Articles by: Jackson Graham
School seeks playground cash
Uneven surfaces at Birregurra Primary School’s basketball court and grounds could have repairs if the school is successful in a bid to secure State Government funding.
Former school lies abandoned
A Barongarook resident hopes for Colac and district schools to make use of the former Barongarook Primary School site as a teaching space.
Push to snare tourists with latest technology
Colac’s business group is encouraging retailers to use technology to draw in business from Chinese tourists.
Service helps violence victims
Family violence workers servicing Colac and district say they can help women and families affected by family violence needing to access Centrelink.
Man in the dark over fee refund
A Cressy man who was wrongly charged $60 to attend Colac Area Health’s urgent care says the hospital should contact him and offer reimbursement for the fee.
Hospital chief muses on mental health idea
Colac Area Health patients presenting with mental health conditions could benefit from basing mental health workers at Colac Hospital, chief executive Geoff Iles says.
Call-out numbers surprise SES unit controller
Colac and district’s State Emergency Services volunteers are relieved that they only had to attend five incidents after severe weather and strong winds hit the region.
Winery taking over former Cororooke dairy factory
Change is in the air at Cororooke as Red Rock Winery brings life back to the town’s former Fonterra factory buildings.
State to review urgent-care centre
The State Government will review Victoria’s regional urgent-care centres after ruling that a Colac Area Health fee was inconsistent with national health funding rules.
Minister wants hospital to reimburse $60 payments
Victoria’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy says she expects Colac Area Health to reimburse patients charged a $60 fee to attend the hospital’s urgent-care centre.
Urgent care patients face new $60 charge
PATIENTS visiting Colac Area Health’s urgent care must cough up $60 for their visit while people using emergency rooms in bigger hospitals pay nothing.
Boost for phone coverage
A new mobile phone base station at Birregurra is set to improve the region’s coverage, the Federal Government says.
Families take shelter as fire roars through
Lindsay and Lynette Ludeman were on a holiday in Tasmania when they learnt their Glenfyne dairy farm was in the path of grassfires that blazed through south-west Victoria on the weekend.
