Articles by Jennifer Chiu

  • Council CEO will retire

    COLAC Otway Shire Council will be on the hunt for a new leader after chief executive officer Rob Small ended weeks of public speculation and announced his retirement.

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  • Chlamydia cases on the rise

    COLAC and district had 72 cases of the sexual infection chlamydia last year amid rising infection rates across the state.

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  • Council fighting for school site

    COLAC Otway Shire Council has stepped up its fight for a share of the former Colac High School grounds.

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  • Colac MP backs school site sale

    MEMBER for Polwarth Terry Mulder has backed state authorities’ decision to sell the former Colac High School instead of donating it to the community.

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  • Twins overcome bumpy start to life

    COLAC’S Nicole Drayton endured a three-day wait to hold her twin girls after they were born eight weeks premature, unresponsive and needing resuscitation.

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  • Family cat shot, left for dead

    A COLAC family is heartbroken after a cruel pet-hater shot their family cat and left it for dead.

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  • School becomes fire hazard

    A COLAC woman says authorities’ neglect of former Colac High School buildings could create a fire hazard.

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  • Immunisations among state’s worst

    ONE in eight Colac and district children start school without full immunisation, giving the shire one of the worst immunisation rates in Victoria.

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