Articles by Hannah Toohey

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    Students benefit from active start

    Colac students are taking to the streets for Walk Safely to School Week in a move to apply healthy habits.

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  • Coalition promises to revoke levy if elected

    The Liberals and Nationals have pledged to scrap Labor’s controversial new Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy if elected in November 2026.

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  • Program expanded

    The State Government’s recent announcement of expanded drought support to deliver on-farm infrastructure grants has attracted controversy.

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  • Breeder has birthday in Colac

    Colac has hosted a workshop for a major seedstock producer that pulled attendees in from across the region and interstate.

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  • TAX UNDER FIRE: Volunteer brigades switching offline to protest levy

    Multiple volunteer fire brigades across Colac and district have marked themselves as offline to protest a new levy increase that will see farmers’ bills skyrocket. But CFA officials and volunteers have given assurances that community safety is still protected.

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  • Investigations into suspicious blazes is ongoing

    Police are continuing to appeal for information regarding three suspicious fires in the Otways.

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  • Youth artists calling on creative program

    Young Forrest and district creatives are hoping a learning program will visit the region across 2025 and 2026.

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  • Insight into dino-age Otways

    A decade-long research project has culminated in a fascinating representation of what Cape Otway looked like 100 million years ago.

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