Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • New look for loo

    Here’s some graffiti to put a smile on your dial.

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  • Zero emissions car hits road

    A Colac-based environment authority has wheeled out its first zero-emission vehicle, with the electric car to cover plenty of ground across Victoria’s south-west.

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  • Gong for fire volunteers

    A cohort of Colac district volunteer firefighters who helped battle blazes across the 2019-20 Black Summer have received a national decoration.

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  • Offsets help with carbon

    “We’re very comfortable to let our community know with confidence that carbon neutrality has been achieved.”

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  • Aged care residents isolating

    Five residents are isolating with COVID as part of an outbreak at an Apollo Bay aged-care facility.

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  • Mission of hope: Government urged to help stranded Sudanese family

    A Colac man says his family is still suffering in war-torn Sudan while they languish on the visa waitlist, and he’s ready to go to Canberra to raise their plight.

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  • Council sets toilet wish list

    Public toilets at Yeo, Irrewillipe, Forrest and Lake Colac’s foreshore are all high priorities under a new shire-wide loo strategy.

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  • Brief reprieve for power crew

    Powercor has offered Apollo Bay-based crews a contract extension, while a Bay business owner says a dangling wire quick-fix on the weekend emphasises the need for a local team permanently.

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