Articles by David McKenzie

  • Wind farm community grants scheme opens

    Applications are now open for Colac and district community groups and students as part of the Mount Gellibrand Wind Farm Community Grants and Scholarship program.

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  • School zone speeders draw police attention

    Speeding motorists have been ignoring 40kmh school speed zones in Colac this week, with police detecting a dozen speeders outside schools.

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  • Police cracking down on drink and speed

    Colac police breath tested more than 1600 motorists across the long weekend, detecting two drink drivers, in a busy period on the region’s roads.

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  • IKEA eyes wind farm

    The world’s largest IKEA retailer has bought a stake in the Cressy region’s $2-billion Golden Plains Wind Farm.

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  • Pre-Prep program coming to region

    Colac and district four-year-olds will double their time at kindergarten in the next five years.

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  • Murray Street resealing works

    Colac’s main street will have disruptions at nights for the next three weeks during road resurfacing work.

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  • National honour is ‘humbling’

    Order of Australia recipient Joy Leggo credits her Colac district upbringing for her distinguished career in the multicultural and aged care sector.

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  • Rural Scene news in brief

    The Grains Research and Development Corporation has committed more than $17.5 million over four years to Grains Australia Limited to bolster the competitiveness and profitability of the nation’s grain sector.

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