Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Revved up for toy appeal

    Colac motorcyclists will take to the streets on December 16 for a new annual Christmas toy appeal.

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  • Our hidden system of power networks

    “Everyone takes it for granted, but no one wants to hear how it works.”

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  • Election results pending

    Western Victoria’s State upper house election hangs in the balance, with election officials recounting the votes.

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  • Little migration to region

    The Colac Otway, Corangamite and Surf Coast shires have all experienced a decrease in migration, despite an overall upward trend in people moving from cities to the regions across Australia.

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  • Drivers fined for highway speeds

    A chef and a courier driver have both received fines for their excessive speeds on the Princes Highway.

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  • Loss of licence extended after drug driving

    “I wasn’t smoking dope at the time!”

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  • Axe-wielding drink-driver off the road for two years

    A Colac man who was intoxicated in a public place and wielding an axe will serve 30 additional hours of a community correction order.

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  • ARTS FOCUS: Stitching together a unique collection

    Camperdown’s Dannie Dupleix uses a learn-through-play philosophy to keep trying new types of art – the “random stuff” that is her life.

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