Articles by Kate Deppeler

  • Farmers launch new milk brand

    COLAC district farmers have taken a brave step of launching their own brand of milk into more than 400 supermarkets.

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  • Tree disease changing landscape

    COLAC district’s landscape is facing drastic change as a disease continues to kill off the region’s iconic cypress wind breaks.

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  • Law-breakers on camera

    STATE MP Terry Mulder says law-breakers in Colac will be in for a shock when they discover the city’s new surveillance system can catch them in the act.

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  • Dangerous roads will be safer

    A NOTORIOUS intersection in Colac and a dangerous stretch of road near Deans Marsh will get upgrades worth nearly $3.5 million.

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  • Electronic sheep tags ‘ridiculous’

    A COLAC district sheep farmer says electronic tagging would add nearly $30,000 to his farm’s expenses.

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  • Koalas decimating gum trees

    A KOALA population explosion is decimating gum trees at Cape Otway.

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  • Shearer’s close shave with cancer

    A COLAC district shearer is about to return to full-time work nearly 12 months after recovering from a brain tumour.

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  • Wild weather cuts power

    TWO of Colac’s biggest factories lost power and production time in wild weather this week.

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