Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Officials: battery is to blame

    A lithium battery could be the cause behind a garbage truck blaze in Colac.

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  • Big thank-you for local care

    A former teacher living with multiple sclerosis says being able to receive her treatment in Colac will be lifechanging.

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  • MP calls for urgent upgrade

    A Colac MP has called for an emergency resurfacing of the Princes Highway between Colac and Winchelsea.

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  • OPINION: Celebration is gaining steam

    How good has Halloween become in Colac and district?

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  • Quarry Fears: Ondit residents oppose planned expansion

    Colac district families and farmers say they’ve been blindsided by a quarry’s application to expand its operations.

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  • Please fix the Princes

    “We see it on the daily”.

    Princes Highway potholes are causing havoc on Colac district vehicles, with reports of four cars towed in the space of hours in Colac’s west.

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  • GRAND PLANS: healthcare housing will put more homes on market

    A major healthcare housing project in Colac will draw key staff to Colac and release more rentals for locals, planners say.

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  • Nine decades of good deeds

    When the Rotary Club of Colac first formed, there were 22 members and the joining fee was two pounds, two shillings. Ninety years, hundreds of members and countless community works later, one of Colac’s most important volunteer groups is still going strong.

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