Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Donations needed to save lives

    Statistically speaking, Gellibrand’s Wendy Howard has saved up to 327 lives. That’s because every blood donation can save up to three lives – and Wendy dropped into the Red Cross blood van in Colac yesterday for her 109th donation.

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  • Police press drug charges

    Police have charged multiple people with drug offences at a music festival near Cressy, unrelated to a pill testing trial at the site.

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  • Police ‘here to help’ victims

    Colac and district police are reaching out to victims of family violence, as the region sees an increase in recorded incidents. 

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  • CPA praises media assistance package

    A regional newspaper group that includes the Colac Herald has welcomed a Federal Government package to help sustain public interest journalism.

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  • City is great place to retire

    Colac is one of the best places in the state to retire, an international geography website says.

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  • Cramped: calls for free camp boost

    A Colac Otway Shire councillor says the council needs to look at boosting Meredith Park’s strained facilities “sooner rather than later”.

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  • Push for Bay cattle transport

    A shipping company has lodged another push to trial a cattle freight service through the Port of Apollo Bay.

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  • 2024 News Year in Review

    Colac Herald’s news reporters looked back through the archives to reflect on the year and bring you the biggest stories of 2024.

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