Articles by Kate Deppeler

  • Rider cheats death in crash

    A MOTORBIKE rider is “extremely lucky” to be alive after crashing into a car north of Lorne.

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  • Machines save Colac baby

    COLAC mum Sharna Warrender was unable to hold her baby son Harley Summers for 16 days after his birth as a series of machines worked to keep him alive.

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  • Firefighters save houses

    MORE than 250 firefighters, 35 trucks and three helicopters have stopped a fast-moving fire from destroying Colac district homes.

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  • Colac man facing drug charges

    POLICE have charged a Colac man with drug trafficking after finding cannabis and methamphetamine at a Wynne Street property.

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  • Colac’s dry start to the year

    COLAC has had a dry start to 2014, with below average falls for January.

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  • Man dies in quad bike and truck collision

    A FARM worker died after his quad bike and a truck collided west of Colac.

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  • Mum and baby’s close call

    ELLIMINYT first-time mum Chloe Bamford and her daughter Lily Malouf are lucky to be alive.

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  • Wind farm brolga claims

    MISSING data about brolgas nesting and flocking in the Colac district could have stopped a wind farm development, a campaigner has alleged.

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