges targeting illegal and unsafe campfires.

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  • Camperdown service station robbery

    Police are hunting two young men after a robbery and threats of violence at a Camperdown service station.

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  • COVID rules slashed, more easing to come

    Cinemas, play centres and community venues can reopen from today, Melbourne’s “ring of steel” has come down, and more restrictions will ease in two weeks.

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  • Haystack fire at Barongarook

    Firefighters have extinguished an early-morning haystack and shed fire at G Barrys Road, Barongarook West.

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  • Prices up and down at Colac cattle sale

    Price trends varied at Colac’s weekly cattle sale, which boasted a mixed but mainly good-quality offering of 212 head, 190 head fewer than the previous week.

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  • Rural news in brief

    News on the VFF elections, and grants for dairy farms.

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  • Road lanes close

    Alternating lanes of the Great Ocean Road will close at Mount Defiance, south of Lorne, from today until Wednesday, while workers resurface 170 metres of road.

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  • Honour for Colac Herald

    The Colac Herald has received an honour in state media awards.

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