Articles by David McKenzie

  • Outbreak measures stood down

    Authorities have contained a  COVID-19 outbreak at Colac’s Corangamarah aged-care home, with no new cases in recent days. The Department of Health and Aged Care’s most recent snapshot for COVID in aged care listed 24 cases of COVID among Corangamarah residents and seven among staff on December 8. A statement from Colac Area Health confirmed […]

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  • Council chief shifts west

    Corangamite Shire Council’s chief executive is leaving the council to take up the top job at Warrnambool City Council.

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  • Council election countback

    A countback of votes from Colac Otway Shire Council’s 2020 election will determine a replacement for outgoing councillor Joe McCracken.

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  • Fire restrictions set to ramp up for the summer

    Residents across the entire Colac district will need a permit if they’re planning burnoffs from next weekend.

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  • Drunk driver off the road

    A motorist is off the road after recording a blood-alcohol level seven times the legal limit north-west of Colac.

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  • PHOTO SPREAD: Motoring lovers flock to Colac Swap Meet

    Motoring lovers enjoyed warm weather for Colac’s Classic Car Swap Meet and Market.

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  • Motorcyclist dies in district crash

    Police are investigating Colac Otway’s sixth road fatality of the year, the shire’s highest road deaths in a decade.

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  • EDITORIAL: Time to lift Lake Colac’s boating speed limit

    The State Government and its agencies have some explaining to do about Lake Colac’s ridiculous five-knot speed limit for vessels.

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